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AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

red winged angel

fits posted:

team usa forward justin abdelkader

Wyshynski pointed out that Abdelkader is the kind of guy Tortorella would want on his team, so offer him to Columbus for Werenski, Ken.

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Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

AsInHowe posted:

Tortorella

and suddenly i understand why kessel was left off the initial roster

soggybagel
Aug 6, 2006
The official account of NFL Tackle Phil Loadholt.

Let's talk Football.
No Kessel? No BACKES? Not my America.

Koopa Kid
Aug 21, 2007



JVR is also way, way better than Abdelkader for pretty much the same role

Jedimastafez
Jun 5, 2005

The Stanley Cup has been kidnapped by Gary Bettman! Are you a bad enough dude to rescue it?

Whale Cancer posted:



That's just badass!

Pornographic Memory posted:

team young guns has the perfect jerseys for a villain team



Team Gunner Stahl

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe
Stamkos and Crosby have never played together, right? That should be fun to see.

And team Canada should definitely take Giroux. It sickens me to watch it because it just looks wrong but him and Giroux had some nasty chemistry at the world championship on the PP.

GoonGPT
May 26, 2006

Posting for a better future, today!
They should have added Snubbed By Team Canada and Euro Young Gunz teams just to round everything out

GoonGPT
May 26, 2006

Posting for a better future, today!
Call the Euro team the Fancy Lads

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together
I'm all for getting an Olli Maatta SUOMI jersey so I'm sure they're going to end up being like $200 numbered

Anders
Nov 8, 2004

I'd rather score...

... but I'll grind it good for you
Look at this poo poo though

JawKnee
Mar 24, 2007





You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line
frankenjersies by design

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy

Ginette Reno posted:

Stamkos and Crosby have never played together, right? That should be fun to see.

And team Canada should definitely take Giroux. It sickens me to watch it because it just looks wrong but him and Giroux had some nasty chemistry at the world championship on the PP.

I think he'll be there because of the world champs, and this was a "name guys who were on the Olympic roster first" thing.

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
I can't believe people like the Team Aryan Nation jerseys and that Abdelkader is on team USA

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Canada should've reused those ice Nazi jerseys.

Scob
Jul 17, 2005

usa bad

Scob
Jul 17, 2005

my father has worked in the aircraft industry for 30 some odd years now and he was in toronto in 96 for work when the us beat the canadians in the world cup and he said they were very mad about it.

FrenzyTheKillbot
Jan 31, 2008

Good Hustle
I really like the Team Canada jerseys. That is all.

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005

Jamwad Hilder posted:

I can't believe people like the Team Aryan Nation jerseys and that Abdelkader is on team USA

I think only people cheering for teams that are not the USA like this fact.

Top Hats Monthly
Jun 22, 2011


People are people so why should it be, that you and I should get along so awfully blink blink recall STOP IT YOU POSH LITTLE SHIT
This was sent to me



:stonklol:

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy

Scob posted:

my father has worked in the aircraft industry for 30 some odd years now and he was in toronto in 96 for work when the us beat the canadians in the world cup and he said they were very mad about it.

I remember watching that game.

Holy gently caress I was mad at Brett Hull.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

FrenzyTheKillbot posted:

I really like the Team Canada jerseys. That is all.

Shame on you.

Thufir
May 19, 2004

"The fucking Mayans were right."

Top Hats Monthly posted:

This was sent to me



:stonklol:

The jersey just endorsed Donald Trump for president.

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain


the away version looks good too

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

I really hate those Adidas stripes running down from the armpit. They looks so shoehorned in.

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together

yellowcar posted:

I really hate those Adidas stripes running down from the armpit. They looks so shoehorned in.

Being on the sides is an improvement, all of soccer was getting tired of them being on the shoulders.

Neodoomium
Jun 20, 2001

You are now hearing this
noise in your head.



Hahahahaha Abdelkader is on Team USA


It's going to be funny every time I think about it.

jsoh
Mar 24, 2007

O Muhammad, I seek your intercession with my Lord for the return of my eyesight
taylor hall is better than 2/3 of team canadas roster

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
no he isn't. He's better than Jeff Carter for sure, but none of the other guys.

fancy stats
Sep 9, 2009

A man's man, wears a lot of denim, tells long stories and has oatmeal saved from this morning.

:lol:

Another Subban snub.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

The Olympics aren't the place for selfish play.

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




fancy stats posted:

:lol:

Another Subban snub.

I wouldnt be surprised to see Subban, Jumbo and Hall all fail to make the team because the people in charge are dumb.

Just like Im not expecting Scheifele or Trouba to make Young Gunz because no one at all in charge pays attention to Winnipeg. :(

Furnaceface fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Mar 4, 2016

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa

Furnaceface posted:

I wouldnt be surprised to see Subban, Jumbo and Hall all fail to make the team because the people in charge are dumb.

