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Canada teams are always solid, but I'd take this 2015 team to fuck that 1987 team right in the ass.

That 1987 team was impressive on paper but struggled way more in that tourney than this one did.

[El Kabong]

That 1987 team was impressive on paper but struggled way more in that tourney than this one did.

Look who they were playing against though, massive squads full of hall of famers!

USA
Forwards and defense: Joe Mullen, Curt Fraser, Corey Millen, Aaron Broten, Kelly Miller, Mark Johnson, Bob Brooke, Wayne Presley, Pat LaFontaine, Bobby Carpenter, Ed Olczyk, Joel Otto, Chris Nilan, Dave Ellett, Mike Ramsey, Kevin Hatcher, Rod Langway, Phil Housley, Gary Suter, Chris Chelios
Goaltenders: Tom Barrasso, Bob Mason, John Vanbiesbrouck
Coaches: Bob Johnson, Ted Sator, Doug Woog

USSR
Forwards and defense: Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Gusarov, Igor Stelnov, Vasily Pervukhin, Alexei Kasatonov, Anatoli Fedotov, Igor Kravchuk, Yuri Khmylev, Vladimir Krutov, Andrei Lomakin, Igor Larionov, Valeri Kamensky, Andrei Khomutov, Sergei Svetlov, Alexander Semak, Sergei Nemchinov, Sergei Makarov, Vyacheslav Bykov, Anatoly Semenov
Goaltenders: Vitali Samoilov, Sergei Mylnikov, Evgeny Belosheikin
Coaches: Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dmitriev

Finland had Esa Tikkanen, Jari Kurri & Teppo Numinnen .


The late 70's to the late 90's produced some of the best hockey players I've ever seen

[El Kabong]

Babcock headed to Toronto, that's a big coup for them to lure him away from Detroit of all places. I certainly hope he can right the ship....especially if he wants to do that trade for Semin lol

[Beanflicker]

Jesus I never knew Tom Barasso was American. I could be wrong but I think it's either him or Grant Furh who has the distinction of being the goalie who scored the most points ever (assists).

I never watched the full 1987 Canada Cup, just the highlights, because I was only a year old. I know that it's more than sticking a bunch of star players on a team to make a winning team, they have to work well together and I've never seen the kind of chemistry that this Canadian team had.

A team I do remember watching was the 1998 Canadian olympic team. They had two of the greatest goalies EVER, Brodeur and Roy. They had Gretzky, Sakic, Lindros, Yzerman, Shanny, Linden, Recchi, ect ect on forward. Stevens, Bourque, Pronger, Al Macinnis, ect on defense. It was such a great mesh of veterans and young super stars, it was an absolute dream team... and they couldn't even medal. It was sickening!

[El Kabong]

Jesus I never knew Tom Barasso was American. I could be wrong but I think it's either him or Grant Furh who has the distinction of being the goalie who scored the most points ever (assists).

I never watched the full 1987 Canada Cup, just the highlights, because I was only a year old. I know that it's more than sticking a bunch of star players on a team to make a winning team, they have to work well together and I've never seen the kind of chemistry that this Canadian team had.

A team I do remember watching was the 1998 Canadian olympic team. They had two of the greatest goalies EVER, Brodeur and Roy. They had Gretzky, Sakic, Lindros, Yzerman, Shanny, Linden, Recchi, ect ect on forward. Stevens, Bourque, Pronger, Al Macinnis, ect on defense. It was such a great mesh of veterans and young super stars, it was an absolute dream team... and they couldn't even medal. It was sickening!

Again look who they played against, the 1998 US team was our best EVER and we finished 6th

Look at our roster: G: Guy Hebert, John Vanbiesbrouck, Mike Richter, D: Bryan Berard, Keith Carney, Derrian Hatcher, Kevin Hatcher, Chris Chelios, Brian Leetch, Matthieu Schneider, Gary Suter F: Jamie Langenbrunner, John LeClair, Shawn McEachearn, Keith Tkachuk, Pat Lafontaine, Mike Modano, Joel Otto, Jeremy Roenick, Doug Weight, Tony Amonte, Adam Deadmarsh, Bill Guerin, Brett Hull...the biggest thing they did in Nagano was fuck up a hotel

The Czech's had Hasek who was just un-fucking-stoppable Jagr, Straka, Svoboda, Hamarlik, Hedjuk and they beat a STACKED Russian team that even had the old satellite state players in there guys like Darius Kasparitus from Lithuania but they didn't have a goalie worth a damn because some political shit was going on behind the scenes and there were some injuries so:Nikolai Khabibulin, Alexander Mogilny, Igor Larionov, Slava Fetisov, Slava Kozlov, Oleg Tverdovsky, Vladimir Malakhov and Sergei Zubov, and Alexei Kovalev all missed the tournament. And the Finns what a team THEY had and they got the bronze: Kurri, Koivu, Lumme, Selanne, Niinimaa, Kapannen, Leihtenin, Tikkanen, Numminen.

Sweeden didn't medal and THEY had a boss team! Salo, Forsberg, Sundin, Sandstrom, Sundstrom, Nik Lidstrom! Alfredsson, Nylander, Renberg, Dahlen, Hedberg.

1998 was like THE pinnacle of professional hockey IMO...there were stars from EVERYWHERE and all in their primes or getting ready to hit their primes. Canada should have won (although the US should have been up there too), but it was like the Stanley Cup playoffs, the hot goalie took over and that was Hasek no offense to anyone else he just did his thing.

[El Kabong]

I will say I like the looks of Team USA with Patty Kane AND Tyler Johnson who has looked amazing in the playoffs

[Beanflicker]

Tyler Johnson

He's sensational and a clear Conn Smythe winner if Tampa wins the cup.

I don't really follow the scouting and minor league stuff, but I'd love to know why the fuck he went undrafted.

[Beanflicker]

Again look who they played against

With all due respect to Americans (and Swedish, if Swede is reading this), us Canadian's don't think like that when it comes to hockey. We're supposed to crush every other team like a prime Tyson. To come in 2nd is disgraceful, to not medal is a national tragedy.

This 2015 team did what Canada is supposed to do.

[El Kabong]

Again look who they played against

With all due respect to Americans (and Swedish, if Swede is reading this), us Canadian's don't think like that when it comes to hockey. We're supposed to crush every other team like a prime Tyson. To come in 2nd is disgraceful, to not medal is a national tragedy.

This 2015 team did what Canada is supposed to do.

Yeah yeah yeah, only thing you Canucks have any pride and are willing to fight about....that and maybe your beer....but that's not as good as American beer anyway