World Cup: Four Nations Tournament-Team Canada

JackSlater

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You might want to learn about something called the PP. Lafreniere doesn’t play PP1 for his team. Pretty sure every forward you named there does. And PP2 for the Rangers virtually doesn’t exist because our PP1 is very good and those guys don’t leave the ice. He has some of the best even strength scoring numbers the last two years in hockey.

And you seem to be the only one that hasn’t watched the regular season this year or last year and seems to believe he simply got hot during the playoffs.

To add to this, and I am certainly a supporter of Lafreniere making this team, he brings a different playstyle to the team and has shown that he can contribute to a line without being puck dominant, which is essential if he plays with McDavid or MacKinnon or Crosby. That he is still young and has a strong pedigree helps as well. It is significant that he gets his points without a whole lot of PP opportunities though, because he won't be getting power play opportunities on this team either. Most of these players, if you just want to look at points, should have even strength points isolated because that's where they are going to play at this event in most cases.

There must be a French Canadian player on the roster so that province of Quebec is well represented

Thomas Chabot ?
Lafreniere.
 
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Mathieukferland

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There must be a French Canadian player on the roster so that province of Quebec is well represented

Thomas Chabot ?
Nah, only pick one if they merit it; Lafrenière is the most likely in my opinion. If he doesn’t make it (in addition to there being a real possibility that no player from QC makes the world junior team) well Hockey Québec should wake up to sort out the bureaucratic and political messes at the minor hockey level that plague elite minor hockey teams
 
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PanniniClaus

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Team Canada goalies.....save percentages....Talbot .920% Allen .916% Thompson .913% Blackwood .911% Montembeault .906% and Binnington .887%. who will it be.
I believe the very best choice for our net might not be named here - Joey Daccord. 8-3, 2.51 and a .918.

He is eligible for Canada, USA and Switzerland and I didn't hear that he was approached.
 

RoyIsALegend

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Lafreniere - McDavid - Reinhart
Marchand - Crosby - MacKinnon
Hagel - Point - Marner
Bennett - Thomas - Stone

Scheifele / Konecny

Toews - Makar
Morrissey - Dobson
Theodore - Pietrangelo

Sanheim

Binnington
Thompson
Hill
 

Nucks2001

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Lafreniere - McDavid - Reinhart
Marchand - Crosby - MacKinnon
Hagel - Point - Marner
Bennett - Thomas - Stone

Scheifele / Konecny

Toews - Makar
Morrissey - Dobson
Theodore - Pietrangelo

Sanheim

Binnington
Thompson
Hill
Really love your team. 4th line is really slow with both Bennett and Stone. Perhaps, Bennett moved up to 1st like with McD and Reinhart. Hagel on 4th to inject some speed or maybe adding Verhaege instead of Bennett might be an option.
 
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