What's Your Team Canada Lineup

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Tanguay - Sakic - Iginla
Gagne - Lecavalier - Richards
Nash - Thornton - Heatley
Smyth - Marleau - Shanahan
Kariya, Spezza(1), Staal (2)

Pronger - Niedermayer
Regehr - Redden
Blake - Foote
Jovanovski, Phaneuf (3)

Brodeur
Luongo
Turco

Most of the players in position, there's enough grit and size among most of the forwards to just disown a checking line. Not to mention most of those lines have previous chemistry of some sort or another, and they contain elite talent. The defense is based off of one d back, one d up style of play. Goalies are about the most obvious.

 

[Clownpipe*]

Gagne - Thornton - Iginla
St. Louis - Spezza - Heatley
Tanguay - Sakic - Richards
Smyth - Staal - Lecavalier
ex: Marleau

Pronger - Blake
Redden - Niedermayer
Foote - Regehr
ex: Phaneuf

Brodeur
Turco
Luongo

 

[MM425]

Gange- Sakic - Iginla
Nash- Spezza-Heately
Richards- Lecavalier- St Louis
Marleau- Thornton- Stall
Spares: Kris Draper, Sidney Crosby

1st line is a no brainer. Spezza deserves to be on the team, he's a creative player who will fill in Lemieux/Yzerman's previous role as the playmaker... if Nash is healthy, he's there and pairing Healty with the line is a no-brainer. The Tampa players have been solid this year and in my mind, have done nothing to change their status. Marleau has not only been scoring, but he's been a great two way player for San Jose... I think he's a much better fit than Shane Doan on the team. Stall's play has spoken for itself. Draper as a defensive specialist and Crosby to bring along for the ride so he can learn the ways of Team Canada.

Niedermayer- Blake
Pronger- Redden
Jovanoski- Foote
spare: Phaneuf

Regher is a left off for Foote, only for leadership and Phaneuf is there for the same reason as Crosby is

Brodeur
Turco
Joseph

Brodeur is there because of experience and Turco and Cujo have arguably been the best 2 goalies in the NHL (other than Kipprusoff).

 

[espo*]

What a ***** pickin this team is!!!

 

[Kesler Kills Kommies]

hello? people
no iginla on top line please
there is just better choice, like heatley

 

[flambers]

hello? people
no iginla on top line please
there is just better choice, like heatley

Not a chance Sakic & Iginla were really good last time. The top line will be Gagne, Sakic and Iginla of course if they don't produce that will change.

 

[bure94]

Bertuzzi-Thornton-Iginla is too good of a line to not setup.

They could probably win on that line alone, what could stop that ?

 

[JoeLH]

Luongo (Brodeur)

Regehr / Pronger
Redden / Niedermayer
Phaneuf / Blake

Gagne / Thornton / Iginla
Tanguay / Sakic / Heatley
Richards / Lecavalier / Spezza
Nash / Staal / Marleau

... just my opinion ...

 

[RingWraith]

Kariya - Sakic - Iginla
Gagne - Thornton - Heatley/Shanahan
Heatley/Shanahan - Richards - St. Louis
Smyth - Marleau - Doan
Extra: Bertuzzi/Nash

Rob Blake
Scott Niedermayer
Adam Foote
Wade Redden
Ed Jovanovski
Robyn Regehr
Extra: Chris Pronger/Dion Phaneuf

Brodeur
Turco
Jospeh

 

[Coach Travis]

What a ***** pickin this team is!!!

Yeah, whenever someone posts a team, I think "Yeah, that'd be a good team to send" and then I start thinking about who wouldn't be going.

 

[espo*]

Yeah, whenever someone posts a team, I think "Yeah, that'd be a good team to send" and then I start thinking about who wouldn't be going.

For sure,we've got too many stars,lol.

 

[THE SOVIET*]

Gagne - Thornton - Iginla
Heatly - Sakic - Bertuzzi
Marleau - Richards - Smyth
Kariya - Lecavalier - Shanahan
Ex: Spezza.


Pronger - Blake
Redden - Niedermayer
McCabe - Regehr
ex: Foote

Brodeur
Turco
Luongo

 

[Towmater14]

Kariya - Sakic - Iginla
Gagne - Thornton - Heatley/Shanahan
Heatley/Shanahan - Richards - St. Louis
Smyth - Marleau - Doan
Extra: Bertuzzi/Nash

Rob Blake
Scott Niedermayer
Adam Foote
Wade Redden
Ed Jovanovski
Robyn Regehr
Extra: Chris Pronger/Dion Phaneuf

Brodeur
Turco
Jospeh

Extra???

 

[joe_shannon_1983*]

Well, the team is going to be announced tomorrow (in 17 hours actually).

Here is who I think WILL BE on the team:

Bertuzzi
Crosby
Doan
Draper
Gagne
Heatley
Iginla
Lecavalier
Nash
Richards
St.Louis
Sakic
Thornton

Blake
Foote
Jovanovski
Niedermayer
Pronger
Redden
Regehr

Brodeur
Luongo
Joseph

* I debated back and forth about Smyth, but I just don't know if he will bump off one of the forwards that I listed above.

