Is this the greatest Canada team ever?

[alko]

After semifinals they are simply amazing:

6 games, 6 wins with score 41:4.

The mighty 2005 Canada team was 41:7 in 6 games.

Yeah, one loss in finals could destroy it.

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[780il]

^ No 5v5 goals against allowed yet in the tournament. All 4 goals against were on the power play.

 

[lawrence]

it's pretty close imagine if Alex Laf was allowed to play Dache didn't get hurt and so for.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

No that's always going to be 2005

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Right up there with the best if they stroll through the gold medal game.

 

[jcs0218]

Part of the legacy of the 2005 team is the NHL and Olympic careers so many players on that team went on to have.

So despite the 2020 advantage in goal-differential, I think the names on the 2005 team will influence perception.

That being said, I think the quality of opponents the 2005 team faced was higher than the 2020 team.

Canada wrecked a Russian team in the 2005 Finals that had Ovechkin and Malkin on it. Not to mention players like Radulov and Emelin too.

I think some of Canada's other opponents in 2005 (Czech Republic and Slovakia) were also much stronger hockey nations 15 years ago than they are today, and provided a much more difficult test in 2005.

 

[RorschachWJK]

Several other countries did not have a very good team this year talent-wise so I don't know about that. Certainly very impressive but some of their earlier great teams faced much tougher opponents.

 

[Gold Standard]

Before the tournament I thought they had a shot at Best U20 Team Canada ever, but at this point, and even with a GMG W against the Americans tonight, the title of Best U20 Team Canada ever remains with the '05 team.

 

[Mickey Marner]

It could be #2 with a win in the finals.

2021 has beat up on the patsies more than 2005 did.

2005 kept Ovechkin and Malkin off the board in a lopsided finals.

 

[JackSlater]

No, but it has proven a memorable team. Probably the best skating team Canada. The 2005 team looked better than the opposition in a way that the 2021 team doesn't. I remember hearing Patrick O'Sullivan, credible source I know, talk about how in 2005 he felt that the Americans were relieved not to be playing Canada in the finals. He basically said they'd rather win bronze than get decimated and embarrassed in the final. I don't think that people will talk that way about the 2021 team. Of course, the team could still lose the gold medal tonight and render all of this pointless.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

It’s great to watch Canada win but they’ve been so dominant, the games aren’t fun to watch. Canada- USA is always a good game so can’t wait to watch that game!
Safe to say if Canada wins, its up there with the most dominant teams in history.

 

[tobu]

Slovakia with the best result vs Canada on this tournament to-date is our consolidation award.

 

[Mathieukferland]

Unpopular opinion perhaps but I take the 2015 team over this team, perhaps with Lafrenière and Dach my opinion would be different but I think that team faced better opposition and was still nearly as dominant

 

[Maplebeasts]

2005.

 

[CpatainCanuck]

About half the members of the 2005 team would go on to become star players in the nhl. Is that expected to be duplicated this time around?

Rk	Name	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

1		Patrice Bergeron	19	F	6	5	8	13	6	5	1	0	0	0.833	1.333	2.167
2		Ryan Getzlaf	19	F	6	3	9	12	8	14	0	0	0	0.500	1.500	2.000
3		Jeff Carter	19	F	6	7	3	10	6	10	0	0	0	1.167	0.500	1.667
4		Sidney Crosby	17	F	6	6	3	9	4	4	5	0	1	1.000	0.500	1.500
5		Andrew Ladd	19	F	6	3	4	7	2	11	0	1	1	0.500	0.667	1.167
6		Corey Perry	19	F	6	2	5	7	6	2	1	0	0	0.333	0.833	1.167
7		Nigel Dawes	19	F	6	2	4	6	6	8	1	0	1	0.333	0.667	1.000

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

8		Dion Phaneuf	19	D	6	1	5	6	14	7	1	0	0	0.167	0.833	1.000
9		Colin Fraser	19	F	6	1	4	5	2	5	0	0	0	0.167	0.667	0.833
10		Mike Richards	19	F	6	1	4	5	2	6	0	1	1	0.167	0.667	0.833
11		Clarke MacArthur	19	F	6	4	0	4	10	5	0	0	1	0.667	0.000	0.667
12		Anthony Stewart	19	F	6	3	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	0.500	0.167	0.667
13		Danny Syvret	19	D	6	1	2	3	2	9	1	0	1	0.167	0.333	0.500
14		Brent Seabrook	19	D	5	0	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	0.000	0.600	0.600
15		Braydon Coburn	19	D	6	0	2	2	8	8	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

16		Cam Barker	18	D	3	1	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	0.333	0.000	0.333
17		Shawn Belle	19	D	6	1	0	1	6	9	0	0	0	0.167	0.000	0.167
18		Stephen Dixon	19	F	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.167	0.167
19		Jeremy Colliton	19	F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
20		Rejean Beauchemin	19	G	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
21		Jeff Glass	19	G	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
22		Shea Weber	19	D	6	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[86Habs]

Our 2005 and 2015 teams were better. With Lafreniere and Dach the 2021 team could have equaled or exceeded 2015, but 2005 is untouchable in my view.

 

[57special]

They still have one more game to win.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

No, it's '05 handily.

That team didn't have the benefit of beating up on a covid-ravaged Germany team for 16 goals. Skews the numbers more than a little.

 

[Wierzbowski426]

One of the better ones for sure but the competition this year has been impacted by covid way more than the canadians so there will always be an asterisk as far as how good this team is considered imo.

 

[jj cale]

I think they still have to win a gold medal yet right?

Might just be me but it seems a little premature for this topic.

 

[Fatass]

After we lose by three to the US tonight, will this still be a legitimate question? Or will we, as Canadians, be asking “what went wrong?”

 

[kk87]

Honestly, it's pretty unfortunate that this group hasn't been tested at all. Would've been nice to see at least one great round robin game (the divisions were awful this year), or at the very least see Russia show up yesterday. Even as a Canadian I'm glad that the gold medal game should be a nailbiter - would've been kind of shitty having to beat up on a weak Finland team again

 

[domiwroze]

Honestly, it's pretty unfortunate that this group hasn't been tested at all. Would've been nice to see at least one great round robin game (the divisions were awful this year), or at the very least see Russia show up yesterday. Even as a Canadian I'm glad that the gold medal game should be a nailbiter - would've been kind of shitty having to beat up on a weak Finland team again

Sure

 

[SotasicA]

Yes. Somehow it seems like all of these guys will be NHLers. I mean, in the past we've seen guys like Jeremy Colliton play at the WJC for Canada.

 

[Back in Black]

When they win tonight!!!!