Gaurantee Rich Nash wont make Olympic team.

[wildboy26]

Since I like being right on a prediction, I am going to gaurantee right now Rich Nash wont make the Olympic team. Also am going to predict one of Eric Staal or Sidney Crosby will, should be Eric Staal if it is fair, assuming both play the way they have so far. However Rich Nash not making the team is an absolute gaurantee, 100% slam dunk.

[Madferret]

And if you're wrong you'll stop posting about it? Done!

:)

[wildboy26]

Fair enough, if I am wrong, I will never mention it again, but only if I am wrong. :)

[Max Power]

And I guarantee he will not make it either if he doesn’t pick up his game
If he starts scoring like we know he can when he gets back from the knee injury then I'll guaranty he will =]

[wildboy26]

He seems too injury-prone at the moment. Even if he regains his form in his return I dont think he can make it though, it is too late and there are too many players above him.

[Max Power]

He seems too injury-prone at the moment. Even if he regains his form in his return I dont think he can make it though, it is too late and there are too many players above him.

Yah it wil be soon

[Madferret]

Fair enough, if I am wrong, I will never mention it again, but only if I am wrong. :)

I'm just busting your chops, but if he doesn't kick the injury bug and start playing like Rick Nash, he shouldn't be selected. There is too many good Canadian kids playing great this year to hold out for Nash to get his act together.

[wildboy26]

I bet he will be off from playing atleast a week with his new injury and by then he already will be eliminated from any chance of making the team, his play from that point on will be irrelevant.

[Madferret]

I bet he will be off from playing atleast a week with his new injury and by then he already will be eliminated from any chance of making the team, his play from that point on will be irrelevant.

Are you a CBJ fan if I may ask?

[wildboy26]

Naw, I am not. I just am annoyed that Team Canada is always picked so much by politics and marketing. We did not pick the best team for the World Cup in 2004, and almost lost. The Czechs outplayed us in the semis clearly if I remember, and shots on goal were 45-27, something like that, but Vokoun was uncharacteristicaly shaky, I believe he let in 2 soft goals, and Luongo was unbelievable stealing the win for them. I almost wish they had lost that game, then maybe people would question Grezxty and his selections, he should send Vokoun a thank you card for not allowing that to happen.

[Madferret]

Naw, I am not. I just am annoyed that Team Canada is always picked so much by politics and marketing. We did not pick the best team for the World Cup in 2004, and almost lost. The Czechs outplayed us in the semis clearly if I remember, and shots on goal were 45-27, something like that, but Vokoun was uncharacteristicaly shaky, I believe he let in 2 soft goals, and Luongo was unbelievable stealing the win for them. I almost wish they had lost that game, then maybe people would question Grezxty and his selections, he should send Vokoun a thank you card for not allowing that to happen.

You're tired of the politics yet you think Nash should be picked hands down because of what he did 2 years ago? That is the definition of politics kid.

[wildboy26]

Because of what he did the last 2 years, if he is able to come back and play a reasonable month of hockey in his comeback, even though the first 2 months were lost to injuries, absolutely, he has done enough the last 2 years to warrant a chance if he even plays reasonably well for a month. That is not politics. Politics is Doan making the team automaticaly since he plays for Phoenix, Crosby making the team because Lemieux demands it and because Grezxty is ga-ga over Crosby, Bertuzzi making the team because he is a pal of Grezxty's and he promised him a spot earlier, Yzerman being gauranteed to make it because of his legend status, and Smyth being gauranteed a spot because of his loyalty to Team Canada; and people like Staal, Nash, Spezza, possably being left off the make room. I call that politics.

[Madferret]

This is getting redundant so I'm just going to re-quote myself, and call it.

I'm just busting your chops, but if he doesn't kick the injury bug and start playing like Rick Nash, he shouldn't be selected.

