Jim Slater named to the US Olympic squad!!!

 

Wow

Gonna be a shitty tournament to watch. That & the games being played at 3 in the morning. 

Any bets on whether Mark Stuart is top 4D for Canada?

2 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Any bets on whether Mark Stuart is top 4D for Canada?

Would be tough since he is American

Just now, Jpan85 said:

Would be tough since he is American

Hmm, I never knew that.

Bullet dodged then

With Russia out of the Olympics as well as the KHL I guess we really do have a chance to win. I don't know how good of  a change but does anyone care to prognosticate?

Actually games are going to be 6:00 am and 9:00 am central time.

30 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

With Russia out of the Olympics as well as the KHL I guess we really do have a chance to win. I don't know how good of  a change but does anyone care to prognosticate?

Slovakia's year.

I'd imagine that team Canada can fill out the roster with former Jets scraps!    Kyle Wellwood can run wild at the Olys!!

Canada's Spengler Cup team just beat Davos and won the tournament. I expect a lot of those players to make the Olympic Team.

With the NHL out, I was hoping that they could get some of the CHL players.

Edited January 2, 20188 yr by JCon

BEL    A    ROOOOOOS!!!

BEL    A    ROOOOOOS!!!

BEL    A    ROOOOOOS!!!

Eric O'Dell and Quinton Howden for Team Canada

REPRESENT!!!  BOOM!!!

Like I said send the juniors. Who would have argued with that?

17 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Like I said send the juniors. Who would have argued with that?

Depends what you mean.  Like enforce an age limit on the tournament?  Or just Canada sends the juniors while other teams are free to send pros?  Because the team that Canada is sending would dominate the gold medal winning juniors.  The best of the AHL/KHL/Euro leagues would stomp any junior team.

16 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Like I said send the juniors. Who would have argued with that?

This entire forum when the topic first came up. 

15 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Depends what you mean.

Every country just sends their junior players ala the WJC.

wait aren't most of those people on the Hockey Roster AHL players? because Isn't Howden a Moose (or used to be one?)

 

 

Edited January 11, 20188 yr by iHeart

1 minute ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Every country just sends their junior players ala the WJC.

We just had the world juniors, why do we need another?

 

This will be very disappointing. I hope Canada wins but I'm certainly not as interested in this group of players.

Just now, iHeart said:

wait aren't most of those people on the Hockey Roster AHL players? because Isn't Howden a Moose (or used to be one?)

Most are Euro leaguers.

Just now, iHeart said:

wait aren't most of those people on the Hockey Roster AHL players? because Isn't Howden a Moose (or used to be one?)

 

 

Most are KHL or other European leagues.

1 minute ago, JCon said:

We just had the world juniors, why do we need another?

 

As mentioned previously, just dont have the WJC for one year. ThE feeling around here tho when i proposed that was "WE CAN'T DO THAT, THEY(Hockey Canada) NEED THE MONEY!!!"

Edited January 11, 20188 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Just now, FrostyWinnipeg said:

As mentioned previously, just dont have the WJC for one year. That feeling around here tho was "WE CAN'T DO THAT, THEY NEED THE MONEY!!!"

And, they do. Why cancel the WJC for the Olympics? Why would the hockey orgs agree to this? Why not both?

Just now, JCon said:

And, they do. Why cancel the WJC for the Olympics? Why would the hockey orgs agree to this? Why not both?

I would rather cancel it but on the other hand it could just be a great warmup for the Olympics.

Some really good players on that roster. It will surprise people how good the hockey will be.

38 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Some really good players on that roster. It will surprise people how good the hockey will be.

I'll still be watching.

It was interesting to hear that Cale Makar received an invite to the Olympic roster but turned it down.