Team Canada announcement thread.

[David Singleton]

Spezza and Staal were added to the alternates. Looks to me that someone didn't have the balls to put them on the actual team like they have earned.

David

 

[Jazz]

Hmmm, Sakic is wearing 19.....?

 

[Westcoasthabsfan]

If Staal doesn't make this team there should be a riot.

Start rioting because he made the taxi squad

 

[sveiglar]

No Boyle, no Marleau... and thankfully no Crosby.

 

[Slot 3]

This team is perfect!

Only cause Jovo's on it

 

[CBJFan22]

It looks to me like they are just going completely with experience. I haven't seen a young, new, player yet like Spezza or Staal that most definitely deserved to be selected.

Nash, Doan, and Draper do not deserve to go before many others (several reasons: current output, injury, etc.).

David

Um....Nash is only 21, dominated at the World Championships, was considered the best forward at the camp in August, has 2 goals in 2 games and still doesn't have his game legs yet. I think he deserves it.

 

[Vic Rattlehead*]

I hate the Doan pick.

 

[RangersFan88*]

the team could be faaaaar better
marleau is missing big time

 

[SopelFan*]

The taxis are better than most of the regulars.

 

[sveiglar]

No questions? Great. Throw to TSN.

 

[Heat McManus]

Questions 1-20..."Blah blah Crosby blah blah"

 

[RangersFan88*]

that doan and st.louis is unbelievable

 

[Hockeyfan02]

Nice to see the Bolts trio made it.

 

[Team_Spirit]

This show ****ing suck they should have made a press notice ...

 

[CH]

Did they forget to announce Iginla? I only count 12 forwards.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

The jerseys those kids are wearing are not the actual jersey numbers the players will be wearing at the Olympics. They were just wearing Canada jerseys with their current NHL jersey numbers.

 

[Westcoasthabsfan]

No Boyle, no Marleau... and thankfully no Crosby.

I disagree with two picks:

Shane Doan and Ryan Smyth.... they should be part of the taxi squad with Staal and Spezza moving up..... but they are waynes and kevins guys....

 

[Kevin Forbes]

was it hard to pick the team?

Wow, awesome question

BING!
Crosby question is #2

 

[RangersFan88*]

Did they forget to announce Iginla? I only count 12 forwards.

they announced him

 

[Vic Rattlehead*]

Spezza and Staal were added to the alternates. Looks to me that someone didn't have the balls to put them on the actual team like they have earned.

David

In 2002, Redden and Thornton didn't make the Olympic team, but they earned it.

Staal and Spezza will get their chance. They are still young, and if an injury goes down, they have the top priority.

I would have taken Boyle over McCabe, personally.

 

[TJF]

Hmmm, Sakic is wearing 19.....?

So were Brad Richards and Joe Thornton, they just gave them their name and orginal numbers on the team canada jersey. They won't be wearing that # when the olympics come around.

 

[bure94]

Interesting stat:

Only four teams are sending two players to TC, and they all reside in the NW.

Vancouver: Bertuzzi, Jovonovski
Calgary: Iginla, Regher
Colorado: Sakic, Blake
Edmonton: Smyth, Pronger

 

[Westcoasthabsfan]

Did they forget to announce Iginla? I only count 12 forwards.

He was announced after Heatley... they did it mostly in alphabetical order

 

[big_steve]

the team could be faaaaar better
marleau is missing big time

Ummmm, no. Staal instead of Bertuzzi, Draper, or Doan would be the only change I would make. And maybe Joseph over Luongo.

 

[go_leafs_go02]

thank you captain obvious!