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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Let The Debate Begin

Here are the players who will go for gold for Canada in mens hockey.

Forwards

Patrice Bergeron, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Que. (Boston Bruins)

Sidney Crosby, Cole Harbour, N.S. (Pittsburgh Penguins) Alternate captain

Ryan Getzlaf, Regina, Sask. (Anaheim Ducks)

Dany Heatley, Calgary, Alta. (San Jose Sharks)

Jarome Iginla, St. Albert, Alta. (Calgary Flames) Alternate captain

Patrick Marleau, Aneroid Sask. (San Jose Sharks)

Brenden Morrow, Carlyle, Sask. (Dallas Stars)

Rick Nash, Brampton, Ont. (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Mike Richards, Kenora, Ont. (Philadelphia Flyers)

Corey Perry, Peterborough, Ont. (Anaheim Ducks)

Eric Staal, Thunder Bay, Ont. (Carolina Hurricanes)

Joe Thornton, St. Thomas, Ont. (San Jose Sharks)

Jonathan Toews, Winnipeg, Man. (Chicago Blackhawks)

Defence

Dan Boyle, Ottawa, Ont. (San Jose Sharks)

Drew Doughty, Ottawa, Ont. (LA Kings)

Duncan Keith, Penticton, B.C. (Chicago Blackhawks)

Scott Niedermayer, Cranbrook, B.C. (Anaheim Ducks) - Captain

Chris Pronger, Dryden, Ont. (Philadelphia Flyers) - Alternate captain

Brent Seabrook, Tsawwassen, B.C. (Chicago Blackhawks)

Shea Weber, Sicamous, B.C. (Nashville Predators)

Goalies

Roberto Luongo, Montreal, Que. (Vancouver Canucks)

Martin Brodeur, Montreal, Que. (New Jersey Devils)

Marc-Andre Fleury, Sorel, Que. (Pittsburgh Penguins)

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I'm surprised to see Eric Staal and Patrice Bergeron on the roster and that Vincent Lecavalier is not there. What are your thoughts on the roster?

6 comments:

Glenn said...

Lets give Steveie Y and the crew the benefit of the doubt for choosing the team of their vision. we all know that with injuries, there will be changes. As well , the alternates haven't been named yet.

Anonymous said...

Bergeron and Staal surprise me. After that, I'm OK with the selections. They will be crying in Calgary that none of their defencemen made it. I might have gone with Bouwmeester ahead of Keith, but Phaneuf and Regehr didn't deserve it.

Mike

Anonymous said...

I'm OK with this! I'll give Stevie Y and crew a thumbs up. Of course that could change in a heartbeat.

Anonymous said...

Morrow is junk! I can't believe he made the team, walking band-aid.

Trina

Anonymous said...

I'll give you credit Mitch, you had Doughty and Morrow on your team and I didn't think there was a hope in hell of either those guys getting there. I'm a big Mike Green fan so I'm disappointed he isn't there. Maybe if there is an injury he can get there.

Mike from Vita, MB said...

Lookiing at the roster, a BIT suprized that Doughty was taken over Bouwmeester, but considering their skill sets, it's a crap shoot.

Suprized, but not surprized by the "team lines" that were chosen (Marleau, Thorton, Heatley; Keith and Seabrooke; Getzlaff and Perry) the obvious reason is so little time to gel. Interesting that McGuire or McKenzie mentioned that FIVE of these players played in the 2005 WJ in Grand Forks, and TWO since then (Toews and Doughty). Nice to see a few wiley vets mixed in with the fiesty pups. Can you see Pronger and Weber bashing ...that will be sick!!