Sakic Listed on Canada's Olympic camp roster!

by c0nquistad0rian on Jul 2, 2009 8:32 AM MDT Comment 32 comments

On Thursday, Hockey Canada released a roster of 46 players who have been invited to the camp, including five goaltenders, 16 defencemen and 25 forwards. The camp will run from August 24-27 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary.
The list of five goalies includes three-time Olympian Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils), and 2006 Olympian Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks). Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-André Fleury has been invited, as have Steve Mason (Columbus Blue Jackets) and Cam Ward (Carolina Hurricanes). Two-time Stanley Cup champion Chris Osgood was not invited, although many had debated his chances during the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Just five of the 16 defencemen invited have Olympic experience: Jay Bouwmeester (Calgary Flames), Dan Boyle (San Jose Sharks), Scott Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks), Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers), and Robyn Regehr (Calgary Flames). Dion Phaneuf of the Flames gets his shot after being left off the 2006 roster for his youth. Rounding out the mix on defence are: Marc Staal (New York Rangers), Shea Weber (Nashville Predators), François Beauchemin (Anaheim Ducks), Brent Burns (Minnesota Wild), Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings), Stéphane Robidas (Dallas Stars), Mike Green (Washington Capitals), Dan Hamhuis (Nashville Predators), and Chicago Blackhawks duo Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook.

Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby highlights the list of forwards. The group of 25 has 10 from the 2006 Olympic team roster, including Shane Doan (Phoenix Coyotes), Simon Gagné (Philadelphia Flyers), Dany Heatley (Ottawa Senators), Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames), Rick Nash (Columbusn Blue Jackets), Joe Sakic (Colorado Avalanche), Martin St-Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning), Eric Staal (Carolina Hurricanes), Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks), Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay Lightning). Youngsters getting a chance are: Jeff Carter (Philadelphia Flyers), Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks), Milan Lucic (Boston Bruins), Patrick Marleau (San Jose Sharks), Andy McDonald (St. Louis Blues), Brenden Morrow (Dallas Stars), Corey Perry (Anaheim Ducks) Michael Richards (Philadelphia Flyers), Derek Roy (Buffalo Sabres), Patrick Sharp (Chicago Blackhawks), Ryan Smyth (Colorado Avalanche), Jordan Staal (Thunder Bay, Ont./Pittsburgh, NHL) Jonathan Toews (Winnipeg, Man./Chicago, NHL) and Dan Cleary, who has impressed with the Detroit Red Wings. One youngster not included on the list is Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos, who drew attention during his performance at the 2009 world championship.

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/news/newsid=12421.html?cid=rsstsn

An indication that he will play? Ryan Smyth is the only other Av listed.

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so, does Steve Yzerman know something that we don’t?

also, Milan Lucic is Canadian? I had no idea.

Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jul 2, 2009 9:07 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Does Yzerman know something that we don’t? Maybe.

“If he intends to play, I’d like to bring him to camp,” Yzerman said Thursday

Yzerman eyes Sakic for 2010 Olympics

Lucic. He’s a Vancouver guy. His Wiki page says that his parents are Serbian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Lu%C4%8Di%C4%87

Wojtek Wolski also played for Team Canada in juniors, right? :)

by c0nquistad0rian on Jul 2, 2009 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

So from that quote

I’d say he’s listed solely as a guaranteed spot if he plays.

I’d guess Yzerman doesn’t know anymore than we do.

2008-2009 Avalanche: It's like watching a car crash.

by Drakenlot on Jul 2, 2009 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

News flash to all you Smyth Haters:

…he is part of the youth movement as evidenced by his characterization by ctv as a “youngster” getting his chance.

Take note!

by Hopfenkopf on Jul 2, 2009 9:08 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

As I noted

yesterday, I read on spectorshockey.net that sakic had told the Avs that he planned to return, maybe this is the evidence that the leak was right

by bimmerboy24 on Jul 2, 2009 9:13 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

And, wow!

I got front paged 3 times this very busy week. Thanks, MHH, for giving me the Avalanche haven that those troll-filled ESPN boards never were.

by c0nquistad0rian on Jul 2, 2009 9:31 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah, if you could just trim down those block quotes though…

Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jul 2, 2009 10:50 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

FIRST THING I SEE

when i got on here today, is ad for red wings gear…gotta be a way to ban that

Pujols takes out "I" in BIG and "A" in MAC, previously considered to be an unyielding, consonant threat

by DESTROYER on Jul 2, 2009 9:57 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

First thing I see is Pottery Barn ads. Really not fair. For real, who can shop there?

by Mrs @ MHH on Jul 2, 2009 10:05 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shit, here we go again…

2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Dry Humping Mediocrity

by Mike @ MHH on Jul 2, 2009 10:14 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

ONCE AGAIN

hop back on and red wings ads…FUCK the dead wings

Pujols takes out "I" in BIG and "A" in MAC, previously considered to be an unyielding, consonant threat

by DESTROYER on Jul 2, 2009 11:17 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm

All I get are ads for World of Warcraft, which makes sense for me in a way since I frequent gaming sites.

I think the auto ads might be saying something to you.

2008-2009 Avalanche: It's like watching a car crash.

by Drakenlot on Jul 2, 2009 12:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now I’m getting ads for a singles site. What does that say?

by Mrs @ MHH on Jul 2, 2009 12:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Adblock Plus for Firefox users. I see basically no ads, anywhere, on any site. Great stuff.

Get rid of the loser point

08-09 Avs- can we decline the penalty?

by TheRed on Jul 2, 2009 1:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I use Chrome

No great extensions yet.

2008-2009 Avalanche: It's like watching a car crash.

by Drakenlot on Jul 2, 2009 1:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Dry Humping Mediocrity

by Mike @ MHH on Jul 2, 2009 2:17 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn’t work so well for me anymore, for whatever reason. Oh well.

by Rather Dashing on Jul 2, 2009 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Have you updated?

Get rid of the loser point

08-09 Avs- can we decline the penalty?

by TheRed on Jul 2, 2009 3:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why is Canada even fielding a team? Hockey is kind of our national game now since the American cities have won the last 15 or 16 Stanley cups. draws line in the sand

I'm Mr. Positive

by An Unmitigated Disaster on Jul 2, 2009 11:33 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

You forget

Even if an American team wins the cup, a good majority of the players on the winning team are Canadian.

Same thing goes for the losing team, the other playoff teams, teams that didn’t make the playoffs…

Hockey was, is and forever will be Canada’s game.
No amount of Bettman will change that.

2008-2009 Avalanche: It's like watching a car crash.

by Drakenlot on Jul 2, 2009 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does this mean that we in the US are doomed to accept baseball (ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…. Huh? What? Oh, must have dozed off there for a minute) as our national passtime? I mean, I enjoy a good nap as much as the next guy, but damn…

ducks in anticipation of the inevitable hail of fury from Jibbles, SlamDunk, et al

by Hopfenkopf on Jul 2, 2009 12:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs