tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post7221843007232516351..comments2023-10-20T04:45:00.350-06:00Comments on Coming Down the Pipe!: Canada Invites 41 - Initial ReactionGuy Flaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178739486819659419noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-2588142053100041472011-11-29T14:17:59.486-07:002011-11-29T14:17:59.486-07:00Yes it was. I'm sure RNH wouldn't have hur...Yes it was. I'm sure RNH wouldn't have hurt the team but he didn't win his way onto it either. <br /><br />It sounds odd that guys like he and Matt Duchene, Tyler Seguin, etc didn't make the WJC team as 18 year olds but did stick in the NHL the next season... but that's the case.Guy Flaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178739486819659419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-59958945936995604972011-11-29T11:42:29.310-07:002011-11-29T11:42:29.310-07:00Kevin Prendergast, from the linked article:
"...Kevin Prendergast, from the linked article:<br /><br />"We have a lot of great puck handlers and guys who distribute the puck very, very well and make players around them better. Last year's team had more of a blue-collar atmosphere around it."<br /><br />Wasn't last year's team the one that cut Ryan Nugent-Hopkins?Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190620732067746768noreply@blogger.com