[News] UPD: Parekh cut from WJC camp

[bigrangy]

Brunicke is not good at hockey so this should lead to a better talent level at camp at least.

Wrong decision for this to not be Yakemchuk here though, that guy is a monster. Parekh is just pretty good.

Edit: even with all this Parekh should have been at camp and honestly basically a lock on the team regardless, I just think Yakemchuk should be even more of a lock but Team Canada is doing Team Canada things.

[Tbull8]

Would love if Parekh beats out Akey now

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

Was Regehr in the conversation that year? or maybe that was too early in his career before he caught attention

Too early - he was in at least one world cup and did very well (he was tasked with covering Jagr).

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by bdubbs

Bolded are Hall of Famers. What a lineup indeed.

Plus Fleury could have been if he wasn't such a head case.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by bigrangy

Brunicke is not good at hockey so this should lead to a better talent level at camp at least.

Wrong decision for this to not be Yakemchuk here though, that guy is a monster. Parekh is just pretty good.

Edit: even with all this Parekh should have been at camp and honestly basically a lock on the team regardless, I just think Yakemchuk should be even more of a lock but Team Canada is doing Team Canada things.

96 points in 66 games for a dman is more than pretty good

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by dino7c

96 points in 66 games for a dman is more than pretty good

Pfft he's no Darnell Nurse.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

Was Regehr in the conversation that year? or maybe that was too early in his career before he caught attention

Derek Morris was though. he was grouped in alongside Brewer, Redden, Jovo etc as in the running for the 6/7

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Should have told them to buggar off.

Embarrassing that he wasn't there from the start.

That's what Jarome Iginla should've for the Olympic camp! Pouting and being a baby definitely helped his career instead of going as an injury replacement

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Pfft he's no Darnell Nurse.

Who really is though?

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

Was Regehr in the conversation that year? or maybe that was too early in his career before he caught attention

At that point in his career Regehr was a guy about to be sold for nickles by that idiot Craig Button. He was not doing much until that evil man Daryl Sutter came round and got him sorted out. By 2004 he was on Canada's World Cup team.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Gagne and Iginla both made the team and eventually were playing with Sakic. What a lineup:

Kariya-Lemieux-Yzerman
Gagne-Sakic-Iginla
Shanahan-Nieuwendyk-Fleury
Lindros-Nolan-Peca
Smyth

Pronger-MacInnis
Niedermayer-Foote
Jovanovski-Blake
Brewer

Brodeur
Joseph
Belfour

Patrick Roy was still playing too ; iirc he wasn't guaranteed to be starter so he told team Canada he wouldn't play.

Brodeur started the tourney as the 3rd goalie

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by BigThief

Patrick Roy was still playing too ; iirc he wasn't guaranteed to be starter so he told team Canada he wouldn't play.

Brodeur started the tourney as the 3rd goalie

Sounds like Roy, Ego as inflated as his chest protector.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by BigThief

Patrick Roy was still playing too ; iirc he wasn't guaranteed to be starter so he told team Canada he wouldn't play.

Brodeur started the tourney as the 3rd goalie

I mentioned that earlier. I hope Roy sat and cried as the medals were being handed out.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by BigThief

That's what Jarome Iginla should've for the Olympic camp! Pouting and being a baby definitely helped his career instead of going as an injury replacement

I wasn't actually serious, of course he's not going to turn down the invite.

More an indication of that's what hockey Canada deserved though

[DoubleK]

The virtue signaling in here is a choice.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by dino7c

96 points in 66 games for a dman is more than pretty good

And Yakemchuk for all his monstery-ness has good but just ordinary numbers by comparison.

Dickinson I'd put ahead right now, but not Yakemchuk.

[Ped]

No idea who is better, but comparing stats across leagues is generally a poor way to decide who is better, as the WHL tends to be better defensively. Both players are 4th on their teams in scoring.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by bluejays

Brewer was the political throw in. I remember like it was yesterday how outrageous that was. I can't remember the other options at the time but it was embarrassing.

if folks are interested (and if the link works) here were 5 predictions (from pretty highly ranked pundits) as to the final roster composition


https://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...rticle1035331/


was mostly settled by this stage- between Burke and Belfour in net, discussions about Redden/Morris (picked by 4), Brewer (picked by 2) and Jovo for the last 2 slots


forwards- near consensus (I think the issue is these lists have 14F and they carried 13 (unless I missed someone) which is why you see names like Thornton, Primeau and O'Neill also being floated. Harry Neale had O'Neill over Theo

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Now Beckett Sennecke please?

Dude gets snubbed and responds by putting up 14 points in 3 games.

[stemit14]

Glad to see Parekh get a spot in camp. Will likely be tough for him to crack the roster considering he is an injury replacement. Hopefully he’s given as fair of a chance to make the team as anyone else. Could see the head coach scratching him from the roster as a way of validating his decision to leave off some of these talented players from the invite list. “See… I was right not to invite these guys!”