This may well be the worst performance by a Team Canada team in tournament history. That said I think it is less on the kids and more on management.
Just for fun - team Cbnbdb;
Cristall - Heidt - Sennecke
Wood - Hage - Mistelbacher
Iginla - Misa - Greentree
Finnie - O'Reilly - Sawchyn
Misa, Barkey, Walton
Bertucci - Parekh
Mynio - Yakemchuk
Smith - Allen
Brunicke, Marelli
It's actually remarkable how much talent, size, speed, and physicality we left at home for this tournament. That's what - four of the top ten scorers in the ohl, two of the top ten scorers in the dub, two of the top five scorers in the NCAA, plus another six high energy physical two way guys that consistently outscore?
Then you also factor in the guys not taken are like 3" and 20 lbs bigger than the guys that made the team on average...
Atleast 3 D that can reliably get pucks up ice and to the net, as well.
Idk man. Certainly the PP would have been better, and I don't think they could have taken any more penalties.
To be fair, I suppose iginla is injured, but he didn't even get a camp invite before that.