[wildboy26]

If it is redundant you dont have to say anything more now do you. :)

[Max Power]

I think you should change your avatar to "I guaranty I'll be wrong" wildboy =]

[wildboy26]

Ok I was wrong. :doh: I wont be so confident next time in my hunches. :laughing: In my defence I highly doubted at the time both Lemieux and Yzerman would take themselves off the team however, which probably helped Rich Nash make the team.

[Max Power]

Ok I was wrong. :doh: I wont be so confident next time in my hunches. :laughing: In my defence I highly doubted at the time both Lemieux and Yzerman would take themselves off the team however, which probably helped Rich Nash make the team.

If you're going to use an excuse at least say you were drunk... It always works for me

[wildboy26]

If you're going to use an excuse at least say you were drunk... It always works for me

:laughing:

[Madferret]

No Crosby either..
WB26 a psychic you are not...

[charlio lemieux]

:no: :no: :no: :no: :no:

[wildboy26]

No Crosby either..
WB26 a psychic you are not...

Hey hold on here :box: , I did not actually predict Crosby to be on the team. Go to the name Team Canada thread, he was neither on the team I actually predicted they would choose, nor the team I would choose. I simply was aggravated there was even discussion, to the extent there was of him making the team, that is all. I was annoyed there was even a fair chance of it happening, but I did not actualy predict it happening.

[charlio lemieux]

Also am going to predict one of Eric Staal or Sidney Crosby will,
That was you wb26.

[wildboy26]

That was you wb26.

Yeah I said that one of, I did not specify which one did I? As it was one of them sort of made the team, the taxi squad that is, and since somebody will probably be hurt somebody from the taxi squad will probably be 13th forward in Turin anyway.

[charlio lemieux]

Yeah I said that one of, I did not specify which one did I? As it was one of them sort of made the team, the taxi squad that is, and since somebody will probably be hurt somebody from the taxi squad will probably be 13th forward in Turin anyway.

You sound like a politician. :rolleyes:

From my POV neither actually made the team. As of right now the taxi squad are not even allowed to practice with Team Canada. Only in the minds of Hockey Canada are the taxi squad players actually on the team. Gretzky is going to "lobby" (whine and cry) that the players are part of the team, and should be allowed to practice and live in the Olympic Village. But the reality of it is Staal is a spare, and Crosby is out of the picture.

[wildboy26]

Just a question, do the players from the taxi squad receive medals if they are not upgraded to the main squad? I did not find that info in the articles I read explaining the taxi squad.

Trust me, I am thrilled that Crosby did not make the team. He certainly did not deserve it IMO. The people who have more right to feel dissapointed are Kariya, Shanahan, Staal, and Spezza.

[charlio lemieux]

If they aren't allowed to practice with the team, I highly doubt they would get a medal.

[Max Power]

Just a question, do the players from the taxi squad receive medals if they are not upgraded to the main squad? I did not find that info in the articles I read explaining the taxi squad.


I would doubt it
Hell I?ll even guaranty it :wicked:

[wildboy26]

I would doubt it
Hell I?ll even guaranty it :wicked:

Awww, poor boys, they might not even get to be in the village, or practice with the team, and almost certainly no medals for any of them. Hopefully there is a good McDonalds, good strip bar, good bungee jumping site, or good library, to occupy their time while in limbo in Turin. :rollover2

[wildboy26]

Nash now has 9 points, including 6 goals, in his last 5 games. Looks like he is gradually getting into the kind of form people thought he would be in before the year started. Also for all the lamenting of the lack of help players like Doan, Smyth, and Crosby, maybe even Staal, dont get on their teams it is worth noting Nash probably has less help than any of them in Columbus when one looks at the people he plays with(except maybe for Federov, who is past his prime himself IMO). The gamble to put him on the Olympic team could turn out to be a good one. With his offensive skils he will be a big asset to the team if he continues to find his rythym and sharpness.

