Canada Olympic Team
 

Who do you think makes it?

Lines? D?

The goalies are set obviously, but anyone got predictions on the lines/ppl who make it.

Forwards: Crosby, Iginla, Nash, Thornton, Sharp, Toews, Heatley, Marleau I think these are gonna be the guranteed people on the team, dont know who else it could be maybe St. louis, staal, even Getzlaf

Defenseman: Keith, Pronger, Neidermayer, Seabrook, Maybe regehr, or weber, Boyle maybe

Goalies: Brodeur, Luongo, Fleury Hopefully lu can get the starters job that be nice.

Crosby Nash Iginla
heatley Thornton marleau
getzlaf toews staal

4th line is a total tossup, who knows if it's st.Louis, smyth, doan, lecavlier, Richards

IMO those first 3 lines I made all those players are locks

on D

neidermeyer pronger
Boyle weber
phaneuf bowmeester (only one may make it I think)

then toss in Keith, green,


IMO green isn't an Olympic dman, his stats are better then he actually is and I'm still not sold on him

goalies have been set for a while, Luongo, Bro, fluery

with Lu getting the start :D
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Crosby Iginla NAsh
Heatley Thornton Marleau
Getzlaf Perry Carter
Doan Morrow ,M. Richards...(sick grinding 4th line)

Prongs Neids
Boyle Weber
Green Jaybo

Brouds starting
Lu backup but will play because brodeur will choke in the first game
Fleury riding the pine

Taxi...
Seabrook ,Kieth (awesome but not enough International experience)
Toews,Staal, St louis and or richards

quote me on this!

Goalies

Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils 100%

Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins 100%

Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks 100%

Steve Mason, Columbus Blue Jackets 0%

Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes 0%

Defence

Jay Bouwmeester, Calgary Flames 93%

Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Ducks 93%

Chris Pronger, Philadelphia Flyers 93%

Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks 87%

Shea Weber, Nashville Predators 80%

Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks 67%

Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings 60%

Mike Green, Washington Capitals 60%

Dan Boyle, San Jose Sharks 40%

Robyn Regehr, Calgary Flames 27%

Francois Beauchemin, Toronto Maple Leafs 0%

Brent Burns, Minnesota Wild 0%

Dan Hamhuis, Nashville Predators 0%

Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames 0%

Stephane Robidas, Dallas Stars 0%

Marc Staal, New York Rangers 0%

Forwards

Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins 100%

Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks 100%

Dany Heatley, San Jose Sharks 100%

Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames 100%

Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks 100%

Rick Nash, Columbus Blue Jackets 100%

Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks 100%

Mike Richards, Philadelphia Flyers 100%

Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks 100%

Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks 93%

Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning 67%

Brenden Morrow, Dallas Stars 53%

Shane Doan, Phoenix Coyotes 40%

Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning 40%

Dustin Penner, Edmonton Oilers 20%

Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes 20%

Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins 13%

Michael Cammalleri, Montreal Canadiens 13%

Jeff Carter, Philadelphia Flyers 13%

Brad Richards, Dallas Stars 13%

Mike Fisher, Ottawa Senators 7%

Marc Savard, Boston Bruins 7%

Dan Cleary, Detroit Red Wings 0%

Simon Gagne, Philadelphia Flyers 0%

Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning 0%

Milan Lucic, Boston Bruins 0%

Andy McDonald, St. Louis Blues 0%

Derek Roy, Buffalo Sabres 0%

Patrick Sharp, Chicago Blackhawks 0%

Ryan Smyth, Los Angeles Kings 0%

Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators 0%

Jordan Staal, Pittsburgh Penguins 0%
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Screw poll's ..theyre useless

remember this?

http://mentalfloss.cachefly.net/wp-c...e_for_rory.jpg

mcgrady and yao are nba all stars but yet to play any full games

i love how op's post has nothing to do with hockey but everyone just knows its about the hockey team

i dont get it

my predictions

Iginla Crosby Nash
Heatley Getzlaf Perry
Stall Thornton St. Louis
Marleau Richards Morrow

imo, my questionables are Stall and St. Louis, i'm hoping they are selected. They are big time international tournament players, both are two way players, they always show up on the big stage.

Bouwmeester, Keith
Pronger, Niedermayer
Weber, Seabrook

Brodeur, Luongo, Fluery

taxi squad - Doughty, Stamkos

predicting finals Canada vs Russia, should be epic.

The answer will reveal itself tomorrow at 9am..

Fucking Pronger is going to have a hard time getting his walker onto the ice. Hope he doesn't fall and break a hip.

There are no taxi squads for this year's olympics. Players can be replaced if they're injured from Dec 31st until the eve of the tournament though.

Here are my lines and players that I think will make the squad.


Goalies

Martin Brodeur, Roberto Luongo, Marc-Andre Fleury

Defence

Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger
Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook
Shea Weber, Drew Doughty
Injured replacements: Dan Boyle/Robyn Regehr

I don’t think Mike Green will make the team because his D game is fairly weak compared to the rest of the group. With all the firepower that the Canadian team has I think having Green come in would be a bad move since he is a defensive liability compared to the rest of the D core.

I can see Doughty getting swapped out with either Boyle or Regehr depending on how Stevie Y wants his team. Personally I think this season has shown that Doughty is ready.

