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  1. @Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks select Adam Beckman (via discord). blegh
  2. We need another commission to determine what truly went wrong with Hockey Canada. We all need to accept that our national development program is taking big steps back before moving forward. Construct a Swedish squad and let's see how it looks on paper!
  3. I must point out that at an organizational level Canada has completely lost its competitive advantage to the United States. Less and less NHL players are coming out of the CHL and CJHL. More and more Canadian kids are opting to play within the American NTDP system and/or go the NCAA route. "Always #1" is the type of arrogance which has led to American players quietly taking over the NHL I must also point out that those Russians from the 2000s eventually won gold in 2018. Oh, I know, I know... but technically there are young Russian athletes like Kaprizov and Sorokin who have gold medals while their Canadian counterparts do not. Honestly, do you not see several future HHoF players in that American squad? Do you not see several future Conn Smythe winners in that American squad? Obviously if you compare Sid to Jack Hughes, Crosby wipes the floor with experience and accomplishments, and that will make a difference today. But doesn't it make you worried that the bulk of Canadian superstars are essentially 10 years older than their American counterparts? For every McDavid/Bedard that emerges from Canada, there are probably five or six franchise players that come from the United States. The ratio of American talent just keeps going up and up, and with the old 2010/2014 Olympic champions aging out, the US have indeed hit parity with us.
  4. Staal would be a very solid choice for a pure shutdown veteran. If we head into that territory I think Noah Cates matches that style, except for the fact that he's much younger. Cates even got a couple Selke votes this year. He just needs to be better at faceoffs, of course... While everything you said rings true (especially with defensive pairing chemistry), I feel as though Canadians have been forced to move the goalposts and shift the argument towards "cup acumen" or the "it factor". Even 10 years ago, Canada was objectively better. Faster. Stronger. More skilled in every way. With the tables (arguably) turned against us, we're relying on intangibles. Of course the Canadians have more cup winners - all the American superstars (Fox, Hughes, Matthews, Tkachuk, Robertson, Thompson, McAvoy) are around 25 years old. Older players provide leadership in ways that aren't quantifiable, no doubt about it. But Canada used to be better than USA in more ways that. Not anymore.
  5. You can't seriously say you'd prefer Hockey Canada over USA Hockey right now? Do they even have any sponsors left?? In any case, your argument about PP points and puck movement goes against Canada. Adam Fox is firmly the second best D-man in the league, barely behind Cale Makar. Makar is obviously the better puck-mover and offensive threat, but Fox is the better defender.
  6. I will try. Stone indeed makes that 4th line something else. If we were to make the best shutdown line, I think it's Finland. Hintz - Barkov - Lehkonen would obviously not be 4th line, but nobody would ever score on them.
  7. A perfect example of this is the difference between Canadian women's team and the American women's team. No doubt about it - the Americans are younger, faster, stronger and more talented than us. But even though they always beat us prelimnaries, they've got a horrendous record against us in gold medal games. Maybe the Americans are chokers, or maybe we're just more clutch?
  8. Sure. But the A team has enough pure scorers and I wanted to fill the bottom six with two-way players. Holy Jesus what am I doing hahahaha
  9. I've been really impressed with USA Hockey lately. Star players are popping out of random states and not just the northeast. The women's team has already surpassed us in depth a while ago. For us, here's the problem with your proposal: Hockey Canada. Everything needs to be done through Hockey Canada. Working with provincial hockey associations. Equipment sponsorships. Government support. Public support. Competent leadership and vision. All of that is nonexistent right now. Maybe. But I think Matthews, Robertson, the Tkachuks/Hughes and Fox match them man for man.
  10. @Elias Pettersson's thread got me thinking. The most improved nation since the 2010 Olympics is probably the United States. We (Canada) lost to them once and barely beat them a second time. Now their team is stacked from top to bottom. They have Hart winners. They have Norris winners. They have Vezina winners. And they're a lot younger. Their goaltending is so elite I don't even think Thatcher makes the first team. For fun, I'll construct an A-team and a B-team (no extra players). Assume there's a tournament in six months and everyone's healthy again. Robertson - J. Hughes - M. Tkachuk B. Tkachuk - Matthews - Thompson J. Miller - Eichel - Gaudreau Boldy - Pavelski - Tuch Q. Hughes - Fox Slavin - McAvoy Werenski - Carlson Hellebuyck Oettinger Keller - Larkin - Connor DeBrincat - Zegras - Terry Kreider - Beniers - Guentzel Coleman - Nelson - Garland Hanifin - S. Jones K. Miller - Pesce Sanderson - McCabe Demko - Swayman
  11. @Bob.Loblaw is pleased to make the draft selections for @theo5789 and the Columbus Blue Jackets. Columbus selects Ryan Suter from the United States Development Team Columbus also selects Hudson Fasching from the United States Development Team. @BigTramFan sniped
  12. he'll snipe you - get ready for the turnaround
  13. The Pittsburgh Penguins would like to officially introduce some of the players selected during the GM's brief absence (special thanks to caretakers @Caboose and @Down by the River for their assistance). "With our 16th pick this year, we'd like to select... from the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the Quebec Major Junior League... goaltender Marc-André Fleury!" Welcome back to the Steel City, Flower! The Pittsburgh Penguins also welcome the defenceman from the Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League... Brayden McNabb! With our selection in the 18th round, the Penguins are proud to announce... from Piráti Chomutov of the Extraliga and the Czech National Team... Jakub Lauko! Given his accidental double selection by our takers, we shall name him "Jakub Two-Two". The Pittsburgh Penguins have also declared their provisional front office budget for Commissioner @Gator: Pittsburgh Penguins 2023/2024 Front Office Budget 6.2 Player Relations Department- $40M 6.3 Player Development- $0 6.4 Medical/Training Facility - $0 6.5 Minors Budget - $30M 6.6 Scouting Department -$10M
  14. Judging by the level of optimism here in this thread, I say there is quite a lot of fan pressure for the Canucks to make it. Like you, I do think it's misguided optimism simply because of how competitive our division is.
  15. The Pittsburgh Penguibs select... from Chelyabinsk, Russia and the Gatineau Olympiques... YAKOV TRENIN @Patrick Kane
  16. Deslauriers - Pezzetta - Reaves Jeannot - Carrick - Olivier Gadjovich - Foligno - Perry Martin - Greer - MacEwan O'Brien Beaulieu - Burroughs MacDermid - Brown Oleksiak - Dillon Irwin Talbot Bernier Smith NOBODY GOES HOME ALIVE
  17. If he has all the tools then why hasn't he used them? His statlines don't look good (in college) and Colorado gave up on him.
  18. Is it my turn to pick Gretzky yet
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