Marc Methot IS going to camp

[george8it]

All his hard work is paying off.

 

[TheOriginalSilf*]

Ha. Ha.

 

[SenzZen]

Getcha lean-tos ready!

 

[Northern Neighbour]

Can he catch fish? Is he good at starting fires without matches?

 

[Patvolcom65]

Can he catch fish? Is he good at starting fires without matches?

He better bring some fish to Spezza.

 

[SanderSen]

Cottage jokes aside, great to see him invited. Can't see any way he makes it on D for Team Canada, but great experience and confidence builder.

 

[IranCondraAffair]

Marc Methot makes Team Canada, Spezza does not..?

Is this real life...or is this just fantasy...

 

[OttawaOilers]

Was a bit surprised to see him Invited but well deserved, for sure. Congrats Methy!

 

[danishh]

the reasoning for this, in case people havnt figured it out already, is that team canada is extremely weak on the left side.

babcock says he prefers to have an even balance of left-shot and right-shot dmen. Playing on your 'wrong' side may give you more one-timer chances, but it really ****s you up defensively, especially with board battles, clearing the puck, and holding the blue-line in the offensive zone.

if you look at the orientation camp roster (*=2010 team):
RD:
Boyle*
Doughty*
Green
Hamonic
Letang
Pietrangelo
Seabrook*
Subban
Weber*

LD:
Alzner
Bouwmeester (played in 2006)
Hamhuis
Keith*
Methot
Phaneuf
Staal
Vlasic

After keith, the left side is fairly 'weak'. Expect canada to take at least 3, if not 4 LD. Methot actually has a decent shot, especially if they end up taking a letang or subban on the right side and need someone to babysit defensively. I'd say it's Methot vs Vlasic vs Staal for the third pairing LD spot. I think vlasic wins in the end, but i could see methot impressing enough in the fall to earn the spot... playing with erik karlsson is very similar to playing with letang or subban.

 

[Laphroaig]

Danishh makes an excellent point about the left side defense dilemma for Canada. If we just took our eight best defensemen seven of them would be right siders. Expect some surprises. I'm going to predict Hamhuis makes the cut.

 

[saskriders]

Methot will make it

People will be surprised

He will be one of the better players


The Doughty of 2010

 

[Cat Dad Sixty Nine]

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Congrats to Marc, but I just saw Phaneuf also made the camp roster. Gotta take it with a grain of salt now.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Would not be surprised at all if he makes it as i believe all good teams need a good defensive hammer on the back end...seeing the list of invites and adding in the left shot, he more than fits that bill!

 

[OD99]

I think it will be his skating that gets him on the roster. For such a big man he can really get around out there and we have seen he can move the puck well too.

Very well rounded game and will be interesting to see how he looks when he has Karlsson with him the entire season.

 

[Back in Black]

I'll gladly buy a METHOD Team Canada jersey if he makes the team.

Please, please, please!

 

[BurgoShark]

the reasoning for this, in case people havnt figured it out already, is that team canada is extremely weak on the left side.

babcock says he prefers to have an even balance of left-shot and right-shot dmen. Playing on your 'wrong' side may give you more one-timer chances, but it really ****s you up defensively, especially with board battles, clearing the puck, and holding the blue-line in the offensive zone.

if you look at the orientation camp roster (*=2010 team):
RD:
Boyle*
Doughty*
Green
Hamonic
Letang
Pietrangelo
Seabrook*
Subban
Weber*

LD:
Alzner
Bouwmeester (played in 2006)
Hamhuis
Keith*
Methot
Phaneuf
Staal
Vlasic

After keith, the left side is fairly 'weak'. Expect canada to take at least 3, if not 4 LD. Methot actually has a decent shot, especially if they end up taking a letang or subban on the right side and need someone to babysit defensively. I'd say it's Methot vs Vlasic vs Staal for the third pairing LD spot. I think vlasic wins in the end, but i could see methot impressing enough in the fall to earn the spot... playing with erik karlsson is very similar to playing with letang or subban.

I was really surprised Brent Burns wasn't on the camp roster. In a short tournament having a guy who can play forward and both sides on defense (he's a righty but plays both sides equally well) would be a big asset