Stastny Named to US Olympic Team; No Anderson
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 1, 2010 2:46 PM MST
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Following the conclusion of today's Winter "Classic", Avalanche forward Paul Stastny was named to the USA Olympic Hockey team. Former Av Chris Drury was also named to the team.
Goalie Craig Anderson did not make the team. Team USA GM Brian Burke went with Ryan Miller, Tim Thomas and Jonathon Quick. In an interview after the selections were announced, Burke seemed to indicate that Miller and Thomas were the easy first two picks and then the 3rd pick came down to a very difficult decision between Quick and Anderson. While it would have been nice to see Anderson make the team, Quick got the nod - perhaps because of his youth - and it's really hard to find fault with any of those 3 picks. Miller's going to be the #1 no matter what, so maybe it will work out to have Anderson rested over the Olympic break.
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Rest?
Anderson doesn’t need an Olympic break to get rest. That’s what the backup is for! The Avs always play Budaj when Anderson needs rest.
Right?
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with boods playing third fiddle for team slovakia, and andy getting a month off, i think this is better from the avs perspective, seeing as come the spring, we’re going to need both goalies to bring it every night.
i also hope this pushes SoS to the top of his game
'I googled what the white stuff in a Ho-Ho was, i found out it has NINE cups of sugar..that will KILL YOU, it would turn your blood into fruit punch!'
The most interesting aspect of the 2010 team could be between the pipes. The battle for the No. 1 goaltender spot between Halak and Budaj could continue right up until Slovakia’s first game against the Czechs on Feb. 17
http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=511533
Not sure how that puts Budaj in the “third fiddle” position.
Colorado Avalanche: Please excuse the mess while we are under construction.
That article still has Tomas Kopecky playing for the Wings too.
by CAR on Jan 1, 2010 9:48 PM MST up reply actions
That’s not to say that it’s wrong about the goaltending situation. Budaj played very for Slovakia in the 2006 Olympics. There’s no reason to think that he would be considered the third goalie for them this time around.
by c0nquistad0rian on Jan 1, 2010 10:05 PM MST up reply actions
I wasn’t surprised to see Andy left off. Not because of his play or anything, but due to his age relative to Quick’s. Team USA is making a concerted effort to get younger in order to better prepare the current crop of young players for future olympics. I just hope the NHL continues to do the right thing and let the players participate.
"I know everyone has their own opinion, but your opinion is wrong. "
Keep in mind one thing about Anderson’s Olympic hopes: LA GM Dean Lombardi is on the USA selection committee, and everybody knows it’s betwen Andy and Jthe Kings’ Jonathan Quick for the final goalie spot for Team USA.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2009/12/31/post-game-avs-wings-disco-edition/
I think that Dater had a really good point the other day.
by c0nquistad0rian on Jan 1, 2010 10:02 PM MST reply actions
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