Teema: Senior Canada National Team

That sounds much like the Leaf's third period 6 goalie line-up.

Hahaha zing!

Oh, hey, Morgan, your jock is over there. Don't worry, Connor will wait for you.

I didn't know it doesn't apply for elimination rounds. That is good to know.

Hard to believe there would be no HIA for the round robin though. No matter what the official answer is, it has been constantly much harder to win away from home and much easier at home. Samples size may not quite be big enough on my end to convince others, but it's enough for a very strong doubt.

Despite outplaying and having the tactics advantage we could only manage an OT loss in the SO against Portugal??
Really???
Both Slovenia and Russia essentially throw their respective games by playing the entire game on VL????
Must be nice to have that luxury!!
Wins and advancement in this series are tough enough without battling against easy points and inflated goal differentials.
OK, enough venting!!
Today's game against Switzerland requires at least a win in OT to advance.

Very disappointed that we could not generate at least one win in the qualifying round. We had the overall tactical advantage in almost every period, and somehow could not score. In fact, in the only period in which we did not have the tactical advantage, we scored a short-handed goal, the only one in that period. Go figure! Gift games to other countries are part of the World Cup, and I would do the same thing given that opportunity. We will probably finish 11th overall this season, which will keep us in the top 10 for world ranking, probably 8th or 9th.
The best laid plans of mice and men......
Already started on next season.
Thanks for support.
Good luck to the other two national hockey teams!!

Good work. In such short tournaments, luck plays a big part. All you can do is prepare the team as well as you can, and you never failed us there. Good job on again.

I have scouted this many Canadian players on your team for national the teams.

32 CanadaI.1 Canada Royal City Redshift
28 CanadaI.1 Canada Yardware Snakes
24 CanadaI.1 Canada Reflex de Montréal
23 CanadaI.1 Canada Fleur de Lys
21 CanadaI.1 Canada Qc Nordiques
21 CanadaI.1 Canada The Mandalorians
20 CanadaI.1 Canada Ghost Squad
16 CanadaI.1 Canada The Infidels
15 CanadaII.4 Canada Microbrasseurs
14 CanadaI.1 Canada Silence Stealers
14 CanadaI.1 Canada Surrey Lions
13 CanadaI.1 Canada Winnipeg Warriors†
12 CanadaI.1 Canada Le Royal
12 CanadaII.1 Canada RockyMountainWolverines
12 CanadaII.4 Canada Garfield HC
11 CanadaI.1 Canada Too Legit To Quit
11 CanadaII.3 Canada Sangsues
8 CanadaII.2 Canada Montreal Magma
7 CanadaI.1 Canada Headless Chickens
6 CanadaI.1 Canada Dunnville Mudcats
6 CanadaI.1 Canada Edmonton Wellcappers
6 CanadaII.1 Canada franc
6 CanadaI.1 Canada Sharkbait
5 CanadaII.1 Canada black metal
5 CanadaII.1 Canada Le Spatial
5 CanadaII.1 Canada Ontario Wanderers
5 CanadaII.3 Canada Montréal Harvesters
4 CanadaI.1 Canada Corvids
4 CanadaII.3 Canada Wellington County Crows
3 CanadaII.2 Canada Black Sheep
2 CanadaII.2 Canada SwissHabs
2 CanadaII.3 Canada Rousey Mousey
2 CanadaII.4 Canada Gladiateur
2 CanadaIII.1 Canada The Stillness
2 CanadaIII.2 Canada Bricktown TwigStarz
1 CanadaII.1 Canada The Surrey Stickmen
1 CanadaII.2 Canada Goon Squad
1 CanadaII.2 Canada Quebec Nordiques
1 CanadaII.2 Canada qwerty 122819 †
1 CanadaII.3 Canada National
1 CanadaII.4 Canada banana
1 CanadaII.4 Canada Scotland Saints
1 CanadaIII.2 Canada Estevan Hot Rods
If you feel I may have overlooked someone, please let me know. Selection for next season is already under way for the senior team.

Hawt damn Bob! Nicely done!

Thanks!
There almost as many on off-shore teams.

Once again, we thahk you all for your support both at the polls, and in the training of your players.
Last season was a very frustrating one. With perhaps our best prepared team in recent years, we had bad luck in the qualifying round and narrowly missed the playoffs.
We will be equally well prepared this season with a few new additions.
Our division this season:
TEAM WORLD RANK LAST YEAR RANK
RUSSIA 1 1
BELARUS 8 9
CANADA 9 11
SPAIN 29 18
We look forward to better luck this season!!

I was really hoping we might upset Belarus. Russia gives almost no one a chance. Losses to both of these teams mean that we must beat Spain today to advance. Our aging player base, coupled with the fact that we are not generating top players as fast as other countries, means we are slowly falling behind the top teams with respect to skaters. This is very evident when you compare team strength stats after each game. This is a damn shame considering we have such good goal tending at the moment! All that said, I am confident that we will be advancing after today's game. Once more into the breech.....

Why is it becoming such a struggle for Canada at the World Cup of hockey?
This is the question I have asked myself lately.
The following observation, based on this year's teams may offer some answers.
Below is the number of players with 3000 OR and over on each national senior team.
They are arranged in order of world ranking.

Russia….........19
France….........15
Slovenia….......19
Hungary…........23
Czech Rep…......21
Slovakia….......15
Finland…........17
Belarus….........7
Canada…..........9
Switzerland…....19
Poland….........13
Latvia….........16
Germany…........15

Looks like we will continue to have our work cut out for us in this tournament.
It is becoming increasingly important to maintain our best training methods and maximize player experience.
A look at the junior teams may give us some indication of what the future holds.

Bobby Jay

It is undisputable that we have overachieved based on our pool of players.

Let's keep the good results coming as much as we can, but a certain decline is unavoidable eventually.

And of course, those who are left and can develop players need to take pride in doing so in order to maintain our high standards as well as we can.

Amen to that!!

OMG!!
OMG!!
How do you outshoot a team 58-7, own 84% of the play , and lose 1-0!??? At home??
This year's National Cup looks way to much like my II.4 playoff run! What's balancing out this string of bad luck!? Did I win a lottery somewhere else that I don't know about??
Next season's housecleaning already under way.