* I debated back and forth about Turco, but I just don't know if he will bump off one of the goaltenders that I listed above.

 

[supreme_reverend]

Goalies
1. Martin Brodeur
2. Roberto Luongo
3. Jose Theodore or Marty Turco

Defensemen
Chris Pronger
Scott Neidermayer
Rob Blake
Ed Jovonovski
Adam Foote
Robin Regher
Jay Bouwmeester

Forwards
Joe Sakic
Simon Gagne
Jarome Iginla
Dany Heatley
Jason Spezza
Vincent Lecalvier
Martin St. Louis
Brad Richards
Joe Thornton
Kris Draper
Shane Doan
Eric Staal

Extras
Patrick Marleau, Kirk Maltby

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

What I think the team should be...

Tanguay-Sakic-Iginla
Gagne-Thornton-Nash
Heatley-Spezza-St. Louis
Smyth-Lecavalier-Bertuzzi

Niedermayer-Foote
Pronger-Jovanovski
Redden-Regehr

Brodeur
Luongo
Theodore

Extras: Morrow, Marleau, Blake

 

[SammyTheBull]

No checking line needed with the new rules being called in IIHF


Iginla
Sakic
Thornton
Bertuzzi
Gagne
Nash
Heatley
Spezza
Staal
Crosby with pacifier
Lecavalier
Richards


Niedermayer
Jovo
McCabe
Redden
Blake
Phaneuf

Brodeur
Turco
Luongo

 

[ABwind]

alright here's mine

gagne - sakic - iginla
heatley - spezza - bertuzzi
richards - lecavlier - shanahan
smyth - thornton - doan

pronger - redden
blake - neidemayer
rheghyr - mccabe

Brodeur
Turco
Luongo

taxi squad

crosby
staal
jovanoski


got to have some more leadership and that is why Brendan Shanahan is on this team.

 

[bleedgreen]

assume this was the thread to voice my opinion. im an american and an unabashed canes fan - so i know my vote doesnt go far, but staal really deserves to be on this team. its not a discredit to either spezza or crosby. i didnt think for a minute crosby could live up to his hype, and ive been blown away with the way he has handled it. spezza is a critical part of the top line hockey, i saw them live in denver, and they werent the same without him....not that they really needed him that night. i just think after watching all three a ton that staal is the best o fthem right now. whats impressed me the most is when the game has been on the line, he wants the puck and makes it happen. dont know if you caught the highlights against tampa tonight, but he did one more time what he has done almost every night this year - take an ordinary team and make them win. i dont give him all the credit for the canes success this year, brindy has been great too (a lot of guys are stepping up) - but staal has been a monster. i know he is a bit raw at times... but he plays great both ways, he hits, he makes the right plays at the right times, scores the big goals, and makes the big play of the game repeatedly over and over.

again, i know im a homer - but he really has been the best of the three this season....and thats what it should be based on.

 

[helicecopter]

Here is mine (of course not the one that will be picked):


Kariya---------------------Sakic------------------Iginla
Nash----------------------Thornton---------------Gagne
Staal----------------------Crosby-----------------Heatley
Richards------------------ Lecavalier--------------Bertuzzi
-STLouis

Niedermayer-–--------------Pronger
Redden-–-------------------Blake
Regehr---------------------Foote
-Phillips

Brodeur
-Luongo
-Turco


Extras: Jovanovsky, Marleau, Morrow

 

[Tuggy]

If Staal doesn't make this team then there is something wrong. Not only has he been better then the "kids" (Spezza, Crosby) but IMO he's been one of the best players in the entire league this year. It would be a joke if Draper or Doan make the team over him.

 

[SensAndy77]

Gagné - Thornton - Nash dominated the World Championship this year.

Spezza and Heatley should play together, too.

Maltby - Draper - Smyth looked good as a checking line at the World Cup last year.

 

[TRask]

Bertuzzi-Sakic-Iginla
Nash-Thornton-Gagne
Stall-Lecalvier-Richards
Crosby-Spezza-Heatly

Niedermayer-Pronger
Redden-Blake
Regehr-Phaneuf

We dont need no stinkin checking line

 

[flambers]

Bertuzzi-Sakic-Iginla
Nash-Thornton-Gagne
Stall-Lecalvier-Richards
Crosby-Spezza-Heatly

Niedermayer-Pronger
Redden-Blake
Regehr-Phaneuf

We dont need no stinkin checking line

Ouch,,,, I bet a bunch of these guys will not be mentioned in the conference today. Starting with Nash (tax Squad), Crosby, Phaneuf, Spezza is a 50/50 chance type of player.

 

[jcpenny]

I see plenty of Spezza on the 1st line. Thats ridiculous! Ahead of Thornton, Sakic and Lecavalier? Hes good but not better than thses guy right now. In my books i even have Stall ahead of him.