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Originally Posted by waner
That team had zero business winning Gold and was the one Team Canada in recent memory that likely should not have even won a medal
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North Americans lack a sense of proportion when it comes to the amount of young talent you have.
Here's the 2006 team in light of where the players were drafted.
Canada:
12 first round picks,
4 second round picks
4 third round picks
1 fourth round pick
That's a pretty typical spread for Canada. Maybe they had a couple less household names (top 5-10 picks) than some other years, but other than that there's no question that roster was, as always, one of the best in the tournament.
Here's the other top 4 teams for comparison:
USA:
12 first round picks
5 second round picks
0 third round picks
3 fourth round picks
1 fifth round pick
Russia:
3 first round picks
6 second round picks
2 third round picks
1 fourth round pick
1 fifth round pick
2 sixth round picks
2 seventh round pick
4 undrafted
Finland:
3 first round picks
1 second round pick
3 third round picks
2 fourth round picks
1 fifth round pick
4 sixth round picks
1 seventh round pick
6 undrafted