Been thinking about this a bit more, and with Yzerman at the helm, perhaps MSL is a lock to make it.
"My Name Is My Name" ~Marlo
"I'm just a Gangster I suppose and I want my fu***** corners"~ Barksdale
grammar Nazi
Noun
(slang, idiomatic) 1. A person who habitually corrects or criticizes the language usage of others, especially in situations where it is unnecessary, e.g. an informal conversation.
Notes: This behavior is almost always found in people with very low I.Q's, whom have a very low sense of self worth. Impotence is also commonly linked to Grammar Nazi's.
Pfft.
I heard that one time one of the stick boys in Montreal brought his puppy in to a practice and Subban drowned it in an ice bath because it was stealing his limelight.
He's a locker room cancer and if he makes team canada he will ruin it. His presence will destroy the fragile mental status of players like Crosby and Toews and distract them from the task at hand.
/S
~ I'm not a sociopath, it's just that my magnetic personality keeps throwing off my moral compass.~
Victoria DH
C(3): Athanasiou, Sissons, Zibanejad
LW(3): Lehkonen, Burakovsky, Hymen
RW(3): Bjorkstrand, Smith, Palmieri
F(3): Stepan (C), Bjork (LW), Poehling (C)
D(6): Carlson, Heiskanen, Bogosian, Edler, Hakanpaa, Fleury
G(1): Talbot, Sorokin, Varlamov
Bench: Parise (LW), Motte (C), Richardson (C), Hagg (D)
IR: Wood, Henrique, Johnson, Dvorak
Prospects: (F) Barre-Boulet, Khovanov, Beckman, Greig, N. Robertson, Fagemo, Tuomalaa, (D) Ceulemans, Hughes, Schneider, Zboril
I could totally see Subban not making it for personality/character reasons.
16 Team H2H League (Keep 6)
3C - 3LW - 3RW - 6D - 2G
2013 1st place, 2014 1st place, 2015 1st place
G, A, +/-, PIM, SOG, HIT, BLK GS, W, GAA, SV%, SO
C= Stall, Marchessault, Hayes, Suzuki
LW= Svechnikov, Goodrow, DeBrusk,
RW= P.Kane, Kucherov, Fiala, Johnson
D= Rielly, Borowieki, Fowler, Hagg, Murphy
G= Demko, Samsonov, Jarry, Allen, Shesterkin, Talbot
I like this team. Only change I think is coming, is Boyle is on the roster over either Pietrangelo or Subban. The team needs some veteran leadership, someone like a Niedermeyer, and I think Boyle fits this bill the best.
Leadership/character is why I see Ladd on this team over the likes of Eberle/Hall/Seguin/Duchene.
Cheers.
He will have to come out on fire in the regular season. I would guess a number of players will be training extra this off-season to give themselves the best chance to make the roster.
If Eberle starts out the year like he played this season, I don't see him making it, despite his past success at the WJC.
Boyle had a terrible year. It wasn't just his numbers that have been down - it is obvious that the lockout affected him or his age has just caught up with him and he has lost a step. He has been SJ's worst d-man in the playoffs. Canada doesn't need him to run their PP and he is a liability at even strength.
I also don't see a place for Eberle, Duchene or Seguin.
I do like all the talks about potential lines... but pondering whether Boyle makes the cut has got me wondering who will dawn the C for team Canada?
Does sid get it this year?
**Boyle/Neidermeyer=old veteran defencemen
16 Team H2H League (Keep 6)
3C - 3LW - 3RW - 6D - 2G
2013 1st place, 2014 1st place, 2015 1st place
G, A, +/-, PIM, SOG, HIT, BLK GS, W, GAA, SV%, SO
C= Stall, Marchessault, Hayes, Suzuki
LW= Svechnikov, Goodrow, DeBrusk,
RW= P.Kane, Kucherov, Fiala, Johnson
D= Rielly, Borowieki, Fowler, Hagg, Murphy
G= Demko, Samsonov, Jarry, Allen, Shesterkin, Talbot
If you guys care, and debate it all you want or rip on my list but I did invite 32 forwards, 18 defence and 8 goalies to my "camp" and that is how I created the roster. I also know that those numbers are too high for a "camp" but it is the numbers I went with. Obviously not all these guys are going to be agreed on, in fact a few had very poor seasons but I sat down and decided on the amount I was going to invite and went from there, now with that said here they are:
Forwards:
Ryan Getzlaf
Corey Perry
Jonathan Toews
Patrick Sharp
Matt Duchene
Jamie Benn
Jordan Eberle
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Taylor Hall
Jeff Carter
Mike Richards
Logan Couture
Patrick Marleau
Joe Thornton
Patrice Bergeron
Tyler Seguin
Jeff Skinner
Eric Staal
Jordan Staal
John Tavares
Matt Moulson
Brad Richards
Rick Nash
Jason Spezza
Claude Giroux
Sidney Crosby
James Neal
Jarome Iginla
Steven Stamkos
Martin St. Louis
Evander Kane
Andrew Ladd
Defence:
Francois Beauchemin
Duncan Keith
Brent Seabrook
Drew Doughty
Shea Weber
Dan Boyle
Brent Burns
Alex Pietrangelo
Brian Campbell
P.K. Subban
Marc Staal
Kris Letang
Dion Phaneuf
Mike Green
Dan Hamhuis
Dan Giardi
Goalies:
Corey Crawford
Mike Smith
Roberto Luongo
Cam Ward
Carey Price
Marc-Andre Fleury
Martin Brodeur
James Reimer
Now you can all criticize the list all you want but thats the list I made, the numbers are high but for this scenario it made the most sense to have a few extra names in my opinion.
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