Olympic Rosters

[dave1959]

.........as long as Price doesn't think he's playing against the Sens, he'll be fine.

[CAM]

Taylor Hall - Thornton - Giroux
Neal - Couture - St.Louis
Skinner - E.Staal - Eberle
E.Kane - M.Richards - Seguin
Perron

Phaneuf - Boyle
M.Staal - Seabrook
Giordano - M.Green
B.Campbell

Bernier
Harding
Fleury

Nice looking team!!!! Id put in Crawford over Bernier...

[Bruyns]

Taylor Hall - Thornton - Giroux
Neal - Couture - St.Louis
Skinner - E.Staal - Eberle
E.Kane - M.Richards - Seguin
Perron

Phaneuf - Boyle
M.Staal - Seabrook
Giordano - M.Green
B.Campbell

Bernier
Harding
Fleury

I'd take Ladd and Letang over Perron and Green. Embarassment of riches that we could field a second team with that much talent.

[Robin Hood]

Kunitz - Crosby - Stamkos
Tavares - Getzlaf - Perry
Sharp - Toews - Carter
Benn - Bergeron - Marleau
Duchene - Nash

Keith - Weber
Bouwmeester - Pietranagelo
Vlasic - Doughty
Hamhuis - Subban

Price
Luongo
Smith

Nash v St. Louis v Giroux is the only head scratcher for me. Marleau, Carter are terrific penalty killers so I understand the desire to want them on your bottom 6. I'd have taken Giroux over Nash personally. Feel bad for Marty though. He's going to retire after this having been left off the last 2 olympic teams while being top 10 in scoring virtually every year.

[Bruyns]

Nash v St. Louis v Giroux is the only head scratcher for me. Marleau, Carter are terrific penalty killers so I understand the desire to want them on your bottom 6. I'd have taken Giroux over Nash personally. Feel bad for Marty though. He's going to retire after this having been left off the last 2 olympic teams while being top 10 in scoring virtually every year.

Kopitar, Stoll, Richards and Lewis all PK more per game than Carter so not sure how terrific of a PKer he is. I expect he won't be in the top 12 anyways though so probably won't see much of him.

[Robin Hood]

Nash v St. Louis v Giroux is the only head scratcher for me. Marleau, Carter are terrific penalty killers so I understand the desire to want them on your bottom 6. I'd have taken Giroux over Nash personally. Feel bad for Marty though. He's going to retire after this having been left off the last 2 olympic teams while being top 10 in scoring virtually every year.

Kopitar, Stoll, Richards and Lewis all PK more per game than Carter so not sure how terrific of a PKer he is. I expect he won't be in the top 12 anyways though so probably won't see much of him.

Carter has always been known to be a great PKer. He just plays on a team with a lot of other great PKers. I definitely think Carter is in the top 12. He can slot anywhere. I'm hoping Nash is out of the top 12. Not sure who the second guy will be though. Likely Marleau

[bma]

Nash v St. Louis v Giroux is the only head scratcher for me. Marleau, Carter are terrific penalty killers so I understand the desire to want them on your bottom 6. I'd have taken Giroux over Nash personally. Feel bad for Marty though. He's going to retire after this having been left off the last 2 olympic teams while being top 10 in scoring virtually every year.

Kopitar, Stoll, Richards and Lewis all PK more per game than Carter so not sure how terrific of a PKer he is. I expect he won't be in the top 12 anyways though so probably won't see much of him.

Carter has always been known to be a great PKer. He just plays on a team with a lot of other great PKers. I definitely think Carter is in the top 12. He can slot anywhere. I'm hoping Nash is out of the top 12. Not sure who the second guy will be though. Likely Marleau

I think Marleau will be in the top 12 based on the fact that he can PK.

PK 1 will probably be Toews/Bergeron. PK2 will probably then be Sharp/Marleau/Carter

[kimmer]

At this point, i dont see how JT doesnt play with crosby

[CAM]

TSN had Toews and Sharp on unit 1 with Bergeron on 2nd.

[bma]

TSN had Toews and Sharp on unit 1 with Bergeron on 2nd.

Yeah I'm cool with that. Toews/Sharp. Bergeron/Marleau. Getzlaf/Carter

[Bruyns]

I don't recall how olympic play works for roster size. Are we able to dress 13 F and 7 D per game or is it the standard 12 and 6?

[Tony]

You spoiled Canadians ... I swear

[Nick]

I don't recall how olympic play works for roster size. Are we able to dress 13 F and 7 D per game or is it the standard 12 and 6?

13/7 if I listened at all

[bma]

Average Team Canada age: 27.64

[Shep]

I believe you can dress ONE extra skater.

So likely 12F and 7D

[Shep]

Wow.

Sportsnet @Sportsnet 2m
Finland veteran Teemu Selanne has been selected to play at his sixth Winter Olympics: http://ow.ly/slYpu #Sochi2014

[Tony]

Pity selection

[Shep]

Eric Francis @EricFrancis 22m
Yzerman: "We told (Tavares) last night he had to get five points last night or he was off the team and fortunately he did that."

[Arian The Insider]

wow.. not sure how you leave out giroux and st. louis when it looks like they were looking for a lot of guys who can play wing. especially nash and kunitz over these guys?

[Tony]

Size and grit, I would assume.