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WJC: 2016 — Canada Roster Talk (Part II)

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Macman said:
Wow, that could really hurt Canada's chances. What a dumb move on his part.
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I mean he'll miss 2 round robin games. Hardly will hurt our chances. He'll get game 3 and then whoever played best will get the medal round.
 
That takes him out of 2 games(according to Bob McKenzie), do they even take him at this point? He's allowed to play pre-tournament games but not even being allowed to backup for 2 games they need to take another goalie, any chance they just leave Blackwood home altogether or are we gonna take 3 goalies now?
 
Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 1m1 minute ago
Blackwood is permitted to play in WJC pre-tournament games. Cannot be on roster for 1st two Team CAN games at WJC.
 
Canada4Gold said:
That takes him out of 2 games(according to Bob McKenzie), do they even take him at this point? He's allowed to play pre-tournament games but not even being allowed to backup for 2 games they need to take another goalie, any chance they just leave Blackwood home altogether or are we gonna take 3 goalies now?
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Take 3 goalies and leave the grinders home.
 
Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 2m2 minutes ago
I believe OHL rationale for 8 game suspension is because if it were 6, Blackwood would only miss Barrie games he was going to miss anyway.

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 1m1 minute ago
In real terms, Blackwood's suspension is actually two games, albeit two games at the WJC. Discuss amongst yourselves.
 
dougiebrown said:
Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 2m2 minutes ago
I believe OHL rationale for 8 game suspension is because if it were 6, Blackwood would only miss Barrie games he was going to miss anyway.

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 1m1 minute ago
In real terms, Blackwood's suspension is actually two games, albeit two games at the WJC. Discuss amongst yourselves.
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dumb reasoning, if 6 games is essentially no punishment, it's still 6 games, if someone does something really stupid and suspension worthy and gets hurt on the play do you suddenly add 2 games onto whenever he is healthy? No, if it's 8 games worthy then give him 8 games, but don't give him 8 games for something you thought was worth 2 games because hey he was gonna miss the first 6 anyway.
 
So it's an eight-game suspension that really isn't an eight-game suspension. He gets "suspended' for 6 OHL games he wouldn't play anyway because he'd be at the world junior camp. Makes sense. :naughty:
 
I really don't think this will end up being a huge deal...looks like they will take a 3rd goalie. The real only big game he will miss is against USA and it wasn't even certain who would be playing that game anyways.
 
Canada4Gold said:
dumb reasoning, if 6 games is essentially no punishment, it's still 6 games, if someone does something really stupid and suspension worthy and gets hurt on the play do you suddenly add 2 games onto whenever he is healthy? No, if it's 8 games worthy then give him 8 games, but don't give him 8 games for something you thought was worth 2 games because hey he was gonna miss the first 6 anyway.
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The purpose of a suspension is to make the person serve a penalty and think about their actions. There is zero point to suspending a player if they aren't going to feel any consequences. As much as it sucks for Hockey Canada and us fans, I understand and support the 8 games.
 
Canadian Game said:
The purpose of a suspension is to make the person serve a penalty and think about their actions. There is zero point to suspending a player if they aren't going to feel any consequences. As much as it sucks for Hockey Canada and us fans, I understand and support the 8 games.
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So if someone say broke his leg on a hit and then took a baseball swing at the guy who hit him in retaliation you don't think a 5 game suspension is fair? There are no consequences, he's hurt anyway, just as well to wait until he's healthy to play again and then suspend him 5 games.

I totally get why they did it, it makes sense, I just think altering suspension numbers based on the timing of the incident and the scenarios happing with the player afterwards is dumb.

Suspensions should count for pre-tournament games, that way he could be suspended a proper number of games and miss the pre-tournament(and not some x number he misses anyway +2), and thus likely losing the starters role on the team, that would be fair punishment.
 
This is most certainly a big deal as our Boxing Day game is against the USA this year. I'm sure Blackwood and Hockey Canada will have a long chat about temper control, especially with the tournament overseas this year.
 
I still think Blackwood makes the team, they brought Griffin Reinhart even though he was suspended a few years back. They'll bring over a 3rd goalie (Carter Hart, I hope) and go from there. McDonald gets 2 games, Blackwood gets the 3rd and they make a decision from there.
 
Well considering they have to dress a backup for the first two round robin games, a 3rd goalie will definitely be brought in.
 
Alerion said:
This is most certainly a big deal as our Boxing Day game is against the USA this year. I'm sure Blackwood and Hockey Canada will have a long chat about temper control, especially with the tournament overseas this year.
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Really, I on the other hand don't even think it needs to be brought up by HC, given his history and his personality. This is a one time incident that he will learn from and move forward.
 
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