Unless Luongo gets on as a starter and proves he still has it I think it will be Price as starter and MAF and Ward backups
I was reminded today that the 2014 Olympics are only a year away and a short list of potential team members will probably be made by the end of this compressed season. As a Canadian hockey fan I'm slightly concerned when I consider our options for goal. Reviewing the list right now I'd say 3 of Luongo, Fleury, Price and Ward make the team with Mike Smith and Holtby as dark horses.
I wouldn't feel overly confident starting anyone of these guys especially since the Americans (Quick, Miller, Schneider, Thomas(?)) Swedes (Lundqvist) and Finns (Rinne, Rask) all have at least 1 guy superior to any of these (in my mind).
I know its early but I hope at least one (ideally 2) of these guys can have a great year that says "I'm your guy". How does everyone see Canada's goaltending shaping up for 2014 Sochi?
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR
Unless Luongo gets on as a starter and proves he still has it I think it will be Price as starter and MAF and Ward backups
14 team Fantrax H2H keeper league
G, A, P, SOG, Hits, Blocks, FOW, - W, Gaa, Sv%, Svs
C - Crosby, Tavares, Kopitar, Toews
LW - Hall, Giroux(C), Vrana, Gaudreau
RW - Pastrnak, Kane, Stamkos(C), Kubalik
D - Burns, Murphy, Morrisey, Cernak, Whitecloud, Chiarot
G - Mrazek, Campbell, Brossoit, Greiss
Bench - Middlestat, Wennberg, Perron, Olofsson, Schwartz, Atkinson, Yama
Agreed on Price and MAF.
It's a bit of a concern, but it's not terribly different than the last Olympics. Canada didn't win because of the goaltending, but Lou ended up being good enough. I might argue with the addition of guys like Stamkos, Giroux, JT, and Eberle to the established core of Crosby, Toews, etc... that the 2014 team might be even better than the last. The line combos are going to be a ton of fun to play with.
F: P. Kane, Oshie, N. Foligno, Thorton, Coyle, Marleau, Pavelski, Dubinsky
Steen
D: seabrooke, Subban,wizniewski,garrison, Carle
G: Niemi, Fleury,
G/A-1 pt PIM- .25pts
Win-2pts Shutouts- 5pts(2+3)
Keep 10. Top 13 count (4 d, 1 g, 6 Frwd and next highest-any position)
I think it's Price or Ward starting with MAF as the 3rd option. I honestly see Price as the starter due to his mentality alone
14 Team Keeper League
Keep 15
Start 9F 5D 1G
G A PIM GWG W SO OTL
Starters
F: Pastrnak, Kaprizov, Lafrenniere, Pettersson, Raymond, Byfield, Rossi, Hayton, Arvidsson
D: Seider, Hanifin, Drysdale, Boqvist, Shultz
G: Demko
Bench:
F: Pelletier, Noesen
D: Lundkvist, Hutson, Nikishin, Addison, Spence, York, Zamula
G: Levi, Wolf
IR: Fantilli, Sergachev
Price
Ward
MAF
marty's just one more playoff run away from being the best canadian in the two seasons leading up the olympics... i think it's absolutely crazy if he's not there at least as an insurance policy, and as a leader, not to mention the fact that he can still clearly play at that level. marty/maf/price. luongo can get back on the team pretty if he can manage to play good regular season hockey though
RANGERS SUCK
Crawford, Elliot, Harding
BAM!
You guys will look back on this thread and be like... "that dude... was SO right!"
10th year Keeper League, Fantrax
14 teams, H2H, keep 10, daily starts
G (3), A (2), +/- (1), PIM (0.1), PPP (1), FOW (0.1), FOL (-0.1), BLK (0.5), HAT (3), W (5), SO (3), SV (0.1), GA (-0.5)
C (3) - Schmaltz (LW, RW), Mercer (RW), Norris (IR), Domi (LW), T. Johnson (RW), Nosek (LW)
LW (3) - Keller (RW), Hagel, McCann (C), Zacha (LW), Kubalik (RW), N. Foligno (IR)
RW (3) - Fiala (LW), Vilardi (C), Ehlers (LW), Kakko
D (4) - Theodore, Orlov, Grzelcyk, T. van Riemsdyk, Clifton, Skjei, Weegar
Util (1)
G (1) - Montembault, Allen, Halak
Ryan miller
After he gets his Canadian citizenship
I could see Canada shaping up something like this (mind you this is a shot in the dark, you really dont know)
Steven Stamkos-Sidney Crosby-Corey Perry
John Tavares-Jonathan Toews-Claude Giroux
Eric Staal-Ryan Getzlaf-Rick Nash
Mike Richards-Patrice Bergeron-Jarome Iginla
Jordan Eberle
Marc Staal-Shea Weber
Duncan Keith-Brent Seabrook
Drew Doughty-Alex Pietrangelo
Kris Letang
Carey Price
Marc-Andre Fleury
Cam Ward
Straight Points keeper league. Keep 5 Forwards,3 defence,1 goalie.
F: Nicklas Backstrom, Joe Thornton, Henrik Zetterberg, Zach Parise, Logan Couture
D: Erik Karlsson, Alex Pietrangelo, Oliver Ekman-Larsson
G: Sergei Bobrovsky
I think it's Price's time to shine on the olympic stage.
5th Year 12 Team Dynasty H2H, Daily Starts
G, A, +/-, PIM, SOG, Hits, PPP, SHP
W, GAA, Sv%, Svs, SO
C: J.Spezza, A.Galchenyuk, E.Kuznetsov, M.Hanzal, V.Rask, S.Couturier
LW: Z.Parise, M.Gaborik, T.Vanek, J.Skinner
RW: C.Perry, J.Pavelski, P.Hornqvist, V.Nichushkin
D: E.Karlsson, P.K Subban, J.Muzzin, R.Ristolainen
G: R.Miller, S.Varlamov, D.Dubnyk
Prospects: Matthews, Kapanen, Vrana, Scherbak, Zadorov, Grubauer, Pickard, Aittokallio, Makarov, Reway, Guryanov, McCarron, Samsonov, Aho, Montour, Bowey
Luongo
Brodeur
Price
I don't care about Lu's current position - Team Canada won a gold medal with him in net. If Yzerman is the GM, you can bet he holds this highly.
Easily Price's job to lose. He's crazy good.
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