Forwards

Iginla, Crosby, Nash
Perry, Getzlaf, Stamkos
Heatley, Thornton, Marleau
Doan, Richards, Morrow

Injured replacements: Jonathan Toews, Martin St. Louis

I chose Stamkos for the Perry/Getzlaf line because those two big guys will free up the space necessary for Stamkos to be effective with his shot.

3rd line is pretty self explanatory considering they play on the same team so chemistry shouldn’t be an issue.

4th line would be an awesome grinding line with all 3 players capable of playing an excellent 2 way game.

Sucks that Marc Savard got injured...was hoping he'd make the squad since he has been consistently under-rated for the past few years.

what other winter sport has goalies?
the womens hockey team was already announced therefore no predictions necessary.
which only leaves the mens olympic team.

forgot about doughty in my post, thats what you get trying to do research for a post on an iphone :/

my team i posted in the Canucks thread..but here it is again

Brodeur backed by Luongo and Fluery in the box

Brodeur as i said before, has the puck handling ability that no other goalie in the tournament has and therefore will start. Since him and Luongo are studs in net

Iginla Crosby Nash
Perry Getzlaf Stamkos
Heatley Thornton Marleau
Doan Richards Morrow

St. Louis or Eric Staal as the 13th man

Yea..Eric Staal has been terrible as of late, but he can be a very effective hockey player when called upon. aside from the grind line, the top line is VERY CAPABLE of being defensively responsible as well. as i said before, scoring 46goals doesnt mean your a great selection on this squad. You gotta have more than jsut the scoring element in your game.
Sadly, its not Jordan Staal's time to shine yet, but he would make a great addition to a PK unit.
Neidermyer Boyle
Pronger Weber
Keith Seabrook

Doughty as the 7th

my thots are like CH28, Mike Green is offensively strong, but not your typical two way defensemen that we see picked on my squad. Doughty plays like he's been in the league as a vet and can swap in and out with seabrook when needed. JayBo could come in handy too, yea he might not be having a great year, but hes been solid the last time out in Torino and was one of the better players that time.

Team Canada has some decent guns, but comparing our team to the so far announced squad, Canada can play a more shutdown game and limit the scoring of the opposition rather than trying to out score opponents.

The thing is to, Joe Thornton HAS TO SKATE. he's been hurting the poolies in December with his lack of skating effort on the rush. He's getting the points, but I can almost say for sure if he's willing to skate more, he would have more and Heatley could then score more. There are parts of Big Joe's game that makes him a very effective center. It's rarely seen but when he feels like it, Big Joe can SHUT DOWN opposition when called upon. We just havent really seen that the past 2-3 seasons.

Stamkos wasn't invited, but he's like Crosby, has excellent vision for the game and can get to spots to be effective. Its a gamble putting him on the wing, but if Getzlaf isnt ready to go, he can always slot to the middle and bump his TB linemate on the wing. The grit that Perry provides will help out both of these guys.

The big top line has the size to just BANG away with the checkers they will see every night. we are lookin at a line with all 3 forwards at 6'3ish in height and somewhere around the 220-245lbs range in weight. Its sad that Rick Nash sorta lost his stride as of late just like iggypop, but lets hope the intensity of Crosby will spark the wingers

kevin bieksa. LOL

heres Justin Morneau's selection..
but wow..I didnt kno he is also a Memorial Cup champ as a goaltender for the Portland Winterhawks! go from the ice to home run derby champ..good stuff!

http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php...23/la_id/1.htm

also going to add that its sad becuz I cant really find a spot for Brad Richards or even Marc Savard...

who knos

as the squad can change right to the eve of the olympics

Eh O Canada Go!

^ Worst fucking cheer EVER.

screw you Pepsi.

almost the same forwards as me...i dont think stamkos is gonna make the team or that line..getzlaf is a center too..ill put j carter on that line he has a wicked wrister

I like all the lines but I would swap Seabrook with Mike Green...The guy has 36pts and is +16

While Seabrook has 16 pts and is +13..

So if they are basing this on the season so far then Green should get the nod.


And I don't think Doughty will make it..the guy is only 20yrs old and might be shaky on the big stage (olympics.)

who knows...we'll wait tomorrow..but until now, it's all speculations lol

^^ Ya Pepsi needs to GTFO! Coke FTW!

With the US Roster being revealed a while back and Canada to announce its roster tomorrow, I found it interesting that both have decided that only injuries will take people off the roster before the games start. Basically if someone goes on a tear, ripping it up in the next month in the NHL and was left off these rosters, they will not be added with someone else being removed who has gone cold. All other teams have said, the rosters announced initially may not be the rosters they keep come Olympic time.

Nash Crosby Bergeron
Staal Getzlaf Perry
Marleau Thornton Heatley
Morrow Toews Iginla
M. Richards

Niedermayer Pronger
Weber Boyle
Keith Seabrook
Doughty

The last few spots are a toss up really.

are these your lines..
..like nothing worng but come on! iggypop not on the top line!

I wonder who'll wear the C for Canada. Word is it'll be Niedermayer.

lol, i know but he showed no chemistry during the camp with crosby/nash.. they moved him off and put St. Louis with those two and things started clicking better.

Niedermayer's won everything there is to win