ROCKING THE MAPLE LEAF IN MINSK?!?!?!?
By Lowetide
10 years ago
Canada’s management group for this year’s World Hockey Championships have been named. The tournament will go in Minsk (Belarus) in May. Rob Blake is the GM this year, with Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers, Brad Treliving of the Phoenix Coyotes and Brad Pascall of Hockey Canada helping him out.
If called, will Taylor Hall go? Should he go?
HOW MANY OILER FORWARDS WOULD MAKE THE TEAM?
If the season ended today, Blake would have the following forwards to consider:
- Taylor Hall (Edmonton)
- Jordan Eberle (Edmonton)
- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Edmonton)
- David Perron (Edmonton)
- Boyd Gordon (Edmonton)
- Mike Cammalleri (Calgary)
- Sean Monahan (Calgary)
- Matt Stajan (Calgary)
- Curtis Glencross (Calgary)
- Bryan Little (Winnipeg)
- Andrew Ladd (Winnipeg)
- Evander Kane (Winnipeg)
- Mike Fisher (Nashville)
- Tyler Seguin (Dallas)
- Jamie Benn (Dallas)
- Alex Chiasson (Dallas)
- Ryan Garbutt (Dallas)
- Tyler Ennis (Buffalo)
- Cody Hodgson (Buffalo)
- Drew Stafford (Buffalo)
- Chris Stewart (Buffalo)
- Scottie Upshall (Florida)
- Brad Boyes (Florida)
- Jonathan Huberdeau (Florida)
- Josh Bailey (NY Islanders)
- Eric Staal (Carolina)
- Jordan Staal (Carolina)
- Jeff Skinner (Carolina)
- Jason Spezza (Ottawa)
- Kyle Turris (Ottawa)
- Zack Smith (Ottawa)
- Clarke MacArthur (Ottawa)
- Adam Henrique (New Jersey)
- Travis Zajac (New Jersey)
- Michael Ryder (New Jersey)
- Nazem Kadri (Toronto)
- Tyler Bozak (Toronto)
- Dave Bolland (Toronto)
- Joffrey Lupul (Toronto)
- Mason Raymond (Toronto)
- David Clarkson (Toronto)
- Joel Ward (Washington)
- Troy Brouwer (Washington)
- Dustin Penner (Washington)
- Eric Fehr (Washington)
Assuming 15 forwards go, my team would be the following (alpha order):
- Center: Cammalleri, Henrique, Nugent-Hopkins, Spezza, E Staal
- Left Wing: Benn, Hall, Kane, Ladd, MacArthur
- Right Wing: Eberle, Perron, Seguin, Turris, Zajac
Agree? Disagree? I’m taking four Oiler forwards out of 15, that’s clearly a bias—but its my team. I’d love to see your list (this is damn hard by the way, I almost had to tell baby Nuge he’s staying home).
Hall makes my team without a throw. Eberle too, and how on earth do you keep Perron off the team? I would have Gordon playing mega-minutes on the PK and taking the tough and late zone draws, but had to leave him behind.
SHOULD HE GO?
Yes. Even if Lindy Ruff is the coach, Hall should go. It would be a chance for him to end the season on a positive, and play on a strong team with some real competition for playing time and to showcase his exceptional talent.
Agree?
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