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In The Spotlight

G Martin Brodeur​

The all-time great is Canada's best bet in net. He's participated in past Olympics and seems to always bring his game to the next level when he's playing for Canada, as evidenced by him being Canada's best player in the 2006 Olympics. He's got a sparkling .920SV% and a 2.15GAA this NHL season.

D Scott Niedermayer​

Niedermayer's struggling this season, but after being named Captain of Team Canada, he'll have to step it up. His play will be crucial to puck movement and on the powerplay, expect him to play as a rover, like he does in Anaheim.

C Sidney Crosby​

The other generational talent in the Olympics have each other. Sidney Crosby has a backing group of some elite talent. He'll be expected to center the first line and get plenty of powerplay time. These will be his first Olympics and he might be looking to prove something.

Full Roster

Goaltenders
Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils (NHL)
Marc-André Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks (NHL)

Defensemen
Dan Boyle, San Jose Sharks (NHL)
Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings (NHL)
Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks (NHL)
Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Ducks (NHL)
Chris Pronger, Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks (NHL)
Shea Weber, Nashville Predators (NHL)

Forwards
Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins (NHL)
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks (NHL)
Dany Heatley, San Jose Sharks (NHL)
Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames (NHL)
Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks (NHL)
Brenden Morrow, Dallas Stars (NHL)
Rick Nash, Columbus Blur Jackets (NHL)
Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks (NHL)
Mike Richards, Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)
Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks (NHL)
Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks (NHL)

 

[ICY18]

Pretty strong selection!
Only one surprise for me - Patrice Bergeron - he wasn't invited to the orientation camp in August.

 

[VICE™]

Pretty strong selection!
Only one surprise for me - Patrice Bergeron - he wasn't invited to the orientation camp in August.

There has been a ton of talk about him making it for the past two months, so it's not really a huge surprise. Despite not being invited to the orientation camp, Bergeron has been a complete beast of a player for the Bruins this year. He also gives Canada another right handed shot.

 

[Rookie]

A string group of elite players. I'm happy that Canada will be represented by it's best. So Roberto is a bck up for Martin?

 

[Amoroq]

I hope I'm wrong but I am preparing myself for a let down. I'm just not feeling it.

 

[Rookie]

I hope I'm wrong but I am preparing myself for a let down. I'm just not feeling it.

it's a strong team but looking at the other rosters,I agree it will be tough.

 

[charlio lemieux]

Man I wish we could ice two teams.

This one looks good. Just not Russian top 6 scary. Can't wait for this to get going.

 

[cretetts]

It Is easily the best team annocned so far with Sweden as a distant second, I wish Bowmeester had made it instead of Doughty and Stamkos instead of Toews. But still amazing.

 

[Badat]

I'm disappointed They didn't take green, with all the problems we had scoring in 2006 green should have been on this team.

 

[FranticFury]

Good team. Suprised they put Jonathan Toews on the team, where they didnt have Crosby on the 2006 team. I guess they kinda learned from their mistakes.

Go Canada Go!

 

[buick1957]

Good team. Suprised they put Jonathan Toews on the team, where they didnt have Crosby on the 2006 team. I guess they kinda learned from their mistakes.

Go Canada Go!

well there sure is some surprises Patrice Bergeron and Jonathan Toews just wasted picks in my opinion and also why Mike Green isn,t picked CRAZY!

 

[Rookie]

well there sure is some surprises Patrice Bergeron and Jonathan Toews just wasted picks in my opinion and also why Mike Green isn,t picked CRAZY!

I'm not surprised with Teows then I am with Bergeon but Steve knows more then us,otherwise he wouldn't be making the decisions.

 

[buick1957]

I'm not surprised with Teows then I am with Bergeon but Steve knows more then us,otherwise he wouldn't be making the decisions.

Steve could have and should picked better players than Teows,Bergeon and Morrow and on defense Mike Green should have been picked over Seabrook but our goalies are picked perfect as long as Brodeur and Luongo are one and two to see who plays best! listen to Don Cherry to night I promise you he won,t like all picks
even how much I love to see Canada win Gold I'm not 100 per cent sure now

 

[J0e Th0rnton]

I'm disappointed They didn't take green, with all the problems we had scoring in 2006 green should have been on this team.

Why take a flashy defenseman who has not seemed to be able to find his own zone this season and disappeared in the playoffs last year?

I know that is pot calling the kettle Black since I am a Joe Thornton fan(But Thornton has shown himself very able in Team Canada competitions thus far)

The only problem I have with the team is Doughty over Bouwmeester.

We have a terrific offensive rushing Defenseman in Dan Boyle, who also has been great defensively since going to the Sharks. Great duo's like Pronger Niedermayer, who are proven and can play both ends of the ice very well. Pronger can play from the backend and make those passes, while Niedermayer can skate the puck out with the best of them.

The truth is, we do not need Green.

 

[buick1957]

Why take a flashy defenseman who has not seemed to be able to find his own zone this season and disappeared in the playoffs last year?

I know that is pot calling the kettle Black since I am a Joe Thornton fan(But Thornton has shown himself very able in Team Canada competitions thus far)

The only problem I have with the team is Doughty over Bouwmeester.

We have a terrific offensive rushing Defenseman in Dan Boyle, who also has been great defensively since going to the Sharks. Great duo's like Pronger Niedermayer, who are proven and can play both ends of the ice very well. Pronger can play from the backend and make those passes, while Niedermayer can skate the puck out with the best of them.

The truth is, we do not need Green.

are you feeling okay!Teows,Bergeon,Morrow are all wasted picks and there is lots of players they could have picked instead including Savard didn,t even get a tryout especially Bergeon what good is he going to do! and yes Green top defencemen in the league should have been picked!
watch Don Cherry to night!

 

[VICE™]

are you feeling okay!Teows,Bergeon,Morrow are all wasted picks and there is lots of players they could have picked instead including Savard didn,t even get a tryout especially Bergeon what good is he going to do! and yes Green top defencemen in the league should have been picked!
watch Don Cherry to night!

Oh yes, you're completely right. I forgot the Olympics were a race to a goal amount. Silly me.

 

[buick1957]

Oh yes, you're completely right. I forgot the Olympics were a race to a goal amount. Silly me.

lets face it how else do you win Gold except scoring goals! I know your grinders are important but there is a lot of snipers that are grinders too!

 

[VICE™]

lets face it how else do you win Gold except scoring goals! I know your grinders are important but there is a lot of snipers that are grinders too!

Oh, you mean like the 30 goal scoring grinders that you say don't belong on the team?

Riiiiiight.

Who exactly are you going to replace them with? Doan? All three have career highs that are higher than his. Fisher? Never broken 30 goals, or 50 points. Jordan Staal? Same deal as Fisher. Sharp? Sure, he would have been an excellent choice, but the three are better selections than him.

Lecavalier? Not a checker. St. Louis? Not a checker. Stamkos? Not a checker. Brad Richards? He was on the 2006 team that amounted to nothing, and he's not a checker.

Bergeron, Toews and Morrow never stop working and they don't take retarded penalties. Three defensively responsible players who all have offensive touch, tenacity and discipline? Sign me up.

If the selection committee thought that Green could learn how to play defense to Babcock's expectations, then he would have been brought. When asked about the selection of Doughty, Yzerman said "unlike other offensive defensemen, Drew is not a liability in his own end."

It's not an All-Star game. Defense actually matters here.

 

[J0e Th0rnton]

lets face it how else do you win Gold except scoring goals! I know your grinders are important but there is a lot of snipers that are grinders too!

Defense and dedication wins gold my friend. Not flashy guys who pile up points against the bad teams, but get exposed against the good teams. The good two way players are worth more than the one dimensional's like Green.

Green is bad defensively this season. We got guys who are nearly as good as him offensively, but far superior defensively and I am happy.

Bergeron has been better than Savard this year, so I don't know why you bring him up.

 

[buick1957]

Defense and dedication wins gold my friend. Not flashy guys who pile up points against the bad teams, but get exposed against the good teams. The good two way players are worth more than the one dimensional's like Green.

Green is bad defensively this season. We got guys who are nearly as good as him offensively, but far superior defensively and I am happy.

Bergeron has been better than Savard this year, so I don't know why you bring him up.

okay then just tell the players to be deicated and play defense and don,t worry about scoring goals! because there is 2 players that won,t believe me! my opinion the picks could have been a lot better and the opinion of the hockey world including don cherry!
I will say Team Canada has better picks than USA team! American teams should be thanking are Hockey nation Canada for the Stanley Cup every year haha!