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Breaking Down Team Canada
by Paul on 02/22/10 at 12:47 AM ET
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from William Houston of Truth & Rumours,
The forwards: Canada controlled the puck in the U.S. zone for long periods of time and, like any good Canadian team, they could cycle forever. But they couldn’t finish. Is it too early to ask what Corey Perry, Mike Richards and Patrice Bergeron are doing on this team?
The defense: Widely praised as a major strength when the roster was announced, it hasn’t been. Chris Pronger and Dan Boyle can’t compete at this level. Scott Niedermayer is too far along on the downside of his career to be a major player. The only hope is to go with the young guys, Shea Weber, Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith and Drew Doughty. Cut back on Niedermayer’s time, don’t play Pronger or Boyle, and hope for the best.
read on for the coach and the goaltending…
added 1:07am, from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail at CTVOlympics,
In the glass-half-full version of events, Canada did many things well. They swarmed the net around U.S. goaltender Ryan Miller, who held a decisive edge over his Canadian counterpart, Martin Brodeur. They held their own in the speed department against an American team that had been trumpeting its edge there.
Physically, they punished the U.S. team, with Rick Nash leading the way in dishing out major open-ice hits.
The only problem was that their work in the face-off circle wasn’t good - the Americans were better by a two-to-one margin in the first two periods; and the goals - so hard to come by four years ago in Turin - seem to be a struggle again.
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