[GDT] Team Canada Olympic Roster Announcment (8am MT)

[GirlySports]

Bouwmeester should have been on the team in 2010 ahead of Seabrook. They have corrected this mistake this year.

[RichKlit]

Some surprising picks but i guess everyone has their favorites, i'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the exclusion of St.Louis and Giroux. Never have been a fan of Marleau but he skates like the wind so he could be valuable on the big ice.

[Ashasx]

How do you not have Giroux on this team?

CARTER? Nash? MARLEAU?

Whyyyyyyyyy

[Super-Rye]

Originally Posted by FlameZilla

Kunitz has such great chemistry with Crosby that he is undeniable, in my opinion.

Nash? Yeah, he's been bad this season. No reason to believe he won't pull it together for the Olympics. Great talents have a history of going to the Rangers and shiznitting the bed.

St. Louis & Giroux vs Carter & Nash? Skill vs size... I guess they're banking on Crosby being enough smallish, high-end skill for the whole team.

Size is nice but Nash is as soft as a cupcake.

[codynw]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

no Richards surprises me, who's going to kill penalties?

Bergeron and Toews.

[19Yzerman19]

Originally Posted by moon

Yes saying Gio should be on the team is not a homer pick. Saying it was a stupid/bad decision or that Hamhuis is a bad pick is a homer call.

Here I am agreeing with Moon... but yeah. They really couldn't have messed up the defense very much. Whether they took Vlasic and Hamhuis or Seabrook and Giordano, I'd be fine with it.

The only thing they could really mess up was the forward selection, and, hey, Chris Kunitz and Jeff Carter, what do you know.

I was actually prepared for two or three iffy picks. They made four.

Originally Posted by codynw

Bergeron and Toews.

Or Benn, Getzlaf, Perry, Sharp, Marleau... picking guys for specific situations is pointless, you're going to end up with a solid PP unit and a PK unit no matter what.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

So who plays center? I have Crosby, Tavares, Toews and Bergeron.

And Getzlaf.

[dieHARDflameZ]

Giroux deserves to be there! He has been outstanding for the past month or so and has a ton of skill and speed... I question the Nash pick but not much argument from me in regards to Marleau and Carter.

[East Coast Flame]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

no Richards surprises me, who's going to kill penalties?

Bergeron, Sharp, Toews, Marleau, Benn, Duchene....

[Hatter]

Don't like Nash, Carter nd Smith. Happy with the rest. Giroux and St. Louis should not have been left off.

[SHOGUN]

God damn this team is stacked. Really glad Subban got picked... I think he'll be really good on the international rink.

[SeanCharles]

Giroux better be on this team when its all said and done.. He should be top injury replacement.

[Day Tripper]

Originally Posted by GreenHardHat

Was it a spelling test?

Yes, they were asked to spell "intensity". Giroux and St. Louis didn't make the team because they spelled it as "intensité". Hall didn't make the team because he spelled it as "Durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..."

[moon]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

no Richards surprises me, who's going to kill penalties?

Toews, Gergeron, Duchene, Nash, Sharp should be able to handle that.

Even guys like Marleau, Crosby, Carter likely not going to look like idiots if needed.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

There's no doubt that Yzerman and Co. micromanaged and watched a lot of film on these guys so it's their vision of the best team for the big ice. That said I don't like this team and feel this is not much different than NFL draft type micromanagement where they are overly nitpicking minor flaws of better players left off the team.

I am shocked by this.

[Ne7en]

Saying Kunitz should be on the team because his chemistry with Crosby is foolish. You could put a pylon out there with Crosby and get results.

[AltaGuy]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I get that Marleau is a good skater and versatile but he's one of those guys that usually comes up small in the playoffs. Not a clutch guy and I would have taken St. Louis over him.

I always thought Marleau was a lock. He is very fast, and plays by far the toughest minutes on SJ. As a defensive player he is pretty spectacular.

[Ashasx]

I'm a better skater than Carter and yet they chose him for the big ice?

Such a mistake.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Bouwmeester should have been on the team in 2010 ahead of Seabrook. They have corrected this mistake this year.

I did a study of ES goals against per minute around the time the 2010 team was named. Bouwmeester was the best Dman in that category at that point.

[Mango]

Originally Posted by Domoic

Can you buy one of those jackets?

You can purchase them at Hudson's Bay.