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Originally Posted by Nelson
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"Over the coming days, weeks, and months, fans of Canadian hockey will thrust criticism towards the Hockey Canada brass and the way they selected this team. I agree that players like Zayne Parekh, Andrew Cristall, Beckett Sennecke, Michael Misa and Carter Yakemchuk- amongst others- could've been selected for this team. But the reality is this team had enough skill on it's roster to overcome opponents like Czechia if it had game-planned the right way and played with team discipline."
Pretty much exactly what I said a few pages ago. This debacle is mostly on the coaching staff for never establishing an identity, or a consistent game plan. They didn't make adjustments in-game when needed, and applied a system that neutered the offense- forcing them to shoot from the perimeter, and never making changes to the PP. They didn't bother to try different combos on the forward lines or defence pairings that would establish chemistry.
This team was made up of 16 players aged 19yo, 6 players aged 18yo, and 3 future 1st-rounders.
There were 10 players already drafted by NHL teams in the 1st-round, 7 drafted in the 2nd-round, and 3 drafted in the 3rd-round.
This team consisted of the best D-man in the CHL (Dickinson), arguably the best player in the OHL (Martone), and the best player in the WHL (McKenna).
In addition, 2 players had time in the NHL this season.
This roster was good enough to win Gold. Like Tacoman said, these idiots ruined their dream. Flame away.