Just like Im not expecting Scheifele or Trouba to make Young Gunz because no one at all in charge pays attention to Winnipeg. :(

I think Giroux, Hall, and Subban are locks to be on the roster who weren't on the initial one. I can think of a few other forwards I'd bring ahead of Thornton so I wouldn't be shocked if he didn't make the team, wouldn't be surprised if he made it either though.

Scheifele won't make North America because there are other forwards who are better, or at least perceived to be better, than him. Johansen, Domi, Nugent-Hopkins, Huberdeau, Galchenyuk, and Duclair, to name a few. Trouba will make the team, I think.

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain
hall is probably canadas best natural lw if theyre not too busy finding more centres to play. perrys probably a lock, id take those two and giroux plus probably duchene

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
I can almost guarantee they will end up bringing Marchand if he ends up scoring 40ish goals this year. He's also a natural LW. Give me a Marchand-Bergeon-Seguin line so I can witness what might have been if Chiarelli wasn't a loving retard.

clean ayers act
Aug 13, 2007

How do I shot puck!?
Kronwall making Sweden over Klinberg is absurd, hes been atrocious this year

Neodoomium
Jun 20, 2001

You are now hearing this
noise in your head.



clean ayers act posted:

Kronwall making Sweden over Klinberg is absurd, hes been atrocious this year

Those fun Hero charts everyone posts suggest that he is an objectively worse player than Kyle Quincey.

I mean, drat.

checksin
Nov 23, 2006

I joined the new sensation, the #RXT REVOLUTION~!

:chillout:

he knows...
i'll absolutely look into a hat of the young guns logo but the jersey is too black ice for my taste

Teemu Pokemon
Jun 19, 2004

To sign them is my real test

With full no movement clause

Neodoomium posted:

Those fun Hero charts everyone posts suggest that he is an objectively worse player than Kyle Quincey.

I mean, drat.

Though Quincey hasn't looked quite as terrible as in the past, I'm guessing that had more to do with a lack of sample size for Quincey, and the fact that he plays with DeKeyser who owns; I'd like to see his chart for TOI without DeKeyser, but I bet those stats barely even exist. Fact of the matter is that Kronwall, Ericsson, Quincey, and to a lesser extent, Smith, are all terrible and need to be replaced by the younger, better defensemen who are currently toiling away on the Griffins. We're going to get to the point soon where Marchenko is going to be a regular scratch and it's going to be a disaster.

I want to see what Sproul can do, and Marchenko and Ouellet have already proven they're ready to be every day defensemen, but we're stuck having all but one of them blocked by Kronwall/Ericsson/Green/Smith for at least the next season. I'd feel a lot better about Green's contract if it was signed to coincide with the expiration of Kronwall/Ericsson, but they'll both be here for 3 and 4 more years respectively. They need to be traded ASAP, but I can't remember the last time Holland traded away a player he extended because he's so loyal to his vets. I bet Smith gets an extension next year and the 3 of them are here until they retire.



tl;dr: Kronwall over Klingberg isn't just funny because Klingberg is good, but because Kronwall is Bad

Krime
Jul 30, 2003

Somebody has to do the scoring around here.
Can't wait to see those Adidas stripes down the sides of all the nhl jerseys. Ugh

I know not all... Original 6 teams will tell them to shove it.

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clean ayers act
Aug 13, 2007

How do I shot puck!?

Dandy Kaiser posted:

Though Quincey hasn't looked quite as terrible as in the past, I'm guessing that had more to do with a lack of sample size for Quincey, and the fact that he plays with DeKeyser who owns; I'd like to see his chart for TOI without DeKeyser, but I bet those stats barely even exist. Fact of the matter is that Kronwall, Ericsson, Quincey, and to a lesser extent, Smith, are all terrible and need to be replaced by the younger, better defensemen who are currently toiling away on the Griffins. We're going to get to the point soon where Marchenko is going to be a regular scratch and it's going to be a disaster.

I want to see what Sproul can do, and Marchenko and Ouellet have already proven they're ready to be every day defensemen, but we're stuck having all but one of them blocked by Kronwall/Ericsson/Green/Smith for at least the next season. I'd feel a lot better about Green's contract if it was signed to coincide with the expiration of Kronwall/Ericsson, but they'll both be here for 3 and 4 more years respectively. They need to be traded ASAP, but I can't remember the last time Holland traded away a player he extended because he's so loyal to his vets. I bet Smith gets an extension next year and the 3 of them are here until they retire.



tl;dr: Kronwall over Klingberg isn't just funny because Klingberg is good, but because Kronwall is Bad

Kronwall is and always has been a solid #3 D, and I think green and smith are solid 2nd pairing D as well. But there is no one on the team that really belongs in those top 2 slots.
Ken Holland was on 1130 a couple of days ago and was defending the Abdelkader contract without it even specifically being brought up by the interviewer, because he would have gotten even more on the open market after his selection to team usa:911:

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