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Canadian Olympic Hockey squad:

Sure things

G Martin Brodeur - Still considered the best despite an arm injury last season and a playoff blip.

G Roberto Luongo - Ever in Brodeur's shadow but still a top goalie.

D Scott Niedermayer - Still a slick skater, he signed a new contract, so he's ready to play

D Chris Pronger - Rangy and tough, and even more valuable as the Olympics will be played on the smaller NHL ice surface.

F Sidney Crosby - Now with a Stanley Cup, he'll be the star of the show in Vancouver.

F Jarome Iginla - Big, physical wingers who get 90-plus points can make any team.

Good bets

D Shea Weber - Nice blend of size and skill.

D Jay Bouwmeester - Rangy, quick and just starting to be dominant.

F Vincent Lecavalier - Has all the skill, but health is a question.

F Martin St-Louis - Followed a big season with a bigger world championship.

F Ryan Getzlaf - Big, physical centre had great playoffs.

F Corey Perry - Getzlaf teammate plays hard and well.

F Rick Nash - Big natural winger with a scoring touch

On the bubble

G Marc-Andre Fleury - Yzerman was wowed by his playoff performance.

G Cam Ward - Strong playoffs, played for Canada at 2008 world championships.

D Mike Green - Great skating and scoring, questionable defence.

D Dan Boyle - Nice skater and deft point man.

D Robyn Regehr - Olympic veteran, few are stronger in the defensive zone

D Francois Beauchemin - Big, physical and has some skill.

D Duncan Keith - Fine two-way play.

D Brent Seabrook - Opened many eyes during the playoffs.

D Dion Phaneuf - Big shot, good size, but coming off a sub-par season.

D Brent Burns - Yzerman says injuries last season won't be held against him.

F Jeff Carter - A top scorer.

F Simon Gagne - Olympic veteran, fine two-way winger, but has had health issues.

F Dany Heatley - Big, scoring winger embroiled in controversy for asking out of Ottawa.

F Brendan Morrow - Skilled, physical leader missed most of last season with knee injury.

F Jonathan Toews - Young Blackhawks captain combines skills and smarts.

F Shane Doan - Strong, experienced two-way winger.

F Mike Richards - Physical centre who scores and plays strong defence.

F Joe Thornton - Top playmaking centre gets blame for his teams' playoff failures.

F Joe Sakic - Aging, world-class centre still to decide whether to keep playing.

F Eric Staal - Big centre becomes more of a force each season.

F Ryan Smyth - No longer young, but big, hard-working winger is a fixture on national teams.

Longshots

G Steve Mason - Coming off a great rookie season, but will need to keep playing up to that level next season.

D Drew Doughty - Rising talent, also had a terrific rookie campaign, but with so many veterans ahead of him, might have to wait his turn.

D Dan Hamhuis - Hidden gem in Nashville, but probably not yet ready to overtake the top veterans.

D Stephane Robidas - Quietly efficient, but a level below the best.

D Marc Staal - Already Rangers' best rearguard, but is still developing.

F Patrick Marleau - Steady centre with skill, perhaps a victim of a glut of top Canadian centremen.

F Derek Roy - Fast, with soft hands, a little on the small side.

F Patrick Sharp - Dangerous scoring winger, he still has an outside chance if the goals keep coming.

F Jordan Staal - Big and strong, scored important goals in playoffs, but hasn't quite the hands of those ahead of him.

F Dan Cleary - Can play all three forward positions, kills penalties, scores timely goals, loved by his coaches, but not a top talent.

F Milan Lucic - Big and scary tough, likes to go to the net, but is very young and still growing as a power forward.

F Andy McDonald - Quick and can score, but is up against bigger wingers and bigger names.


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Y'all are fucked. Spoiler (highlight to read):
as long as we don't screw up like in Turin

Koivu to play with his buddy Selänne. That might be one nice line on the ice.

Koskinen made a 3 year deal with the Isles.

Poseidon wrote:

..... Bad because it pretty much shows me DiPietro is done.

nah man
It could just mean he won't be ready in October.
If they only signed Biron for a year then that could mean that they'll use him as trade bait when DiPi is healthy.
They saw a great deal, they jumped on it. No sense in rushing DiPi back if he ain't 100%

or, he's done

or, he's getting the whole year off.

or, he's done

Ultrafunkula wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

Isles signed Martin Biron to an absolute steal of a deal (lol) today. 1.4 mil for 1 year.

Biron/Roloson in the net is both awesome and bad. Awesome because that's a fucking sick goaltending pair. Bad because it pretty much shows me DiPietro is done.

This pretty much wrecks any lowest hopes Koskinen has to even be opening the door on the bench the upcoming season. Ofcourse if DiPietro recovers and miraculously starts to play shutouts in a row you guys have a positive problem and have a pile of good merchandise to trade with. Which I doubt is going to happen but hey, Carlos Sainz lost the rally WC title 700m before the finish line when his car broke so you'll never know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd_gj-3kz7A

"Puta madreeeee!!!1"

I'd prefer if Koskinen stayed in the AHL this year anyways. It'll give him time to develop and since I figure we won't be playoff contenders this year, we'll trade Biron at the deadline, making Koskinen a necessary callup. He'll play backup for the rest of the season to Roloson and then all of next season to Roloson as well. Roloson will retire after 2010-2011, and Koskinen will take over with Munroe backing him up.

This is all assuming DiPietro is practically done.

Far wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

..... Bad because it pretty much shows me DiPietro is done.

nah man
It could just mean he won't be ready in October.
If they only signed Biron for a year then that could mean that they'll use him as trade bait when DiPi is healthy.
They saw a great deal, they jumped on it. No sense in rushing DiPi back if he ain't 100%

or, he's done

or, he's getting the whole year off.

or, he's done

I guess it's safety, but the more goalies, the more it makes me think that Snow doesn't have much faith in DP's return to 100%.

Last edited by Poseidon (2009-07-23 15:17:58)

Can't wait for hockey season

Ya well it's what I have so......

Poseidon wrote:

http://www.channel1media.com/lightning/2009/

eh?

Red Forman wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

watching the Wild is less exciting than watching the Leafs

Very well.  You are just bitter.

                    W    L
NY Islanders 26   47
Minnesota     40   33

yes, 7 games over 500, i'm so jealous

lol at the video!

Someone heard about the 3 teams trade... heatly is involved...

Sens, Habs and San Jose... Sens says they don't want Cheechoo, and Heatley will probably go to San Jose...

Spoiler (highlight to read):
Kovy back to Montreal

Andoura wrote:

lol at the video!

Someone heard about the 3 teams trade... heatly is involved...

Sens, Habs and San Jose... Sens says they don't want Cheechoo, and Heatley will probably go to San Jose...

Spoiler (highlight to read):
Kovy back to Montreal

If you're getting that information from HockeyBuzz you can just fuck right off Andoura, for real.

Andoura wrote:

It comes from the website of RDS which is the same as TSN...

no