World Cup: Four Nations Tournament-Team Canada

[RoyIsALegend]

I'm curious if Strome gets a look. I don't think he's good enough, but he's off to a red hot start. And is strong enough defensively to slot in on the 4th line.

A hot start isn't everything, but it wouldn't surprise me.

It would definitely surprise me.

I don’t think Strome makes Team Canada 2, nevermind the first team.

There’s dozens and dozens of better forward options than him, regardless of a hot start.

 

[therocket9]

Team Canada goalies.....save percentages....Talbot .920% Allen .916% Thompson .913% Blackwood .911% Montembeault .906% and Binnington .887%. who will it be.

 

[Nucks2001]

Robert Thomas back earlier than expected. I can confidently say he makes the team

 

[ShameOnYouZidlicky]

Hagel McDavid Reinhart
Konecny MacKinnon Marner
Lafreniere Crosby Point
Marchand Cirelli Stone
Thomas

Toews Makar
Morrissey Pietrangelo
Theodore Dobson
Weegar

Talbot/Binnington/Thompson

Forward Notes

- I like the idea of having Canada's 3 best forwards playing at their natural positions and being strong down the middle.
- 1st line has McDavid passing to the best scorer on the team. Hagel adds speed and pack battling abilities
-2nd line has Marner giving to the puck to MacKinnon; Konecny brings some tenacity to the line
-3rd line has Crosby playing with players who can play a cycle game which is what he likes
-4th line is a good shut down line that can score. I like the idea of having Cirelli on team as a defensive centre who can kill penalties
-You can mix and match the 1st and 3rd lines pretty easily (Hagel-McDavid-Point; Laf-Crosby-Reinhart would work well too)

Defense Notes

- Seems like Toews and Makar are the consensus first pairing
- Too be honest I'm not entirely sure about the rest of the D. Seems like Morrissey is locked in at 2LD and I like the idea of a strong defensive presence playing with him
-I like Dobson on the 3rd pairing for a little more offense from the backend
- I could be convinced on a different 7th D
- I think the team should focus on building a very strong defensive-minded back end. Makar will drive the offence, but I think the team needs to pieces to shut down the elite US forward group they will bring over

Goalie Notes

- This is just sad
- I brought in Talbot and Thompson as they are the hotter hands right now and Binnington because of his experience. If the tournament started today, I would make Talbot the starter

 

[the valiant effort]

Goalie Notes

- This is just sad

 

[Nucks2001]

Hagel McDavid Reinhart
Konecny MacKinnon Marner
Lafreniere Crosby Point
Marchand Cirelli Stone
Thomas

Toews Makar
Morrissey Pietrangelo
Theodore Dobson
Weegar

Talbot/Binnington/Thompson

Forward Notes

- I like the idea of having Canada's 3 best forwards playing at their natural positions and being strong down the middle.
- 1st line has McDavid passing to the best scorer on the team. Hagel adds speed and pack battling abilities
-2nd line has Marner giving to the puck to MacKinnon; Konecny brings some tenacity to the line
-3rd line has Crosby playing with players who can play a cycle game which is what he likes
-4th line is a good shut down line that can score. I like the idea of having Cirelli on team as a defensive centre who can kill penalties
-You can mix and match the 1st and 3rd lines pretty easily (Hagel-McDavid-Point; Laf-Crosby-Reinhart would work well too)

Defense Notes

- Seems like Toews and Makar are the consensus first pairing
- Too be honest I'm not entirely sure about the rest of the D. Seems like Morrissey is locked in at 2LD and I like the idea of a strong defensive presence playing with him
-I like Dobson on the 3rd pairing for a little more offense from the backend
- I could be convinced on a different 7th D
- I think the team should focus on building a very strong defensive-minded back end. Makar will drive the offence, but I think the team needs to pieces to shut down the elite US forward group they will bring over

Goalie Notes

- This is just sad
- I brought in Talbot and Thompson as they are the hotter hands right now and Binnington because of his experience. If the tournament started today, I would make Talbot the starter

Love your forwards! Agreed on defence. I actually think Tanev might not be a bad 7th defenceman. Nothing Wrong with Weegar, he can certainly fill in a shutdown role, but I don’t think you can name 6 better defencemen that are better than Tanev at what he does. Slavin? Brodin? Ekholm? McAvoy? Forsling? Very few and I think Canada should take someone like him.

 

[Regal]

Robert Thomas back earlier than expected. I can confidently say he makes the team

I’m not sure. He’s a good player and there’s the Armstrong connection but he’s also a guy who doesn’t really bring any one particular quality like size or speed or elite defense. He’s just kind of solid everywhere. I feel like they might prefer the lower end of the roster to have more defined traits

 

[jj cale]

Team Canada goalies.....save percentages....Talbot .920% Allen .916% Thompson .913% Blackwood .911% Montembeault .906% and Binnington .887%. who will it be.

I think we are going with this guy, at least he's consistent, you know what you're gonna get.

 

[Mathieukferland]

I think we are going with this guy, at least he's consistent, you know what you're gonna get.

still better a better option than Tristan Jarry