***OFFICIAL TEAM CANADA 2010 ROSTER***

Here's the real deal, announced by Team Canada mangement themselves. My defense prediction was 100% accurate, even with Doughty who will likely be the 7th defenseman. This is not the official lines Mike Babcock and co. created but it's what I think it'll be. Click the image for full view.

My Final Team Canada roster, Reaction to Team Sweden's roster

Finally decided on my final roster, here it is. Looks solid, doesn't it?

Iginla(A)-Crosby(A)-Nash

Marleau-Thornton-Heatley

Perry-Getzlaf-St.Louis

Doan-M.Richards-Toews

Extra: E.Staal, Stamkos

Niedermayer(C)-Pronger

Boyle-Weber

Keith-Seabrook

Extra: Doughty, Green

Brodeur

Luongo

Fleury

The Keith-Seabrook pairing to me seems like a solid choice since their chemistry is amazing and valued. In a short tournament like this, chemistry is extremely important and why not slot in a defense pairing that already have a lot of chemistry?

Team Sweden's roster was named today, I'm quite shocked that they left out Samuelsson and Huselius who seemed like they were both going to be named. Nope, instead Forsberg (kind of a questionable decision to me and is a HUGE gamble for Sweden) is put in and even Fredrik Modin who has only played 8 games this season lodging in 1pt made it over Samuelsson & Huselius. Another mini-surprise to me was Alexander Edler missing. He didn't have a great start and struggled early for quite a bit but I think he's picked up his game a bit and hasn't been a liability. Oh well, good luck to Sweden and everyone else in the tourney!

Team Canada: 2010 Olympic Roster

The Olympics is almost here and it's not long before Team Canada's (men) roster will be announced. Originally, it was suppose to be announced on Dec 31, 2009 but I've heard rumors it's changed to the 30th. The women's roster has already been announced, the lineup on paper looks dominant and hopefully they can repeat their performance in Turin and the men's team will take the gold as well. They finished 7th in 2006 and to Canada's standards, that's not good. So here it is, MY projected lineup. The Bottom 6 forwards were tough to decide but I managed to do it.

Forwards

1st Line:
Jarome Iginla - Calgary Flames
Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh Penguins
Rick Nash - Columbus Blue Jackets

2nd Line (Shark attack!):
Patrick Marleau - San Jose Sharks
Joe Thornton - San Jose Sharks
Dany Heatley - San Jose Sharks

3rd Line:
Jeff Carter - Philadelphia Flyers
Mike Richards - Philadelphia Flyers
Shane Doan - Phoenix Coyotes

4th Line:
Ryan Getzlaf - Anaheim Ducks
Corey Perry - Anaheim Ducks
Undecided - Toss up between Toews, Morrow, Stamkos, St.Louis, Lecavalier
Defense

Scott Niedermayer - Anaheim Ducks
Chris Pronger - Philadelphia Flyers

Dan Boyle - San Jose Sharks
Shea Weber - Nashville Predators

Duncan Keith - Chicago Blackhawks
Brent Seabrook - Chicago Blackhawks

Goalies

Martin Broduer - New Jersey Devils
Roberto Luongo - Vancouver Canucks
Marc-Andre Fleury - Pittsburgh Penguins


Forward Spare: Eric Staal - Carolina Hurricanes
Defense Spare: Mike Green - Washington Capitals