2006 canada men's olympic team

[Keyser Söze]

2006 Team Canada Olympic roster

Goaltenders (3)
Martin Brodeur

Roberto Luongo

Marty Turco

Defensemen (7)
Rob Blake

Adam Foote

Ed Jovanovski

Scott Niedermayer

Chris Pronger

Wade Redden

Robyn Regehr

Forwards (13)
Todd Bertuzzi

Shane Doan

Kris Draper

Simon Gagne

Dany Heatley

Jarome Iginla

Vincent Lecavalier

Rick Nash

Brad Richards

Joe Sakic

Ryan Smyth

Martin St. Louis

Joe Thornton

reserves

bryan McCabe

Jason Spezza

Eric Staal

imo i think this is bullshit, doan, draper and even st. louis are having less than stellar years, they were only picked due to loyalty. BS. spezza should be there starting, straight up, he's outplayed the entire fourth line for canada. (doan, smyth, draper). anyawys, that's just my thought.

[DesignCore]

Smyth is captain canada so dont diss him.
Doan is prolly there cuz gretzky wanted him cuz hes phx captain, prolly why mccrap is there. And draper is there cuz hes a good forechecker and he did good at worlds.

They know that spezza and staal will play in many olympics.
Team russia and team swedens fukin stacked man have u seen them. You know wahts funny a guy on pitsburg who they dont even play make the olympic team when dream boy crosby dosnt make shit haha.
Its ok only bullshit thing is that mccabe is on the taxi squad fuk pice of shit defensman that he is.
Think of the possible lines
Heatly - Sakic - iginla
nash-throton -gagne <---- best line
lecavie- st louis - richards
smyth-draper-bertuzzi.

[Keyser Söze]

mccabe played his way onto the team. doan is there only because he went to the world cup and shit like that. he sucks. period. draper, i know why draper is there, it's obvious, he's not a scoring threat, he's not a play maker, think of the possibilities

heatley-sakic-iginla
nash-thorton-gagne
smyth-lecavlier-richards
bertuzzi-spezza-staal

WOW. any line looks impressive when it comes to team canada. if you look at the team i have, canada has grit on every line, heatley and iginla are gritty players, nash on the second line and thorton, smyth on the third line and bertuzzi on the fourth. i don't mind smyth being there, he has done a lot for canada internationally, draper is so-so choice, but doan? wtf is doan doing on the team. he's garbage.

[bajskorv]

spezza and crosby?? but still i think Canada has the best team.


BTW have you guys seen swedens team? where is Holmstrom?????

[Sasori_Echizen]

Uhh....wait....I know Canada has a great team and all but....we (I live in Canada =p) lost to russia already....and does that mean we're gonna be screwed for later on as well? ^^0 And I've heard all this big talk about Crosby....where is he on the list..? And....Where is that rolloson goalie that plays for minnesota who always does really good? :S

[Aecen]

Uhh....wait....I know Canada has a great team and all but....we (I live in Canada =p) lost to russia already....and does that mean we're gonna be screwed for later on as well? ^^0 And I've heard all this big talk about Crosby....where is he on the list..? And....Where is that rolloson goalie that plays for minnesota who always does really good? :S

Rolloson isnt as good as the 3 goalies picked.

And Crosby...talk about massively overrated...but thats my opinion.

I think the US will skate circles around the Canadian team personally.

[tunaman]

Here is the changes i would make.

In
Eric Staal(In the running for the MVP speaks for himself)
BRENDAN SHANAHAN (Alsways comes big in international hockey. Has 20 goals, only second in Canadians to Staal and Heatly)
Spezza(Even though he is on the super line, It is still good to get the younger players some expierence)

Out
Todd Bertuzzi (Not having that great of a year playing with Naslund and what he did to Steve Moore)
Kris Draper( Only a goal, speaks for itself. Can many other good two ways players)
Doan(Person I would replace for Spezza)

I know that some people dont like Smith but i like him because he is a little different from the rest of the team and bring some grit. A good 4th line player.

[Keyser Söze]

crosby is a little bitch who doesn't deserve the olympic spot yet. don't get me wrong i know he's the future of canadian hockey, but everyone is making such a big deal about him, over so many things that i'm just starting to hate the hype over crosby. i would replace doan too, fuck him he sucks. bertuzzi has to be in, he's starting to play better and better, the whole steve moore incident was wrong and all, but i forgive him, it's too bad that other's cant. lastly, draper should be out, 100%. what the hell were they thinking, being loyal to the old bastards, that's such bullshit, clearly draper is not in that league of players.

