02-21-2014, 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Pizza
Because we need a side conversation while the GDT is going...
How does Team Canada's men's hockey team compare with the previous years?
Some of my friends were saying the Gretzky/Lemeuix years were the best but im arguing they didnt have the depth as 2010 or 2014
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The 2002 team was the best of all of them.
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02-21-2014, 02:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsawwassen
The 2002 team was the best of all of them.
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That team was magical.
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02-21-2014, 02:44 AM
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2002 had a pretty insane roster, including:
Brodeur / Joseph
Rob Blake / MacInnis / Niedermayer / Pronger
Iginla / Kariya / Lemieux / Sakic / Yzerman
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02-21-2014, 02:52 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
That team was magical.
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It sure was. The forwards were amazing including the ones AC has posted. The 3rd and 4th liners had grit too with Peca, Fleury, and Nolan.
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02-21-2014, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Tsawwassen
It sure was. The forwards were amazing including the ones AC has posted. The 3rd and 4th liners had grit too with Peca, Fleury, and Nolan.
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The play on their first goal in the Gold Medal Game, where Lemieux lets the puck pass between his legs to Kariya, stands as one of the most dazzling I have ever seen.
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02-21-2014, 09:11 AM
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2006 team was good........good to get beaten like rented mules
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02-21-2014, 09:14 AM
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Gretzky, Lemieux, Messier, Coffey and Bourque was the power play.
and they had grit guys, Tocchett, Sutter, Claude Lemieux.
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02-21-2014, 09:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
That team was magical.
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Magical like losing to Sweden, barely beating Germany and tying the Czech's?
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02-21-2014, 09:17 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
The play on their first goal in the Gold Medal Game, where Lemieux lets the puck pass between his legs to Kariya, stands as one of the most dazzling I have ever seen.
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There was a game earlier in the tourney where Mario took a pass off his skate in full stride in the neutral zone that was just absurd. He was in full-on Maginificent One form for that whole tournament.
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02-21-2014, 09:22 AM
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Canada 02 is the best
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02-21-2014, 09:28 AM
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The 2006 team is the reason Team Canada has a rule that team selections are no longer to be done over hookers and blow in a 3rd rate motel room.
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02-21-2014, 09:30 AM
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I don't know who the best is, but 2006 had to be the worst.
Draper
Redden
Bertuzzi
McCabe
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02-21-2014, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
I don't know who the best is, but 2006 had to be the worst.
Draper
Redden
Bertuzzi
McCabe
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Hindsight is 20-20... I agree that Draper was ridiculous (as does everyone) and Crosby should have had his spot, but Bertuzzi was a big physical PPG winger at the time, Redden was an all-star who reliably put up 40-50 points, and McCabe was having a career season that ended with 68 points... okay I still can't justify McCabe. OTOH, I can't really justify Chris Kunitz either.
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02-21-2014, 11:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
87
Gretzky, Lemieux, Messier, Coffey and Bourque was the power play.
and they had grit guys, Tocchett, Sutter, Claude Lemieux.
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ya anything with 99 and 66 is just unfair to compare to others
that one is it
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02-21-2014, 12:19 PM
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I misread it and thought we were comparing Olympic teams. If its Team Canada iterations in general then yeah, its a no-brainer.
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02-21-2014, 12:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
The play on their first goal in the Gold Medal Game, where Lemieux lets the puck pass between his legs to Kariya, stands as one of the most dazzling I have ever seen.
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Lemieux & Kariya ..... and Sakic & Iginla .... that was a amazing game.
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02-21-2014, 12:30 PM
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Well this is easily the best defensive hockey team we've ever fielded. 3 goals in 5 games? I hope they can keep it under 2 goals allowed Sunday so they can averaging less than a goal allowed a game.
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02-21-2014, 12:33 PM
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This might be the best-coached team... I don't think I saw a red sweater out of position all game... ok, maybe that's a bit of a stretch, but it was a clinical performance today, for sure!
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02-21-2014, 12:55 PM
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if we're not limiting it to Olympic teams, the 1976 Canada Cup team boasted 17 Hall of Famers. That deserves consideration.
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