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Deebo

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Looks like Canada should be able to ice a strong team with pool of available talent.

Nugent-Hopkins, Eberle, Tavares, Moulson, Stamkos, St. Louis, Perry, Getzlaf, Staal, Skinner, Duchene, Kane, Nash, Lupul, Benn, Ribiero and Ryder are among the forwards that might be available.

The D pool isn't as deep but I might missing a few: Subban, Schenn, Phaneuf, Myers, Byfuglein, Regher, Bouwmeester, Beauchemin.

Price, Ward, Riemer, Mason, Dubnyk could be possibilities in goal.

Some will decline invitations and some might have injuries but there is potential for a good team there.
 
Ward is confirmed to play, and I doubt Price goes considering his injury. Pretty good news considering we haven't really had a legitimate starter in this tournament for a few years.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Ward is confirmed to play, and I doubt Price goes considering his injury. Pretty good news considering we haven't really had a legitimate starter in this tournament for a few years.
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I'd go with Ward and Dubnyk as back-up, with Mason the third-stringer.
 
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=392752

Nugent-Hopkins in, Stamkos out... he's "going rest the shoulder", boooooo.
 
To each their own, but I just don't get why anyone cares about this tournament, doesn't excite me in the least. I mean, what exactly is this tournament supposed to prove when most of the countries best players are in the playoffs?
 
ontariojames said:
To each their own, but I just don't get why anyone cares about this tournament, doesn't excite me in the least. I mean, what exactly is this tournament supposed to prove when most of the countries best players are in the playoffs?
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Probably not much, but, it's certainly a break from the NHL since the games are played (when they are) on a large European ice rink, the play is speedy and because of the larger ice surface, as well as the international on- ice contingent, one usually sees a different standard of play.

Besides, players representing Canada whose teams have been eliminated from post-season contention get a chance to shine and (hopefully) try and win a championship.  I get your point, though, in that Canada doesn't often win in these WHC, but, whether we win or not, we're represented anyways.
 
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=392752

The groupings for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia will be set once the tournament wraps up next month.


So that's one reason.




 
ontariojames said:
To each their own, but I just don't get why anyone cares about this tournament, doesn't excite me in the least. I mean, what exactly is this tournament supposed to prove when most of the countries best players are in the playoffs?
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It doesn't prove anything, but the games are entertaining.

Why do people care about the world juniors when the best junior aged players are in the NHL.
 
Deebo said:
Looks like Canada should be able to ice a strong team with pool of available talent.

Nugent-Hopkins, Eberle, Tavares, Moulson, Stamkos, St. Louis, Perry, Getzlaf, Staal, Skinner, Duchene, Kane, Nash, Lupul, Benn, Ribiero and Ryder are among the forwards that might be available.
Some will decline invitations and some might have injuries but there is potential for a good team there.
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still suffering shoulder injury, my Joffrey won't be there.
 
https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/190486114107277312

@reporterchris: #leafs forward Joey Crabb added to U.S. team for IIHF World Hockey Championship.
 
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