[DesignCore]

i think
Russia / Sweden have an amazing team as well.

Russia should be the hardest.

I still laugh at this fact.
Crosby is pitsburgs golden boy and didnt make team canada
Pens drafted evengani malkin 2nd overal in 2004
Pens dont play him.
He makes it on russias world juniours and olympics team hahha.
Man fuk next ear they will play him and fuk Hes amazing i hope he goes to a better team hes alrdy growing favour as a player ill relaly like.

NExt years ROY race Phil Kessel and Evengani Malkin.

[Keyser Söze]

evgeni malkin needs to get his ass to the nhl, he's a really good player, infact they say he's the best player outside of the nhl. anyways, crosby didn't deserve to make it to the olympic team this year, he's just not up there yet. anyways, canada needs to get rid of draper and doan and put spezza and staal in the line-up, then with those 2 off teh injury reserve squad, they could have put crosby on and someone else.

[DesignCore]

Malkin wants to win a championship with his league first b4 going to the nhl. Plus imagine what kinda rookie race there would be Malkin ovechkin and crosby all in one year it be nuts.

Malkin is prolly one of the best russian hockey players, Hes not as cocky as others so hes a great passer, and he dosnt just shoot. He is liek the russian mario lemieux.

[Keyser Söze]

i'm very impressed with his ability to skate at full stride and still shoot and pass, he's a solid guy too. however, i saw him give a few cheap head shots in the u.s game so that i don't like. however, he's skilled, very skilled, if he wants to he can go back to the world juniors but i doubt it, i think he's looking forward to the olympics if i'm not mistaken. i'm pretty sure he'll be there.

[DesignCore]

Yes he made teh russian squad.

The best teams in the tourney are gonna be canada russia and sweden.
Sweden is looking very dangerous, and the fire power of the russians is scary they have 3 players that have missle shots that i know of zhedrev is pretty good too.

i suspect a line of
Ilya - malkin - ovechkin would be a fun thing to watch. well not ilya hes more of a hog.

[Keyser Söze]

well canada has offensive weapons aswell, but we also have a very solid defence that will bump and angle off the best of the russians and swedens. i think canadian defence and physicality puts us over the top in the tourni.

[DesignCore]

Yeah then again russia has players that can go right past defensman, If ovechkin malkin and ilya are on one line who the hell is gonan get who cuz both can score themselves.

[Keyser Söze]

that's why we have brodeur, lol. no, well of course they'll give us a hard time, however, i really believe that our defence puts us above the rest of the competition. u.s.a might be screwed, depending on how long they're starting goal tender is out, dipietro.

[DesignCore]

Usa is screwed either way, they should pick for chemistry not for senority.
Sweden has teh best defense of any team in the league. Brodeur has show a team like toronto can score 6 goals on him so really hes not really doing much. I expect luongo to be playing net for canada, hes the best goalie in the NHL right now hands down that is going to the olympics.
Since you may say kipper is the best right now but you know. he aint going.

Should be a great tournament since the teams are pretty evenly matched. Just hoping to have a canada vs sweden / russia game i would love to see those 2 games it be a great game.

[Keyser Söze]

luongo wont be in the nets for canada and i can almost guarantee it. canada has the best defence in the tournament. canada will win against sweden and against russia, but they would be entertaining games. i think we'll play russia or sweden in the gold medal game.

[DesignCore]

no canada dosnt have the best defense in the world.
They are tied for 2nd best defense in the world.
it goes
1- sweden
2- canada/czech

Luongo will play net once brodeur shows he cant perform as well in teh olympics anymore, which is why hes there. Hes also a better choice since marty has been playing very very bad this year. And i dont think he will perform as well during olympics but we wont know till he plays. but i think he will be sat in favour of lulongo.

Canada has a great team and should win gold.
Next olympics the team will be even better.

[Keyser Söze]

i agree that next olympics the team will be even better, they wont have to be loyal to the older guys, because a few will probably retire. anyways, we have the best defence in the world. luongo will be sat out, for sure. i'm positive.

[DesignCore]

if you think canada has the best d in the world you dont really know much about the other players for other teams.

Sweden hands down has the best defense compared to any team, a perfect balance of offensive and defensive with a few stay at home thrown in.

brodeur just needs 1 or 2 bad games for him to be sat. And given up to luongo. Its all about playing and he hasnt been doing so great.

