Several surprises and a couple disappointments:
I don't understand Nash and Marleau. I think Giroux and St. Louis would have been better. I, personally, would have swapped out Carter for Richards.
Don't like Hamhuis. Would have gone with Seabrook, Giordano or even Boyle. I understand PK Subban's upside, but his downside is so dramatic. With the level of play Canada will see in the quarter finals and (hopefully) after, PK's going to be sitting on the bench or in the press box a lot. Would a more well rounded player been better? If you want to have Subban on the PP, he has to dress and then you're covering for him and sheltering his minutes so the likes of Ovechkin, Malkin, etc don't eat him for lunch.
I am happy that neither Hall nor Eberle (or J. Schultz, ha) made the team. I thought Couture was going to be a shoe in. Hopefully they didn't cut him because of his injury. If he was on their final list, they should have named him and then named an injury replacement.
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