Olympics: Doug Armstrong named Canada’s GM for 2022 Olympics

[Koivu11]

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[Rabid Ranger]

No Petro?

 

[Alicat]

Congrats Don Sweeney!

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Possibly dumb question, why are so many associate/assistant GMs needed?

 

[rocketdan9]

Congrats Don Sweeney!

He is going to be confused not to pick american born players

 

[rocketdan9]

Possibly dumb question, why are so many associate/assistant GMs needed?

Brainstorm how the lineup should look. Contact the players. Emergency plan if someone gets injured. Pick the coaches, assistants etc

Its not like one guy can do it all. It takes work.

 

[Claypool]

Still my favorite picture of him. I wish I could get a painting of this.

 

[Phil Parent]

Did they have NHL personnel in management last time? Hint the pros are going?

 

[SenzZen]

Still my favorite picture of him. I wish I could get a painting of this.

Wrong GM Doug

 

[Em etah Eh]

Doug, get Parayko to sign a sweetheart 6 year deal and then throw him on team Canada, haha.

 

[Claypool]

Wrong GM Doug

I got too excited when I saw the name Doug.

 

[SenzZen]

I got too excited when I saw the name Doug.

You're only human, after all.

 

[Voight]

Brainstorm how the lineup should look. Contact the players. Emergency plan if someone gets injured. Pick the coaches, assistants etc

Its not like one guy can do it all. It takes work.

This + they have to put a team together while also working their normal jobs.

Armstrong was the easy and predictable choice since Yzerman retired from the job. Good for him.

 

[Szechwan]

I got too excited when I saw the name Doug.

You idiot, this is Doug Armstrong

 

[Voight]

Doug Armstrong: 'We're not picking an All-Star team' to play for Canada

This is starting to sound like 1998 all over again.....

 

[Mathieukferland]

Doug Armstrong: 'We're not picking an All-Star team' to play for Canada

This is starting to sound like 1998 all over again.....

I think that just means that someone like Couturier will be taken over Stamkos for the bottom line, I doubt the days of Zamuner and Claude Lemieux type players making TC are coming back

 

[86Habs]

Projected Team Canada forward group under Doug Armstrong:

McDavid / Crosby / MacKinnon
Marchand / Bergeron / Point
Horvat / O'Reilly / Stone
Cirelli / Couturier / Scheifele
Pageau, J. Staal

 

[Oilslick941611]

I think that just means that someone like Couturier will be taken over Stamkos for the bottom line, I doubt the days of Zamuner and Claude Lemieux type players making TC are coming back

06 wasn't a pretty team, bertuzzi had no business being on that team

 

[Sweetpotato]

Projected Team Canada forward group under Doug Armstrong:

McDavid / Crosby / MacKinnon
Marchand / Bergeron / Point
Horvat / O'Reilly / Stone
Cirelli / Couturier / Scheifele
Pageau, J. Staal

way to terrify me

 

[Ted Hoffman]

Possibly dumb question, why are so many associate/assistant GMs needed?

When your pool of players starts with say 25 of the 40 best players in the world, it's really hard to pick a roster.

The better answer: it's a chance for lots of people to claim they were part of the team's success if it results in a gold medal, people can claim "I was on the team and had ideas and no one listened to me - put me in charge next time" if it results in anything other than a gold medal.