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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Meh, Robyn Regehr was supposed to be a big slow oaf in 1999 (?) and turned out to be Canada's best defenseman.
There might be more ice, but there's also more distance to reach the net. If they played hockey on a soccer field with hockey nets, I don't think that will help the forwards that much more either. I don't believe in the physical/slow defenseman = bad on international ice, they just have to adapt.
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Well Regehr was a first round draft choice so obviously had a bit more well rounded skills than Aulie.
Also I think that they are playing on NHL sized ice since the tournament is in Canada this year.
It isn't just the ice as much as it is the style and reffing that I think will cause trouble. However, as I said obviously the scouts have seen something and even with a "weak" defensive group this year being counted on to be a top 4 guy shows that they believe that he will be able to be successful.
Hearing that Teubert is supposed to be on the "shut-down" pair is equally if not more scary in my view.
This team will really miss Schenn and Doughty (amongst others).