[Keyser Söze]

luongo hasn't been the best at times either. canada has the best d, we'll show it in the tournament. i think what needs to happen is doan and draper need to get the boot and spezza and staal need to get no that 4th line.

[DesignCore]

No canada does not have the best d. they had like 3 defensman who are in teh negatives and 2 of them are over -10.

Draper and doan are ok addition though staal would fit in just fine. Spezza would as well with heatly. But whats done is done and cant change that. There more of checkers.

But dont diss draper he does good when it ocunts.

Also look at luongo, look at his stats wins and gaa. then look at his save percentage and it shows you how bad of a team he is infornt if he can have such a save % and have a record that shows what he has.

If a team like vancouver had him they would automaticly be a cup favorite team. Any decent team with lulongo would be better. If his team has a lead he has all the confidence in the world. Sadly for him florida barley gets that lead.

[Keyser Söze]

i'm not saying luongo isn't good, he's a future starting goal tender for canada, but i just don't think wayne and the whole coaching staff would bench brodeur. especially with the announcement of the roster, they are going to be loyal to players who have done it for them before. brodeur has done it for them, now if he plays dreadful, which he might, then they'll think about putting in luongo. well, we're obviously not going to agree about who has the best defence so why bring it up anymore. anyways, hopefully spezza and stall can get some playing time, without having one of our superstars getting injured.

[DesignCore]

For staal and spezza to get playing time i cant see any player but nash or gagne getting injured. Nash especialy.

Of course brodeur will get the start, but i woudlnt be suprised if he fucks up and canada has to go with luongo.

And what makes you say canada has teh best defense? Unlike other teams canada went for past and world cup play instead of current. I was shcoked when pheanuf was left of the list he is prolly one of the best defensman in canadas 81 man roster.

[Keyser Söze]

i wasn't surprised at all when the roster was named, he's a young player, they went with proven vets. plus, with all that hoopla with mccabe, i didn't think he'd make it anyway. i'm just surprised they didn't put staal or spezza on the roster, and help crosby off the taxi cab roster. putting either spezza or staal on the roster could have made room for crosby.

[DesignCore]

Who cares about crosby, hell have his chance later on hes not been doing anything amazing to be considered for the olympics.

I was supprised. Phaneuf is prolly one of the best defensman in the nhl he plays hard and hits hard and hes young but not too young. McCabe is there for no reason. Staal would make a fit. Spezza would make zero fit into the canadian roster. Hes a center pure. While staal can play on the wings spezza really cant which would have made them haev to remove which centre to place spezza while they could have given staal a winger spot.

[Keyser Söze]

i agree he's a centre pure and simple, but if they removed doan from the 4th line centre then they could make room for spezza. then we put staal on teh wing with smyth, and there's the new 4th line. however, this wont happen which sucks. crosby has been playing good, mccabe doesn't deserve to be on the taxi cab team i agree with that. he sucks.

[DesignCore]

McCabe is good at scoring but a liability in his own end. Still Draper is a good he did alot of the team at other times he does it where it matters. Doan was prolly only picked because of his affiliation with gretzky.

Plus canada needed the hitters of draper and others to play other teams who dont go for a more hitting game like the canadians.

[Keyser Söze]

Canada is fine either way, but it would be nice to have spezza and staal get some experience, not just practice with the team, but play in games with the team.

[DesignCore]

They dont practice with the team, there on teh taxi squad there not allowed in atheletes village even they stay in a hotel. There not part of the team till a player gets injured.

They will get their shot next olympics.

[Keyser Söze]

canada is in the process of trying to change that. they want them to practice with the team, they probably want to get them in a game or two aswell. i'm not sure how it's going, but yea, they really do want the taxi cab to be a part of the team.

[DesignCore]

Well they cant get them in a game, Because that would take away from the whole reason teh taxi cab was created this year. It was made for when a player is injured not for easy acces to play.

Though the athlete village thing is kinda a bitch which should change. Having 3 players alone from every other competitor is shitty. 3 players form ever olympic team hanign out alone in a hotel room.

[Keyser Söze]

well what they would do is just tell the player currently on the roster to have an "injury". they could easily put them in if a player wan't doing his job. it is shitty though, not being able to practice with the team and not being with the team at all.

[DesignCore]

Ahem they have these things called doctors and they will see if the player is really injured. And the olympics have there own test since faking an injury would be cheating.

Sux that they cant be with the team, practicing with it i understand since they wouldnt really fit into practice. But not staying with them is garbage.

