The Olympics are, more than anything, about nationalism. Your country is the best, and it's the best because it's good at sports. So, picking an all-snub roster for the hockey tournament flies in the face of what the Games, truly, are about. These guys should hate each other. Instead, they're united by spite and ready to take on all who doubt them. This is is a gold-medal team. Book it. OLYMPIC ROSTERS: | | | Forwards James Neal-Joe Thornton-Tyler Seguin Taylor Hall-Claude Giroux-Bobby Ryan Logan Couture-Eric Staal-Martin St. Louis Brandon Saad-Jordan Staal-Kyle Okposo Extras: Alexander Semin, Radim Vrbata Thornton, for whatever reason, never came up all that seriously in Team Canada projections. Maybe the big ice, and the fact that he'd have to beat out Sidney Crosby and Jonathan Toews for top-six minutes, scared people off. Whatever. Imagine him setting up Neal, who has one of the best shots in the game, and Seguin. Bonus: Bringing Seguin means that you wouldn't have to carry an extra center. Giroux and and Eduardo Salazar Jersey Hall can . Staal profiles well as a third-line center, and Couture went from a projected Crosby linemate to a snub in le s than 24 hours. Martin St. Louis had more points than anyone on earth last season. Jordan Staal is proving to the Hurricanes that he's most effective in a bottom-six role. Saad's versatile and physical, as is Okposo, and Staal can cover for their mistakes. Score some goals. Semin can actually play a variety of roles, and he'd be playing angry. Vrbata's good guy to have around, as well. Defense Victor Hedman-Kris Letang Keith Yandle-Dan Boyle Mark Giordano-Brent Seabrook Extras: Marc Staal, Jonas Brodin If Letang was healthy, he'd have been deep in the Canada discu sions. If he avoids bad decisions, he's a top-pairing defenseman on any team. Hedman has become the guy everyone thought he'd be. Boyle can cover for . Giordano and Seabrook are reliable. Same goes for Staal if someone loses a grip, he can enter the lineup. Goaltenders Marc-Andre Fleury Ben Bishop Josh Harding Roll the dice on all of these guys. Bishop and Harding are in the middle of career years, and Fleury, for now, seems to have rebounded from the worst postseason of his life. There. Game over. When it's all said and done, they'll be on the podium. Here's a behind-the-scenes shot from the future. We'll use the best flag. Mason Thompson Jersey
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