People will argue but when you have scheifele as a 4th line centre? What a line up!

4th line 3rd line the whole team is 1st line. Mcdavid and the superstars.

Not sure what Doughty is doing there. Even Girard.

Just because he's regressed doesn't mean he goes from top pairing to off the roster, look at the year he's having now that his team isn't so bad. Girard has taken a big step this year and LHD is thin compared to the right side. He's 22, will be another year older and his ability to skate will be advantageous on the Olympic ice. He or Hamilton would need to kill penalties if they stepped in because Makar & Theodore straight up do not. Rielly can & has but not a ton.

Hart?

There are some defensemen who unlike Doughty, have been great the past two years (and this season). Obviously, still 11 months to go before the Olympics and a lot can change but imo, Doughty needs to keep his level play at an elite level until February 2022 to even be considered. Right now, I would have 10 D (at least) on my team before him. You want to win, send your best players.

Girard has been great but he's been sheltered and he was a 2nd pair D the past year(s). Parayko, maybe an extra. Hamilton and Ekblad need to be regulars though.

Would have thought but no way the way he's playing this season.


10 D?! I'd like to see that list... Ekblad is a very good consideration, I had Parayko over him in large part because of his skating on Olympic ice and he & Rielly were great together on team N.A. Don't think Doughty has much he needs to prove given his entire career. Think I chose who I thought were all the best players besides Rielly & Girard, who were close enough that I picked for fit.

Hart hasn't been good but so does Price. And Price hasn't played well for 3 years while Hart has been a great G since arriving in the NHL. Blackwood, Kuemper are other great options.

If you asked me in the offseason:
-Dougie Hamilton
-Alex Pietrangelo
-Jared Spurgeon
-Ryan Ellis
-Shea Theodore
-Thomas Chabot
-Cale Makar
-Morgan Rielly
-Aaron Ekblad
-Kris Letang

As I said, at least 10, there could be more and this was before the beginning of the season. It appears Doughty has played well so far this season but a 25-game sample size doesn't outweigh a 150+ game sample size. We'll see this season and next year, if Doughty is still elite, I will gladly put him on the team. The most important thing is to have your best players.

Anyways, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a free pass due to his reputation like Price even if he's average/good.

Completely disagree with that take on Doughty, he didn't fall off a cliff for 150 games. Price though yea his rep will play a huge part but when he's on he's Canada's best goalie. Goalies are so hard to pick you really gotta weigh heavily who's hot at the moment. Likewise I had to pick Fleury who's hot again. If Hart wasn't having such a bad season I'd pick him over Kuemper easily. Even then probably a mistake not picking him over Kuemper.

"Completely disagree with that take on Doughty, he didn't fall off a cliff for 150 games" How?

"Price but when he's on he's Canada's best goalie" That's the thing with Price. It's almost as if wee need to wait for him to decide if he wants to play at his best or not. No time for that, just go with a goalie that is great consistently.

"I'd pick him over Kuemper easily. Even then probably a mistake not picking him over Kuemper" Kuemper has been a top5 G over the past 2-3 years but okay.

Nope Kuemper's been really good though, so has Hart who's only 22, 23 next year & Kuemper is out with an injury for some time. Canada get's to pick 3 goalies so why not pick the one with the most upside a good track record at that kind of stage? There were rumours about Price's personal life & well being being a distraction to his game, and his workload caused him to play through too much fatigue than he could manage. It's very common for goalies to go through stretches where they aren't as good but then come back too life. Bobrovsky is the most inconsistent of them all. Gibson now has not been playing nearly as well as he had been season to season, but he'll likely get it together. Doughty was a very good defenseman for those 150 games but got largely criticized for his 11m long term deal he had just signed. Before that he was among the very best few defenseman in the league for a while. People were wrong to give up on him while his team sucked, thinking he was headed for a drastic decline. Clearly that's not the case. I'd pick him even when he was playing 'bad for him'

I guess we'll just agree to disagree.