Silver Nuggets: Fisher doesn't make Canada, six Senators heading to Olympics
by Peter Raaymakers on Dec 30, 2009 12:46 PM EST
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PrintToday's Ottawa Senators headlines feature a whole whack of Olympics news items, plus some other stuff. Here goes:
- Starting with the Vancouver Olympics news: Mike Fisher wasn't selected for Team Canada, despite all the high hopes in Ottawa. (SBNHockey)
- On the other hand, Kaspars Daugavins made the Latvian national team. (From The Rink)
- While Filip Kuba and Milan Michalek will be suiting up for the Czech Republic. (CP)
- And Jarkko Ruutu will suit up for Finland. (CBC)
- With those four, plus Daniel Alfredsson and Anton Volchenkov playing for their respective squads, I nailed all predictions a month ago. Okay, maybe not that amazing, but still, not bad.
- On to tonight's game: Ryan Keller was re-assigned to Binghamton because Nick Foligno is set to return from his injury. Erik Karlsson remains scratched, and Pascal Leclaire starts in goal. (Twitter)
- In the World Juniors, Jared Cowen has an assist now, and on the Swedish team Jakob Silfverberg has two points (1G, 1A), and Andre Petersson is lighting it up with 4G and 2A in 3GP.
- Down in Binghamton, Keller and Martin St. Pierre were selected for the AHL All-Star Game. I will note, two forwards, both off-season acquisitions by Bryan Murray. (Sharp)
- UPDATE: And the B-Sens recalled CHRIS HOLT!, although it's unclear how they're going to make room for him with Andy Chiodo and Mike Brodeur both still in the lineup. (Sharp)
- UPDATE: Back to the Olympics: Strange and worth noting that former Senator Christoph Schubert has apparently been left off the German team. (FTR)
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Just theorizing here, but I almost wonder if you could pin Mike Fisher not making the Olympic team onto Kerry Fraser’s phantom no-goal? Fish hasn’t scored in 6 games, but if he got that goal he would have had a 2 point game right before the team was announced. A 2 point game definitely would have given the impression he had broken out of his mini-slump. I won’t say for sure that it would have put him on the team, but that goal would have broken the slump and given him more points in the last 5 then Bergeron.
I don't think that's too likely
If one game is enough to make or break your olympic chances, then it’s pretty far overvalued. I have a feeling that a lot of these decisions were made more than a week ago.
by Peter Raaymakers on Dec 30, 2009 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
I’d like to think they would be evaluating right up to the wire. That’s the problem with having to announce your roster a month and a half early, you’re hedging on whether that player will be in top form come February.
by modsuperstar on Dec 30, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
That's a fair point
But Team Canada is so stacked that it almost becomes moot. Their fourth line could be a top line on most NHL teams. At that point, you’re hedging your bet on whether that player will be great or just good — a nice problem to have.
Fisher deserved a spot
Over Brendan Morrow, that’s for sure. Fisher has all the same qualities as Morrow, and in almost every category, except maybe trash-talking ability, you could make the better case for Fisher.
I mean, why take Brendan Morrow other than for his grit and leadership ability? Everyone recognizes Fisher as a talented gritty yet talented player, and he’s the future captain of the Sens.
Fisher got robbed on this one.
Either way, I'm glad he's not going
I think the ten days’ rest is much more crucial than the “honor” of playing for his country. the more rested players this team has, the better.
That’s true, especially considering how crucial he is to the Sens’ success right now.
I feel as if Boston or Dallas supporters would be as outraged as I am about Morrow or Bergeron if the Fisherman made the team. But, I also think this was Texas Fish’s one and only chance to make it, and if we’re gauging individual efforts this year, very few have had as much of an overall impact as the Fishmeister.
Ah well, enjoy the break, Fish boi.
I think the thing that bothers me is that Fisher plays for a Canadian team and the other options that got picked are all US based. There are only 2 guys(Iggy and Luongo) that play for Canadian clubs, other then that every other Canadian is playing in the US. In my estimation playing in a Canadian city subjects you to pressure on a regular basis that players in the US aren’t subjected to. I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but to me it seems like an injustice to Fisher given the type of year he’s having.
by modsuperstar on Dec 30, 2009 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
Morrow is always a clutch performer in the playoffs and plays a nasty game too. You could make the argument for Fisher just based on this season but from what I can tell the Hockey Canada guys are taking historical perfromance into perspective as well, which leaves Fish pretty much nowhere
Cannot play with 'em, cannot win with 'em, cannot coach with 'em. Cant do it.
Morrow is definitely an old boys club pick. He’s played for Canada before internationally, so he beat out Fisher in experience, which I do believe is overrated by Team Canada.
I picked Fish to make it, but I also picked Morrow. I think he is sometimes underrated by those of us who do not see him perform as often. He is invaluable to a team that will need his solid back checking and hockey sense. Also, leadership is still huge with this many stars and Morrow brings that. Plus, look at his numbers for this year, they are better than they have been in the past couple seasons. He is a solid guy to have on the fourth, ‘shut-down’ or ‘energy’, line that can pop in the points.
Karlsson scratched again.
Maybe I missed something, but is there a reason Karlsson is a healthy scratch again?
All of these make perfect sense.
Thanks for the clarification(s). I’m just glad there are some valid reasons for it.
(Actually, the Kuba one actually might have a bit of truth to it, sadly.)
I think the Kuba one has had a fair bit of truth to it, at least in the last three games he’d played.
by Peter Raaymakers on Dec 30, 2009 5:22 PM EST up reply actions
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