Top 10 Team Canada Selection Day Surprises
Top 10 Team Canada Selection Day Surprises
Off the top, I have to admit, no selection or admission will be all that surprising tomorrow when Yzerman et al. name their 23-man roster.
Reflecting back to the amazing atmosphere of the Red & White Team Canada scrimmage game at the Saddledome in Calgary this past August though, reminds me that the roster I had in mind back then will not necessarily match-up with the one revealed tomorrow.
Team Canada Logo - Center Ice - Red & White Scrimmage August 2009 {Photo by Author}
Hockey fans and journalists nation wide have been pleading their cases for who they think should be named to that roster for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in order to avoid the disastrous performance in Turin, Italy in 2006. Yzerman and crew have been working diligently non-stop to try and ensure they have the right mix of players to avoid that very outcome on home soil.
With the luxury of so much talent to choose from, any selection or admission can be defended, but it is an interesting exercise to try and predict some of the possibilities before the projected roster is finally announced December 30th, 2009.
Read on...
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