[Keyser Söze]

it's easy to fake an injury, or an illness, or a sickness. c'mon, we did it when we were kids. by the start of the tourni they'll probably be with the other players.

[DesignCore]

we did it as kids yes to our parents. Not to licensed doctors that check evrything. Its not liek ohh my hand hurts. they will check it alot.

Plus what player would fake an injury and lose his spot on the roster?

[cygnus]

kovalchuk-malkin-ovechkin is a fuckin nutters line...fuck what a line, get your dick hard with a line like that....

[Keyser Söze]

well men's olympic hockey just got under way today. canada started with a 7-2 victory over italy, we should get better as teh tourni goes on. on a side note for ottawa, hasek might be injured already at the tourni, first game.

[chauronity]

Team finland still pawns y0 xD


But, i gotta admit , the rooster looks pretty good, nice combination.

[Brandt]

Well Canada beats Italy today 7-2. Canada could have done better (missed scoring opportunities, missed passes...), but I'm sure they'll find their groove in the next game. After all, didn't they just land in Italy a couple of days ago?

[DesignCore]

they landed in italy on monday.

They had a practice at iceland (i live right next to it) and then went to pearson to fly out.

Thats sad though, on 20 shots brodeur let in 2 goals thats better then sum nhl teams can do.

[Brandt]

Yeah, well we can blame some of their performace and jet lag onand whatnot. Besides, I'm sure they'll find their groove after a couple more days.

[Keyser Söze]

well they are winning and that's good. i think they'll get better as the tournament goes on, a 5-1 victory over germany is hardly anything to praise, but it's a start. remember last year they only held on to beat germany 3-2.

edit* although i can't criticize or praise because i didn't watch either game entirely.

[Brandt]

Well the men's team did pick up their game as they progressed. Here's to hoping they keep pushing and win the gold. Right now it's anybody's game.

[Keyser Söze]

well they're down 1-0 right now to the swiss, so let's see if they can bounce back in the second.

[Brandt]

The game is on right now? Damn, I didn't know that. And the Swiss are winning? Well I'm sure we'll pick up the pace and start putting the pucks in the net.

[Keyser Söze]

i too think we'll start to score this period. anyways, i'm sure canada will win but this puts a little concern in me. i think it's about itme to put staal and spezza in the lineup.

edit* so we lose to the swiss, that's a disgrace to our flag. we didnt play our best, no, but this game goes to show you why we should have staal and spezza in teh line-up. they f*cked up big time by leaving these 2 out, why, not only do they add another threat, they are also young players who have a lot of heart. they want it so bad they'll go out there and make things happen. spezza also brings a lot of playmaking ability to the team, which would have been useful but hey, let's be loyal to our older players. YOU SCREWED OUR TEAM WAYNE. NOW FIX IT.

[Brandt]

Wow... This loss was makes me say: WTF? Wow, I'm stunned and speechless.

[chauronity]

Or maybe that's an indication of that that the standards of the hockey are high in europe too. I mean, proves that european can play the hockey too, we are not to be sniffed at again.

[DesignCore]

ppl bitched about doan being added but hes the top scorer right now for canada.

bertuzzi played great.

Staal is another centre so who do you get rid of at centre lecavier richards sakic maybee thorton yeah i dont think so.. ohh shit spezza is a centre too yeah that sux. cant have too many centres. though spezza and heatly wouldan been a good line.

[Dionysus]

Gotta love di Pietro. Getting his Swiss citizenship one month before the Olympics began. (I guess white hockey players have an easy time getting Swiss citizenship.) A Canadian (or do you need to renounce your other citizenships to be Swiss?) scoring two goals against Canada.

The Canadians just didn't seem to care. So sloppy.

@ Chauronity: who is saying that Europeans (men anyway) can't play hockey on par with Canadians?

[Keyser Söze]

you don't necessarily have to take out a centre, staal can play winger, i think spezza should be added only for his passing ability. he really creates plays and sets up players. this was a bad game, but it should serve as a wake up call.

[Brandt]

Better now than later, but still, this game easily should have been ours.

[Keyser Söze]

should have would have could have, but we didn't. we need to start performing, we're canadians damnit, hockey is our sport. we will win gold. GOLD.

[Brandt]

I don't know what I'll do if we don't win a medal. Nevermind gold, but if we don't grab a medal then... Well let's not think about that.

