ORRFForever
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The Olympics will be played on NHL sized ice.
Hockey Canada will stick with
Toews - Makar
Theodore - Pietrangelo
Morrisey -
Harley -
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Hockey Canada will stick with
Toews - Makar
Theodore - Pietrangelo
Morrisey -
Harley -
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It must’ve been posted 50 times in this thread by now…
It won’t be Olympic ice. It will be NHL sized ice.
IIHF transitioned to NHL sized ice 4 years ago.
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So happy for another Team Canada win, we really needed this one with all the political nonsense coming from south of the border. I particularly enjoyed seeing Crabbe and Goyle (Tkachuk brothers) fail. Here are some thoughts leading into the Olympics.
Forwards:
- Locks from this team are: McDavid, MacKinnon, Crosby, Marner, Point, Reinhart
- Close to locks: Bennett
- Bubble: Stone, Hagel, Marchand, Konecny, Jarvis
- Shouldn't make it: Cirelli
- Locks are pretty obvious ones. Reinhart would be the only one who could be considered to be more of a close to lock due to his skating but as long as he keeps scoring, he should be there
- Bennett was a pleasant surprise. I was against having him on the team but I loved his physicality and obviously had a big moment in the final game.
- Stone and Marchand are really slow at this point of their careers. I'm not sure about either of them being there
- I really liked Hagel and would have him back as a 4LW with his speed, grit and ability to play with star players
- Konecny and Jarvis were fine and they should be given a look to make the team again but will need to prove themselves
- Cirelli is a great NHL player but he just looked out of place in the tournament
- Other players to consider: Suzuki, Thomas, Scheifele, Byfield, Johnston, Bedard, Celebrini, Wilson, Fantilli, Verheaghe
- Hoping our young up and coming stars like Bedard, Celebrini and Johnston take the next step convince TC to include them
- I really hope TC doesn't have blind loyalty to certain players like what happened in 2006 after the 2002 and 2004 successes. We won the tournament this year but it was by the skin of their teeth.
- I dont want Canada to respond too heavily to how US physically dominated them , but maybe Wilson is a good addition. As long as they don't build their team around it like the US team did in 2016. This also depends on what the Olympic rules are. They are playing on NHL sized ice with NHL refs, so doesn't it make sense for them to play with NHL rules?
Defense:
- Locks: Makar, Morrissey, Theodore
- Close to locks: Toews, Pietrangelo
- Bubble: Doughty, Sanheim, Parayko, Harley
- Makar and Morrissey were phenomenal for us this tournament. Makar was the best player in the championship game outside of Binnington
- I didn't love Toews' tournament especially in the US game without Makar. He was just shaky throughout the whole tournament. Being Makar's partner is obviously a huge plus for him
- Petro should be there. I don't love that he bailed on us but he is still a big, mobile d-man that will help the team.
- I love Drew Doughty, easily one of my favourite all time players but I am conflicted on this one. He had a fantastic game against the US on Saturday but otherwise he looked pretty slow although steady. I'd like to see a faster team in the Olympics he's up in the air for me
- Sanheim and Parayko were fine but they definitely are not locks quite yet
- Harley was awesome. Would love to see him make the team next year
- Other players to consider: Tanev, Weegar, Ekblad, Bouchard, Chabot, Chychrun, Power, Pelech, Pulock, Montour, Dobson
- I'd consider bringing in Bouchard just for his snapshot if this a 13F/7D tournament
Goalies:
- Locks: Binnington
- Bubble: Hill, Montembault
- Other players to consider: any Canadian goalie
- Binnington proved myself and so many others wrong and deserves to be there next year 100%
My team right now:
Reinhart McDavid Point
Bedard MacKinnon Marner
Celebrini Thomas Stone
Hagel Crosby Wilson
Bennett
Konecny/Suzuki/Jarvis/Johnston/whoever is playing the best
Toews Makar
Morrissey Theodore
Harley Pietrangelo
Sanheim Doughty
Binnington and 2 others (I will go Thompson and Hill for now)
Forwards:
- Locks from this team are: McDavid, MacKinnon, Crosby, Marner, Point, Reinhart
- Close to locks: Bennett
- Bubble: Stone, Hagel, Marchand, Konecny, Jarvis
- Shouldn't make it: Cirelli
- Locks are pretty obvious ones. Reinhart would be the only one who could be considered to be more of a close to lock due to his skating but as long as he keeps scoring, he should be there
- Bennett was a pleasant surprise. I was against having him on the team but I loved his physicality and obviously had a big moment in the final game.
