The pool of available players for a Team Canada is so immensely wide and profoundly deep with top talent that yes, it makes sense to simply pick the best players available and slot them in as necessary.
The Calgary Flames' historical talent pool isn't so deep, and had a "dream team" like this been assembled in real life a lot more thought would have to be put into how well the team would mesh. I for one wouldn't have put Lanny on the right wing ahead of Mullen or Loob, hence why I voted for Loob in this poll; I would have anticipated Mullen and Loob were already on the team, and would have voted McDonald for this one. I'm also not sure I'd have had Monahan or Tanguay on the team at all...
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