Your Canadian Olympic team?

[Craig2]

Okay, who are your 14 forwards, 8 d-men and 3 goalies? Curious what everyone thinks...

[ari4l2010]

G
Luongo
Price
Crawford

D
Weber
Keith
Doughty
Seabrook
Pietroangelo
Subban
Bouwmeester
Boyle

F
Toews
Tavares
Stamkos
Crosby
Getzlaf
Sharp
St. Louis
Bergeron
Giroux
Kunitz (YES HE MAKES IT BECAUSE OF CHEMISTRY WITH CROSBY!)
Lucic
Nash
Perry
Thornton

[franklinca]

F:
Toews
Tavares
Stamkos
Crosby
Getzlaf
Perry
Nash
Bergeron
Giroux
Neal
Lucic
Nash
Perry
Thornton

D:
M.Green
Weber
Keith
Seabrook
Phanef
Subban
Dougthy
Boyle

G:
Holtby
Smith
Price

[centrehice]

These are my only certainties:

Crosby
Toews
Keith
St. Louis
Stamkos (if ready)
Getzlaf
Perry
Tavares
Weber
Doughty

I cannot even begin to get into a goalie debate, I have not even seen every goaltender play. If Marty St.Louis does not make this team because of somebody like Kunitz or Lucic, I will be visibly upset.

[franklinca]

What do you think Criag?

[egghead529]

Haven't looked at it closely but how about:

Price
Luongo
Crawford

Keith
Seabrook
Doughty
Pietrangelo
Weber
Bouwmeester
Subban
Vlasic

Stamkos
Crosby
Tavares
Toews
Sharp
Bergeron
Getzlaf
Thornton
Perry
Giroux
St. Louis
Duchene
Hall
Kunitz

[oilfan10]

Forwards
Kunitz Crosby St. Louis
Tavares Getzlaf Perry
Sharp Toews Giroux
Duchene Bergeron Benn
Neal Thornton

Defence
Doughty Weber
Keith Seabrook
Bouwmeester Pietrangelo
Vlasic Subban

Goaltenders
Price
Luongo
Crawford

[mooneyes]

I like Oilfans forwards, Pens, Ducks and Toews duo's together, proven chemistry and No time to create any in a short tourny, plus all are playing great right now....was thinking either Giroux or St.Lou on the 1st line as both have very high hockey IQ's and could adapt easily to Crosby. St.Louis, his age is irrelevant, seems to age like fine wine, great passer, skater, makes other players better and the big ice suits his style.
Duchene is now a superstar, and his speed is key...Bergeron is all round great and puck possession is key ( face-offs)
I might switch Benn and Giroux as Toew's really benefits from having some size on his line, and Giroux is great at the puck possession game with Bergy, and Duchene, the 3 would be awesome all way round.

I would put Seguin instead of Neal, at center he is a world class player and his speed is insane....he could replace either Duchene or Bergy if one was injured....

as for goalies...meh, none of them inspire great confidence.

[30ranfordfan]

I think the goalies are fairly obvious: Luongo & Price will be the top two. 3rd doesn't really matter, but I'd guess Crawford.

I think the defense is also pretty easy: Keith / Seabrook both go, along with Doughty, Subban, Weber, and Peiterangelo. If you're going to take 8.... Bouwmeester would be next guy, followed by Boyle (though I would have thought it was only 1 extra??)

Forwards, I think it's less obvious, but I'd build my team around a couple of pairs:

Crosby / Kunitz
Getzlaf / Perry

After those 4: Bergeron, Toews, Tavares are the other automatics for me. If Stamkos is healthy I take both him and St. Louis. If he's not ready to go, St. Louis loses his spot too. If he's in:

Crosby / Kunitz / Giroux
Getzlaf / Perry / Tavares
Stamkos / St. Louis / Bergeron
Towes / Sharp / Duchene


Extras? Doesn't matter. If Stamkos can't go..... I replace Stamkos & St. Louis with Thornton & Marleau.

Lucic should be no where near this team, same with Rick Nash (most overrated player in the entire league). At the begining of the year I was optimistic that Hall and/or Eberle would have a shot at it - there is zero chance they should even be in the conversation at this point. James Neal wouldn't be a bad pick (roll him out with Crosby / Kunitz??). Probably forgetting someone else.


Anyway, I would place a strong emphasis on bringing along pairs. If you do that - the chemistry thing isn't as big of a concern.

[AdamCormier]

What about Smith in nets..not #1, but maybe as high as #2...Some players seem sure things. Weber,

Stamkos (if ready)
Crosby
Tavares
Toews
Getzlaf
Thornton
Perry
Giroux
St. Louis
Duchene
Hall

would like to have seen Duchene get a sport..he is putting on a good show this year..I guess without knowing what system they are planning it's tough for us on the outside to know who to pick..so much talent to chose from...Whoever they pick, I sure hope that they put in a solid effort and give it their best...after all, that's all we can really ask.