- Stone and Marchand are really slow at this point of their careers. I'm not sure about either of them being there
- I really liked Hagel and would have him back as a 4LW with his speed, grit and ability to play with star players
- Konecny and Jarvis were fine and they should be given a look to make the team again but will need to prove themselves
- Cirelli is a great NHL player but he just looked out of place in the tournament
- Other players to consider: Suzuki, Thomas, Scheifele, Byfield, Johnston, Bedard, Celebrini, Wilson, Fantilli, Verheaghe
- Hoping our young up and coming stars like Bedard, Celebrini and Johnston take the next step convince TC to include them
- I really hope TC doesn't have blind loyalty to certain players like what happened in 2006 after the 2002 and 2004 successes. We won the tournament this year but it was by the skin of their teeth.
- I dont want Canada to respond too heavily to how US physically dominated them , but maybe Wilson is a good addition. As long as they don't build their team around it like the US team did in 2016. This also depends on what the Olympic rules are. They are playing on NHL sized ice with NHL refs, so doesn't it make sense for them to play with NHL rules?
Defense:
- Locks: Makar, Morrissey, Theodore
- Close to locks: Toews, Pietrangelo
- Bubble: Doughty, Sanheim, Parayko, Harley
- Makar and Morrissey were phenomenal for us this tournament. Makar was the best player in the championship game outside of Binnington
- I didn't love Toews' tournament especially in the US game without Makar. He was just shaky throughout the whole tournament. Being Makar's partner is obviously a huge plus for him
- Petro should be there. I don't love that he bailed on us but he is still a big, mobile d-man that will help the team.
- I love Drew Doughty, easily one of my favourite all time players but I am conflicted on this one. He had a fantastic game against the US on Saturday but otherwise he looked pretty slow although steady. I'd like to see a faster team in the Olympics he's up in the air for me
- Sanheim and Parayko were fine but they definitely are not locks quite yet
- Harley was awesome. Would love to see him make the team next year
- Other players to consider: Tanev, Weegar, Ekblad, Bouchard, Chabot, Chychrun, Power, Pelech, Pulock, Montour, Dobson
- I'd consider bringing in Bouchard just for his snapshot if this a 13F/7D tournament
Goalies:
- Locks: Binnington
- Bubble: Hill, Montembault
- Other players to consider: any Canadian goalie
- Binnington proved myself and so many others wrong and deserves to be there next year 100%
My team right now:
Reinhart McDavid Point
Bedard MacKinnon Marner
Celebrini Thomas Stone
Hagel Crosby Wilson
Bennett
Konecny/Suzuki/Jarvis/Johnston/whoever is playing the best
Toews Makar
Morrissey Theodore
Harley Pietrangelo
Sanheim Doughty
Binnington and 2 others (I will go Thompson and Hill for now)
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ORRFForever
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Changes to your lineup I would make...
Hagel (27) - McDavid (29) - Point (29)
Crosby (38) - MacKinnon (30) - Johnston (22)
Johnson (23) - Thomas (26) - Marner (28)
Bennett (29) - Reinhart (30) - Wilson (31)
Scheifele (32)
Taxi Squad : Jarvis (24) / Guenther (22) / Celebrini (19)
Why split up Theodore and Pietrangelo?
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ORRFForever
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But there's going to be chemistry and knowledge. I think you keep them together...
Toews - Makar
Theodore - Pietrangelo
Morrisey - ???
Harley
