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01-02-2026, 01:19 PM
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#482
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Originally Posted by Otto-matic
Backlund revenge tour incoming
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He'll be better than Holmberg in the cup final.
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01-02-2026, 01:29 PM
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#483
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according to Frank Seravalli on his podcast, there is strife between Adam Fox and Drury & Sullivan due to the Olympic snub.
That's a shame
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01-02-2026, 01:31 PM
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#484
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Canada 02
according to Frank Seravalli on his podcast, there is strife between Adam Fox and Drury & Sullivan due to the Olympic snub.
That's a shame
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shades of Yzerman and St. Louis.
Wonder if Fox demands a trade.
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01-02-2026, 01:32 PM
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#485
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Canada 02
according to Frank Seravalli on his podcast, there is strife between Adam Fox and Drury & Sullivan due to the Olympic snub.
That's a shame
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I really dislike players who get sour about this stuff (as opposed to disappointed like Scheifele and Backlund's comments). It turned me off of MSL back in the day.
But for an entitled guy like Fox it's par for the course.
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01-02-2026, 01:38 PM
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#486
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
shades of Yzerman and St. Louis.
Wonder if Fox demands a trade.
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A real shame is NMC just kicked in or they could have really shipped him wherever
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01-02-2026, 01:43 PM
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#487
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Van Island
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Originally Posted by Braden
A real shame is NMC just kicked in or they could have really shipped him wherever
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Hopefully he demands a trade and only to one team.
#### Both of em
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01-02-2026, 01:46 PM
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#488
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
shades of Yzerman and St. Louis.
Wonder if Fox demands a trade.
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IMO if a player demands a trade the NTC should be considered waived. Though that would be easy to avoid through weasel words in the "demand".
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01-02-2026, 01:48 PM
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#489
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
IMO if a player demands a trade the NTC should be considered waived. Though that would be easy to avoid through weasel words in the "demand".
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and Adam Fox is pretty good with weasel words, if I remember correctly.
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01-02-2026, 01:51 PM
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#490
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Barkov not being in these olympics is incredibly frustrating. This could be the best team Finland can ice in quite a while, as the next generation isn't looking so hot and most of these top guys are starting to exit their prime years soon.
Goaltending looking the worst it's been this century, as none of our top guys are having good years, and the defense is "fine I guess". This is also the first major tournament in a long time where I feel our coaching is likely to be a disadvantage.
Who knows how it plays out. Very low expectations.
Canada with another gold is already obvious at this point.
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01-02-2026, 02:11 PM
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#491
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Robertson is probably the US best winger though - are any of Boldy, Connor, Keller, etc really better than him?
Over the past 3 seasons Robertson is second among US born players in points (behind only Matthews), 5th in Goals, and 3rd in +/-.
He's easily better both offensively and defensively than Keller if you just have to pick just one name to replace on the US roster.
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Robertson is considerably slower than those guys. Boldy and Connor also kill penalties.
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01-02-2026, 02:19 PM
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#492
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true. Go Flames Go!
Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.
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01-02-2026, 04:11 PM
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#493
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
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Quote:
Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Is that all the anens, inens, ainens and onens?
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They should just be dubbed 'Team Umlaut!'
Their Umlaut-per-player ratio is absolutely insane...the training staff that have to namebar jerseys are going to need special shipments of Aquavit just to de-stress.
Or they'll bring a Finnish granny along with them and her sole purpose is to stitch on Umlauts.
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01-02-2026, 04:42 PM
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#494
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Chicago
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01-02-2026, 06:22 PM
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#495
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Brisbane
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I can’t decide if I should be laughing at Adam Fox for being snubbed or laughing at team USA for their strange picks. Robertson is a bigger snub though. You can ask any player to play defensively but you need scorers to win.
At least when Canada makes a questionable choice it can be justified by them winning most tournaments. Not sure how the USA can justify their picks.
Will Andersson be the only Flame at the Olympics? Pospisil and maybe Honzek would be there if not injured. Can Klapka made the Czech team?
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01-02-2026, 06:28 PM
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#496
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Franchise Player
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https://x.com/enjoyerpulju/status/20...168357720?s=12
Don’t know how to make the tweet show on my post but it says
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Oilers forward Trent Frederic has been left off Team USA for this upcoming Olympics ��
He has 1 goal and 2 assists in 40 games this year.
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01-02-2026, 07:07 PM
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#497
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
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Devin Cooley didn't make team USA either, which is just as noteworthy.
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01-02-2026, 07:12 PM
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#498
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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So glad Fox didn’t make it
That ego must be hurting bad
Someone finally says no to him
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01-02-2026, 08:27 PM
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#499
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Delete
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01-02-2026, 09:28 PM
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#500
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere else, but Bennett apparently hasn't been asked to be an Olympic backup either:
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Now in fairness, Bennett isn’t the only 4 Nations player to not get an Olympic invitation. Forwards Seth Jarvis and Travis Konecny were also left off the Olympic team. Their omissions were not as drastic as that of Mark Scheifele, the fourth leading Canadian scorer in the NHL who has agreed to be an injury fill-in if need be. Jarvis has also agreed to play the fill-in part, as has young Connor Bedard.
Another snub: Bennett wasn’t asked.
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https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey...t-olympic-snub
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