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12-17-2010, 02:32 PM #1
James Duthie Interviews Shea Weber
http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/james_duthie/?id=345767
JD: Yourself, Crosby, Getzlaf, Perry, Richards, Carter, Phaneuf, Bergeron, Seabrook…did you guys realize at the time what a rare collection of talent that was?
SW: We didn't. We were just a bunch of kids brought together for a short tournament that Canada hadn't won in a long time, so we were really hungry. There were a lot of first round picks, but I don't think anyone knew how much everyone would do in their careers down the line.
JD: Forget what they've done since, who was the best player on that team at that time?
SW: Impossible to pick one. Carter, I think, set a record for goals. Getzlaf was great. Just go down the list. I'd never played at an international level, and I was just surprised how good all of them were. It was an eye-opener for me. The talent-level was unbelievable.
JD: A biomechanics professor studied your slap shot. And found that it was…what's the scientific term….really, really hard. Did you feel like a giant lab rat?
SW: (Laughs) Bigtime. It was neat. But they had trouble. The machine they had was for a golf swing, where you don't move much. When you load up for a slap shot you move forward a bit, and the machine kept messing up.
JD: Your shot has broken the bones of at least three teammates. Do you find yourself apologizing a lot to guys as they are groaning in pain?
SW: Yeah. I had to apologize again the other night. I got Sergei Kostitsyn in the leg. But he's okay, thankfully. I feel bad. I hate when it happens. You want them to go to the front of the net but…they're brave, that's for sure. I wouldn't want to get hit.
JD: Did you know the slap shot against Germany in the Olympics had gone right through the net?
SW: I thought it was in by the angle it had beaten the goalie and the way it popped in the corner. But we had to wait to be sure. It was a pretty great feeling when they confirmed it
More at the link. Good guy.
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