They were talking last night about why this tournament is so great, and I agree with Bob Mackenzie who said it's the only best on best hockey that we get every year.
But then I also got thinking that it really isn't best on best, even though it's close. That, combined with these missing players got me thinking, what team could we build from the non-roster players? (including NHLers). And without putting much effort into it, this is what I came up with (Sandman could probably make multiple corrections):
Iginla - Celebrini - Bedard
Cristall - Benson - Senneke
Greentree - Misa - Wood
Barlow - Lindstrom - Parascak
Burns - Yakemchuk
Morin - Parekh
Bertucci - Danford
There is nothing they can do about injuries or guys being in the NHL, obviously, but it is pretty indisputable that this team is better than the current roster. It's crazy to think how good the team could be if they could in fact go with the best.
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