Team Canada

TODAY TEAM CANADA HANDED IN ITS 23 MAN ROSTER…
ON THE LIST WAS THE NAME RYAN GETLAF…
ALL THE QUESTIONS ABOUT GETLAF’S HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN WERE ANSWERED YESTERDAY WHEN HE COLLECTED 4 POINTS AS THE DUCKS DROPPED EDMONTON 7-3…
NOW COMES THE HARD PART…
FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVE YZERMAN…AND HEAD COACH MIKE BABCOCK…THE BIG DECISION IS…
WHO WILL BE CANADA’S STARTING GOALTENDER???
TOMORROW WHEN TEAM CANADA MEETS NORWAY…MARTIN BRODEUR IS EXPECTED TO GET THE START…
THIS IS THE SAME MARTIN BRODEUR WHO WAS PULLED ON SATURDAY NIGHT…AFTER HE GAVE UP 4 GOALS ON JUST 22 SHOTS…
THE SAME MARTIN BRODEUR WHO HAS LOST 4 OF HIS LAST 5 STARTS FOR THE DEVILS…
HIS BACK UP TOMORROW IS EXPECTED TO BE ROBERTO LUONGO…
THE SAME ROBERTO LUONGO WHO WAS PULLED ON SUNDAY IN MINNESOTA…AFTER GIVING UP 5 GOALS ON 32 SHOTS…
THE SAME ROBERTO LUONGO WHO WAS ALSO PULLED AT THE START OF THE ROAD TRIP IN TORONTO…BY GIVING UP 3 GOALS ON 8 SHOTS…
THEN THERE’S MARC ANDRE FLEURY…WHO HAS STRUGGLED ALL SEASON…
BOTH HIS “GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE” AND HIS “SAVE PERCENTAGE” ARE CURRENTLY…24TH IN THE NHL…
ALSO KEEP IN MIND…HEADING INTO THE TOURNAMENT…FLEURY HAS LOST 4 OF HIS LAST 5 STARTS…
IT’S NO SECRET…IN A SHORT TOURNAMENT LIKE THE OLYMPICS…
GOALTENDING IS CRITICAL…
JUST THINK BACK TO 2002…
TEAM CANADA STARTED CURTIS JOSEPH AND WERE BLOWN OUT 5-2 BY SWEDEN…
FORTUNATELY BRODUER WAS ABLE TO “COME TO THE RESCUE”…
8 YEARS LATER AND THIS COUNTRY IS ONCE AGAIN LOOKING FOR A SAVIOR…
AND THE HARD REALITY IS THIS…
TEAM CANADA HAS EXACTLY ONE WEEK…TO FIND ONE…