Rick Nash to team Canada

[GordonGecko]

Team Canada roster just released, Rick Nash made the team

Goalies
Roberto Luongo
Carey Price
Mike Smith

Defensemen
Jay Bouwmeester
Drew Doughty
Dan Hamhuis
Duncan Keith
Alex Pietrangelo
PK Subban
Marc-Eduard Vlasic
Shea Weber

Forwards
Jamie Benn
Patrice Bergeron
Jeff Carter
Sidney Crosby
Matt Duchene
Ryan Getzlaf
Chris Kunitz
Patrick Marleau
Rick Nash
Corey Perry
Patrick Sharp
Steven Stamkos
John Tavares
Jonathan Toews

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[BarbaraAlphanse]

Maybe this wakes him up.

 

[Malarowski]

Maybe that will spark him some more. He's getting there slowly.

Rangers have now 7(?) Olympians. That's pretty good.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

I know he was a bubble player but in thought Seguin would make it

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Doesn't Canada know that he sucks?

 

[Raspewtin]

I'm surprised Benn made it, tbh.

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

I'm surprised Benn made it, tbh.

Why? He's very very good.

 

[silverfish]

St. Louis got robbed. I would've preferred Nash not made it, but oh well.

Perhaps it gets him going, as others have said

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

Benn completely deserved but why not Tyler Seguin on the open ice instead of Rick?

 

[Raspewtin]

Why? He's very very good.

Oh I know that, just a few notable forwards snubbed.

I also can't believe Kunitz made it. If he doesn't play on Crosby's wing he's useless.

 

[Fitzy]

MSL not on that team is a joke.

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

Oh I know that, just a few notable forwards snubbed.

I also can't believe Kunitz made it. If he doesn't play on Crosby's wing he's useless.

But he is ...

 

[AlternateSideParking]

I call BS on Yzerman's statement that they watched tons of tape and went to a lot of games.

Nash isnt even close to the player he was in Vancouver.

 

[McD27]

I guess stamkos is gonna be back. what a player.

 

[OverTheCap]

Hopefully this sparks Nash but I could also see it having the reverse effect - he made the team despite his mediocre play this year over the likes of St. Louis so why change anything?

 

[Green Blob*]

Hell yea

 

[AlternateSideParking]

MSL plays for Yzerman in Tampa. Interesting.

 

[The Gloaming]

Lol at Kunitz making the team over MSL.

 

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

Hopefully this sparks Nash but I could also see it having the reverse effect - he made the team despite his mediocre play this year over the likes of St. Louis so why change anything?

The same Rick Nash who claimed his play in last season's playoffs was good? He is the worst self-assessor in the sport. He's not changing anything.

 

[The Gloaming]

Also, I know that Canada is amazing at center, but Joe Thornton leads the league in assists and is having an amazing year.

 

[AlternateSideParking]

Seabrook, Boyle, Heatley, Richards, Fatso, MAF, Nieds, Pronger, Iginla, Morrow, Thornton, Staal were on the 2010 team but not the 2014 team.

 

[Clausewitz]

Canada and Sweden should likely take the gold and silver medals (though not necessarily in that order). The bronze seems a toss-up between the other powerhouses -- excluding Slovakia: USA, Finland, Russia and the Czech Republic.

 

[KreiMeARiver*]

lots of people POd in the main thread about Nash in and MSL/Giroux left off.

Seriously, how the hell do you leave MSL off the team? HOW????

He could be the most underrated/under-appreciated player of all time.

 

[AlternateSideParking]

It's obvious Canada is going for speed and skill over grit and size. At least up front.

They did the same thing in 2006. I think they get pushed around this Olympiad.

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

Yea not a lot of grit on this team. Canada is banking on an olympics being similar to touch football. Don't agree with some of their picks.