The Four Nations Tournament Thread

Quinning

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Why the f*** are you hosting this in the middle of the season?

Imagine if Hughes blows his knee out at a useless tournament.
 
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arttk

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He’s their best forward.
it's a gimmicky as shit "tournament"

then they could just go to the olympics lol and let the ioc decide if russians can play

as is, having bettman and co. use their discretion is stupid

anyways, the us would win either way... which is gonna be wildly annoying. hope canada or sweden can pull one off. hughes doesn't need this to bolster the hhof resume
yeah, the olympics mean something .. this is just a all star game replacement with more steps
 
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StreetHawk

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This defense is unreal lol
4 lefties and 3 righties. Plus really solid goalies.
Probably pair the more offensive guy with a defensive one.
Fox with Slavin
Quinn with MacAvoy
Werenski with Faber
Leaves Hanifin as the 7th. Though, he could take Fabers spot, but have to slide over.
 

kanucks25

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4 lefties and 3 righties. Plus really solid goalies.
Probably pair the more offensive guy with a defensive one.
Fox with Slavin
Quinn with MacAvoy
Werenski with Faber
Leaves Hanifin as the 7th. Though, he could take Fabers spot, but have to slide over.
Hanifin would be the extra for me

I'd probably put Faber with Hughes but I mean there are really no bad combinations lol
 

Mr. Canucklehead

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IMO, Team USA is the one to beat. Strength at all three positions.

Canada's forward group is insane (Sam Bennett is an interesting choice, though). Our defense isn't as good as USA's, and our goaltending may be the worst of all four.

Also - I know it would be a gimmick and not really based on merit, but I think it's a huge missed opportunity to have Bedard, Crosby and McDavid all together on this team. Bedard being left off because he can't single handedly dominate games playing with miscellaneous plugs and donuts in Chicago kind of sucks.
 

StreetHawk

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Hanifin would be the extra for me

I'd probably put Faber with Hughes but I mean there are really no bad combinations lol
Have not watched much Minny, but MacAvoy is known to throw his weight around, so nice to have that attribute for a Hughes partner. Werenski has enough size to take care of himself, thus doesn't need MacAvoy as much.
 

Mr. Canucklehead

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lol Bouchard got snubbed.

Oilers schadenfreude aside, if you don't have a power play to put him on, he's useless. Makar will play the top PP unit and Theodore the second. Every other d-man are much better versatile players overall.

I was so busy noticing that Hyman and Skinner got left off, I forgot all about Bouchard.

And yeah - this Team Canada isn't going to have trouble scoring goals. They're going to have trouble giving them up. Bouchard doesn't help with that.
 

kanucks25

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Them going with Parayko (or Tanev or Weegar or something) over Bouchard is not surprising at all.

When you already have Makar it makes Bouchard a lot less valuable.
 

StreetHawk

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Them going with Parayko (or Tanev or Weegar or something) over Bouchard is not surprising at all.

When you already have Makar it makes Bouchard a lot less valuable.
USA has 3D who can run PP1. All of Fox, Quinn And Werenski.

It’s like 3 games or something. So betting Makar to be there for the full event is a fair bet to make.
 

supercanuck

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Is Montembeault there to appease Habs fans? At least Binnington they can use the Cup winner "reasoning". Probably would have went with Thompson instead.
 

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Edmonton media after finding out Skinner wasn't picked for team Canada despite their best efforts
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infinitebook

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This tournament will come down to how much the players care. If players are going all out, whether its a gimmick or not doesn't really matter, it is going to be incredibly entertaining. Best on best hockey is about as good as sports get.
 
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