07-25-2017, 11:41 AM
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NOT breaking news
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Willie Desjardins named coach of Team Canada for 2018 Olympics
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/wi...ment-1.4220399
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Former Vancouver Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins will lead a group of non-NHL players at the Pyeongchang Olympics next February in South Korea.
Longtime Canadian coach Dave King and ex-NHL forwards Scott Walker and Craig Woodcroft were named assistants at the Hockey Canada Hall of Champions on Tuesday.
Former NHL goaltenders Sean Burke and Martin Brodeur form Canada's management team, joining Hockey Canada CEO Tom Renney, president and COO of Hockey Canada Scott Smith and Scott Salmond, vice-president of hockey operations and national men's teams.
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07-25-2017, 11:42 AM
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Linden Vey is going to the Olympics!
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07-25-2017, 12:01 PM
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So is MayRay
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07-25-2017, 12:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roughneck
Linden Vey is going to the Olympics!
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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
So is MayRay
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Good lord is Russia going to clean up this event.
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07-25-2017, 12:06 PM
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Hiring Willie makes a lot of sense here as he has plenty of experience coaching non-NHL caliber players.
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07-25-2017, 03:07 PM
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So Willie's rise to fame starts with getting this gig after being let by Vancouver.
Alain Vigneault, John Tortorella, Glen Gulutzan...Willie will be the hottest free agent coach available after he leads Canada to a Gold with buncha no namers...
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07-25-2017, 03:08 PM
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07-25-2017, 03:36 PM
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Acerbic Cyberbully
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Da_Chief
So Willie's rise to fame starts with getting this gig after being let by Vancouver.
Alain Vigneault, John Tortorella, Glen Gulutzan...Willie will be the hottest free agent coach available after he leads Canada to a Gold with buncha no namers...
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You forgot Mike Sullivan.
Fun fact:
Following his first year behind the Flames bench Glen Gulutzan recorded his ninth straight winning season as a professional head coach, and his tenth out of eleven seasons comprising six years in the ECHL (0.587 WP), two years in the AHL (0.544), and three in the NHL (0.514).
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07-25-2017, 03:41 PM
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I believe in the Jays.
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Should have gotten Tippett. If anyone can eek maximum results out of a minimal roster it's him.
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07-25-2017, 03:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Hiring Willie makes a lot of sense here as he has plenty of experience coaching non-NHL caliber players.
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Touché !
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07-25-2017, 03:44 PM
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Team Canada should just bring the Under 20 team to the Olympics, it'll garner more interest and probably fare better too.
Actually, the whole Olympic hockey tourney should just replace the WJCs every 4 years. The Olympics are suppose to be for amateur athletes anyways.
Plus can you imagine the thrill it would be for these kids to win Olympic gold?
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07-25-2017, 04:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 868904
Team Canada should just bring the Under 20 team to the Olympics, it'll garner more interest and probably fare better too.
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They could bring 2 or 3 of the best Under 20 Canadian players, but Canada would get slaughtered if they brought only the Under 20's and other teams brought older guys.
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07-26-2017, 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Parallex
Should have gotten Tippett. If anyone can eek maximum results out of a minimal roster it's him.
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Just eking in to the medal round is not the goal
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07-26-2017, 07:59 AM
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If Russia doesn't win this tournament, I'm gonna laugh.
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07-26-2017, 03:57 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Here's Team Canada's preliminary roster for the exhibition tournament.
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Roster 1:
Forwards: Justin Azevedo, Gilbert Brule, Brandon Buck, Kevin Clark, Andrew Ebbett, Bud Holloway, Rob Klinkhammer, Brandon Kozun, Ben Maxwell, Brandon McMillan, Eric O’Dell, Daniel Paille, Mason Raymond, Max Talbot, Linden Vey
Defence: Chay Genoway, Geoff Kinrade, Patrick McNeill, Maxim Noreau, Mat Robinson, Jonathan Sigalet, Karl Stollery
Goaltenders: Justin Peters, Kevin Poulin
Roster 2:
Forwards: Taylor Beck, Sean Collins, Cory Emmerton, Ryan Garbutt, Andrew Gordon, David McIntyre, Jacob Micflikier, Trevor Parkes, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Derek Roy, Greg Scott, Paul Szczechura, James Wright
Defence: Cam Barker, Carlo Colaiacovo, Stefan Elliott, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Kevin Klein, Shawn Lalonde, Craig Schira
Goaltenders: Ben Scrivens, Kevin Poulin*
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https://sports.yahoo.com/hockey-cana...180743415.html
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07-26-2017, 04:03 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Christ that is ugly
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07-26-2017, 04:06 PM
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I'll enjoy rooting for this rag-tag group.
Guys that caused me to say "wow he still plays hockey"?
- Cam Barker
- Derek Roy
- MA Pouliot
- James Wright
- Carlo Colaiacovo
- Gilbert Brule
- Dan Paille
- Max Talbot
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07-26-2017, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Flaming Choy
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07-26-2017, 04:16 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Yeah that is ugly - I feel like there have to be some guys in Junior still that could potentially be better options.
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07-26-2017, 08:53 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Vancouver
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To be honest, I'd be happy to cheer for a Canadian roster of any of these guys. I bet it's a lot more fun to play in such a high profile event without the pressure of being the best and being expected to win. Go Team Canada!
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