That the young geniuses Matthew Shaeffer and Connor Bedard are not going? Sure, maybe a tad snarky, but the biggest omission of Canada’s Olympic nomination has a different name. Mark Scheifele will stay home, even though he has 48 points in 39 games and is in the form of his life at 32. It is hard to assume that he will ever again have such excellent paper prerequisites for going below five circles. It was not enough and it is very likely that the dream of the most prestigious sports holiday will not be fulfilled by the top center.
48 points in 39 games.
The fourth stain among compatriots…
Breathtaking pace that can get Scheifele over the magic hundred for the first time in his career.
In addition, other non-negligible qualities.
It wasn’t enough for Canadian GM Doug Armstrong. “Yeah, it disappointed me a lot, it was a black day for me. I don’t know what else I should have done. I think I played probably the best hockey of my career this season,” said one of the Winnipeg Jets’ forwards.
An experienced fighter to pay for huge competition.
“It just goes to show how much talent Canada has available. There are so many great hockey players, great guys to choose from. Of course, I wished it would come to me, but God has a plan,” he said.
And he added that he will be ready to go to Milan if one of the nominees gets injured.
Scheifele is a proud representative, played in the world championship three times, always thought highly of it. But this time the cradle of hockey chose from all its sons.
And she pointed to these attackers:
Sidney Crosby, Macklin Celebrini, Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel, Brayden Point, Bo Horvat, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid, Brad Marchand, Sam Reinhart, Mitch Marner, Mark Stone, Nick Suzuki, Tom Wilson
Would you find someone among them who deserves to go to Scheifele instead?
A few names come to mind. However, Armstrong also defends the form of the roster by saying that coach Jon Cooper needs players for different tasks, varied roles. And probably also those he knows well… there are three of the Tampa Lightning’s squad.
In a similar situation to Scheifele, the Americans have Jason Robertson, who is even the most productive among his compatriots…
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