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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.
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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.
Team Canada goalies.....save percentages....Talbot .920% Allen .916% Thompson .913% Blackwood .911% Montembeault .906% and Binnington .887%. who will it be.
ShameOnYouZidlicky
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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
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
settle down, bud
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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.
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
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I think we are going with this guy, at least he's consistent, you know what you're gonna get.
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Mathieukferland
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He's better defensively than Scheifele and argubaly over Suzuki as well. Better FO taker, bigger than Suzuki, better playmaker than both and a better skater than Scheifele. Scheifele's a better goal scorer though and bigger. That may edge him out, I just think Thomas is better at more facets of the game and is young enough to be groomed by Canada. Reuniting the former ROR and Thomas PK on Canada's 2nd PK unit would also bring a great deal of chemistry.
