Canada Gets Tired Of Not Winning; Sends A Super Team, Who's On It?

[NVious]

Only catch is the team has to be cap complaint, but you can use anybody you want on the team.

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[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

You don't even need a full super team. Take the Oilers. Subtract Nurse and Ceci and Kulak and replace that with equivalent cap hit of defense and it's probably a cup win.

Is it even possible to pick 3 worse Canadian defense with a cap hit of 15 million?

And no, subtracting Nurse and Ceci to replace them with Nurse and Ceci doesn't count.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

The Toronto Maple Leafs already exist

 

[canuckster19]

You don't even need a full super team. Take the Oilers. Subtract Nurse and Ceci and Kulak and replace that with equivalent cap hit of defense and it's probably a cup win.

Is it even possible to pick 3 worse Canadian defense with a cap hit of 15 million?

And no, subtracting Nurse and Ceci to replace them with Nurse and Ceci doesn't count.

Yes let's completely ignore the 7,6 million tied up in goaltending and leave that be...

 

[TMLife17]

The Toronto Maple Leafs already exist

"We were right there"

 

[Bixby Snyder]

How would this team qualify for the playoffs?

 

[jimmysheva]

Oilers + Demko + Q Hughes - Skinner - Nurse

 

[belair]

23 Zach Hymans

 

[El Travo]

It's going to be funny when the Canucks win and only like two players bring the Cup to Canada.

 

[Burnaby Schmo]

Oilers + Demko + Q Hughes - Skinner - Nurse

+Demko +Hughes +Miller; -Skinner, - Nurse, - RNH

 

[Chet Manley]

The second biggest reason I wanted the Oilers to win was to kill the "Canada hasn't won the cup since" narrative. It's not a nation based league FFS.

 

[Schennanigans]

I bet you could build a really great team from all the teams that missed the playoffs.

There should be a new tournament where the Stanley cup winner plays this team.

 

[Dirty Dan]

You don't even need a full super team. Take the Oilers. Subtract Nurse and Ceci and Kulak and replace that with equivalent cap hit of defense and it's probably a cup win.

Is it even possible to pick 3 worse Canadian defense with a cap hit of 15 million?

And no, subtracting Nurse and Ceci to replace them with Nurse and Ceci doesn't count.

Holy shit

 

[Nogatco Rd]

I think there is a bit of a power vacuum on the horizon with lots of the dominant teams of the last 15-20 years reaching the end their competitive cycle or already in full blown rebuilds. Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver… would anyone really be surprised to see one of those teams make it to the finals in the next couple of years? People should get their licks in now while they still can.

 

[innitfam]

Some obvious picks based on high level talent and others for an efficient cap hit for what they bring to the table:

McDavid 12.5M
Draisatl 8.5M
Hyman 5.5M
Slafkovsky 950K

Q. Hughes 7.85M
Chychrun 4.6M
Andersson 4.55M
Bouchard 3.9M
McCabe 2M
Guhle 863K

Demko 5M
Skinner 2.6M

That's 58.813M out of 88M. 29.187M to fill out the remaining roster.

Of course you can switch guys out for higher paid if there's room left over after but I feel this is a good skeleton.

 

[End on a Hinote]

It's going to be funny when the Canucks win and only like two players bring the Cup to Canada.

I actually want to see this. Not just because I'm a Canucks fan but just to see how hypocritical the Canada haters will be.

 

[vcanuck]

PLD

 

[TCIH]

Draisaitl - McDavid - Hyman
Ehlers - Miller - Batherson
Knies - Sharangovich - Slafkovsky
Pezzetta - McLeod - McMann
Greig, Coronato

Hughes - Bouchard
Morrissey - Guhle
Benoit - Reinbacher
McCabe

Demko
Skinner

I don't have it in me to verify the numbers are all right but according to CapFriendly that roster comes in at ~750k under the cap.

 

[Daishi]

It's going to be funny when the Canucks win and only like two players bring the Cup to Canada.

But, but, but, the team 'represents' British Columbia.

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

So, is Team Canada joining the NHL?

 

[Mogo]

23 Zach Hymans

That's gonna be a crowded far post

 

[bobholly39]

Heal Carey Price. Add him to McDavid. Should be good

 

[Coffey]

Why are people adding Hughes? Dude is kind of a ghost in the playoffs.

 

[Burnaby Schmo]

Why are people adding Hughes? Dude is kind of a ghost in the playoffs.

You don't think a PP1 of Hughes, Bouch, Miller, Drai, and McDavid wouldn't do absolutely league wide catacylsmic damage to every PK in the league. Have Hughes juking Nyqvist out of his jock, dishing it off to Bouch who fires the rebound, which Miller than picks off in the corner before backing handing it to McDavid who cross paints to Drai who scores a goal that for some reason is worth 3 points instead of 1, just because the entire play looked so crisp?

If you say, so.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

This team would blow a 3-0 lead in the SCF, but actually lose Game 7 as well.