[wildboy26]

Merry Christmas to Rich Nash. You have failed yet in your career to win a single gold medal in an international hockey tournament. You failed at the 2002 World juniors as a 17-year old to capatilize on several good scoring chances when the Canadian and Russian teams were tied 5-5, which could have given Canada the gold medal, you turned down a request to be on the 2003 World Championship team that won gold(something Bergeron accepted at the same age), you miss the 2004 World Championships with a flukish illness which seems to be a common trait for you(along with flukish injuries), you are one of Canada's best players at the 2005 special NHL-available World Championships yet fail to score on several key scoring chances when Canada was still down 1-0 in the gold medal game which could have been a huge turning point in the game. So you have failed on many opportunities to potentialy win gold on the international stage in a number of ways. You have not won a significant championship even in junior hockey, something that can be done by almost one player alone if exceptional enough(
eg-Crosby with Rimouski last year, among other examples), and the biggest winning team you were on won something called the Spengler Cup(not to demean that, but we are comparing you to big time players). Also while you cannot be blamed for being on a young Columbus team with great potential, but alot of players not yet of your maturity level, you dont really give the impression of somebody who makes your teammates better around you to the same extent as many others, atleast not yet.

Nonetheless you no doubt have some impressive abilities. You tied for the league lead in goals as a 19-year old, the youngest ever to do, and probably something even Crosby wont match(I highly doubt Crosby will lead the league in goals or points even next year, or come close). You have very impressive offensive upside, speed, strength, skill, skating abiilty, puck handling skills. Yet you are not a two way player, you are not a great passer, and you are still a bit one-dimensional. Nonetheless you probably warranted an Olympic spot roster had you been healthy all year, yet you have not been, you have played only 5 games at the time of the selection date, scoring only 2 points in those 5 games, while young stars your own age like Staal and Spezza, and proven veterans like Shanahan and Kariya played some outstanding hockey, and all players who gradualy picked up their level of play as selection date neared. Yet you made the team in front of all of these people, despite not being a proven winner at any level, junior or otherwise, despite there being almost no evidence of your level of play this year, despite being only a one-dimensional goal scorer(albeit an exceptional one at that, one of the best in the game when healthy). Ho ho Rich Nash, you have an early Christmas gift.

This was something I posted around Christmas but did not go through. I find it funny.

[charlio lemieux]

lol Too much Christmas cheer for you.

[wildboy26]

lol Too much Christmas cheer for you.

Yeah I had alot of Christmas cheer at the time I wrote that. :D

Seriously though, you said you dont believe Nash deserved to be on the team, along with St. Louis, Smyth, Doan, and Draper didnt you?

[charlio lemieux]

Don't remember. It would be in the thread.

Smyth, Doan and Draper for sure.

[wildboy26]

Don't remember. It would be in the thread.

Smyth, Doan and Draper for sure.

It is ironic that when Nash first got injured I started this thread because I was upset that I had a hunch he would be left off the team, in favor of some young or younger player that I didnt think was better than him like Crosby, Staal, or Spezza, but now that he has come back he hasnt played up to the level I thought he would be playing to and now I am thinking he shouldnt have been put on the team. Actually watching him play Calgary a week ago, he looked like he might still be a bit injured, but he is keeping it to himself, have you noticed the hitch in his stride when watching him closely? He looks like he is favoring a leg.

I know people say Draper is a checker, an energy player, not a big scorer, but in his last NHL season he still had 40 points didnt he? So the fact he had only 1 goal at the time of the Olympic selection, under the new rules, and his poor +/- compared to some of his teammates should be a sign he clearly is off form this year and thus should not make the team. I feel bad for Primeau getting his concussion earlier this year, since if they were so bent on taking a checking specialist, which if Draper made it they obviously were, Primeau would have had a great shot at it the way Draper and Maltby were playing.

Doan only made it because he plays in Phoenix IMO, Smyth's history with Team Canada seems to make him a lock every time, but with younger more dynamic players like Nash, Staal, Spezza, and Crosby up and coming that will have to change wont it? I hope so unless he improves, which he probably wont substantialy being a middle-aged player.