[DesignCore]

theres alrdy enough amazing passers on team canada. staal and spezza woulda been great additions but relaly the only player that hasnt been performing amazing was draper both bertuzzi and doan have really done great.

Dipietro got his citizenship a year ago and hes married to a swiss girl thats prolly why, their coach is canadian too. you usually have to renounce citizen ship when you get it form sumwhere new but sumtimes you can be a dual citizen.

[Dionysus]

Dipietro got his citizenship a year ago and hes married to a swiss girl thats prolly why, their coach is canadian too. you usually have to renounce citizen ship when you get it form sumwhere new but sumtimes you can be a dual citizen.
A guy (on TV) said it was a month before the games started that he finally was approved. Getting Swiss citizenship is hard, even if you marry another Swiss. But, when national pride is on the line, I guess anything's possible. Hell, second-generation people born in Swizerland aren't guaranteed citizenship there.

You don't "usually" have to renounce citizenship. Most countries (as far as I've looked into it) don't care. I just figured the Swiss might follow the same requirements as Norway, since the Swiss seem to one-up most western countries when it comes to anti-immigrant policies.

Anyway, I find myself caring more for women's hockey this Olympics. Meh.

[DesignCore]

Alot of countires do care.
He had his citizen ship request approved and processed a year ago but his passport only came in a month prior to the start.

Alot of countires make you renounce it. America for one does, but under special circumstances it allows it. And if your american and want to get another citizen ship you have to renounce it because americans code says that your loyaltiy is only to one flag.

[Dionysus]

OK, so a cursory search shows you are incorrect. (http://www.richw.org/dualcit/faq.html) Perhaps 30 years ago you would be right, but not today. I know people who move up here from the US, become naturalised, get Canadian citizenship while still retaining their American citizenship (like the guy in the link). They don't care anymore. The need to attract talent has lessened the nationalistic bullshit.

And Canada doesn't recognise a renunciation of citizenship, unless performed in a embassy or consulate while filling out forms infront of Canadian officials. An oath doesn't mean much to foreign bureaucracies.

I've looked into it. Norway requires (last I checked) that I renounce my Canadian citizenship. But I'd still have both afterwards since Canada doesn't care that I did. Not that I did do it. But maybe I will. But it doesn't matter.

Anyway, who cares.

[Keyser Söze]

i can't believe we're going to lose our second game in the olympics. there's 3 minutes left, we need 2 goals. this is bs. what is going on with our team? maybe we need ot shake things up. we've been shut out for almost 6 straight periods.

[Brandt]

Right now I'm praying for a bronze medal. Anything more would be a godsend.

[Dionysus]

Oh please. They don't need to win even the next game. As long as they can become a team before the medal round, they're alright.

[DesignCore]

they need to work as a team more.

quinn is retarted. he benched nash what a fukin moron.

[Keyser Söze]

i believe now is the time to try and shake things up. put spezza or staal in there. atleast give them a chance.

[Ah B]

I don't think they're allowed to put on Spezza or Staal, but I'm not that sure.

We lost two straight games, both shutouts too...

We've been getting penalties quite a lot (though we're pretty good at powerplays). I think our goaltending is amazing, but our offensive and defensive play is lacking.

[DesignCore]

Dude we suck at powerplays.

i dunno how many they had today but b4 today they were i think 1-22 not counting italy. italy i think they were 4-7. horrible.

I find it funny how people cant grasp the fact of TAXI SQUAD. Sicne no ones injured they dont play. Though rick nash might be he didnt play the third.

[Keyser Söze]

rick nash shouldn't have been on the bench, unless he was injured. wtf is quinn thinking. anyways, they really need to start playing as a team, they're not playing well together, they don't have that team look. i think once they click they'll start to roll, but who knows when they'll click.

[DesignCore]

they played well in the 2nd period in both the last two games, but playing for real in the second only is not gonan win them no tourneys. they need to play better.

Rick nash has had alot of chances and hasnt scored yet thats a suprise hes a great finisher with 12 shots on net he hasnt scored dam.

[Ah B]

Canada lost against Russia in Quarter-Finals. Sorta disappointing for Canadian Hockey fans. Hopefully we'll do better in four years..:P

[Dionysus]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhh. I hope Finland takes the gold. The Swedes pulled some dirty pool in the round robin. It looks to me that they threw their last game before the quarter finals (and I only noticed it since their coach suggested it would be a good thing to lose that game so as not to play the Czechs or Canada). That's clearly not how an olympian should be thinking. Finland has tried their best in every game and deserves the gold.