<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="500" height="282" src="https://flamesnation.ca/wp-content/uploads/Image/Vancouver-2010-Hockey-team-canada.jpg" alt="" />
Canada finally announced their 2014 roster for the Sochi Olympics, and without a doubt the biggest surprise is Claude Giroux not making the team.
There are eleven returning players on the 25-man roster, but in my eyes Rick Nash continues to be the most overrated player in the NHL. Nash has had one 70-point season, and since the 2010 Olympics he has scored 185 points in 228 games, 25th most amongst Canadian-born players. In that same time span Marty St.Louis has scored the most points, 271, while Giroux is third with 255.

Nash has only two goals in 16 NHL playoff games, but Hockey Canada seems to put more onus on the fact he has played well at the water-downed World Championships.
Nash did play okay at the last Olympics, but how much of that was because he was on Toews line, and Toews was the best player in the tournament.
Nash has 18 points in 27 games this year. No one can say he is playing well, or close to the level of Claude Giroux, but Hockey Canada choose him because he&#8217;s played for them before. I guess Giroux should not play crappier in the NHL so his team could miss the playoffs and he can pad his stats at the World Championships.
Here is the roster, returning players have **.
Goalies: 
<ul>
<li>Roberto Luongo**</li>
<li>Carey Price</li>
<li>Mike Smith</li>
</ul>
Defence:
<ul>
<li>Jay Bouwmeester</li>
<li>Drew Doughty**</li>
<li>Dan Hamuis</li>
<li>Duncan Keith**</li>
<li>Alex Pietrangelo</li>
<li>PK Subban</li>
<li>Marc-Edouard Vlasic</li>
<li>Shea Weber**</li>
</ul>
Forwards:
<ul>
<li>Jamie Benn</li>
<li>Patrice Bergeron**</li>
<li>Jeff Carter</li>
<li>Sidney Crosby**</li>
<li>Matt Duchene</li>
<li>Ryan Getzlaf**</li>
<li>Chris Kunitz</li>
<li>Patrick Marleau**</li>
<li>Rick Nash**</li>
<li>Corey Perry**</li>
<li>Patrick Sharp</li>
<li>Steven Stamkos</li>
<li>John Tavares</li>
<li>Jonathan Toews**</li>
</ul>
I&nbsp;still believe Canada is the favourite, because of the blueline and their top-six forwards; Crosby, Tavares, Stamkos, Getzlaf, Perry and Toews.
It will be an awesome tournament and I can&#8217;t wait to watch, but picking Nash over Giroux makes little sense. Essentially they are basing it on seven good games that happened four years ago. Horrible decision.
Which decision surpised you?
RECENTLY BY JASON GREGOR&nbsp; <a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2013/10/18/not-the-right-mix#comments"> 
</a>
<ul style="margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3.333em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px;">
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2014/1/6/hall-is-still-good">HALL IS STILL GOOD&#8230;</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2014/1/4/post-game-and-other-stuff">POST GAME AND NEW COACHES&#8230;(ESKIMOS)</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2014/1/3/duck-hunting">GDB 44.0: DUCK HUNTING</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2014/1/2/gdb-430-swimming-with-the-sharks">GDB 43.0: SWIMMING WITH SHARKS</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2013/12/31/gdb-420-goodbye-2013">GDB 42.0:GOODBYE 2013</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2013/12/30/every-change-matters">EVERY CHANGE MATTERS</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2013/12/20/nation-needs-some-laughs">THE NATION NEEDS SOME LAUGHS</a></li>
</ul>

<img width="500" height="282" src="https://flamesnation.ca/wp-content/uploads/Image/Vancouver-2010-Hockey-team-canada.jpg" alt="" />
Canada finally announced their 2014 roster for the Sochi Olympics, and without a doubt the biggest surprise is Claude Giroux not making the team. 
 
There are eleven returning players on the 25-man roster, but in my eyes Rick Nash continues to be the most overrated player in the NHL. Nash has had one 70-point season, and since the 2010 Olympics he has scored 185 points in 228 games, 25th most amongst Canadian-born players. In that same time span Marty St.Louis has scored the most points, 271, while Giroux is third with 255.
Nash has only two goals in 16 NHL playoff games, but Hockey Canada seems to put more onus on the fact he has played well at the water-downed World Championships.
Nash did play okay at the last Olympics, but how much of that was because he was on Toews line, and Toews was the best player in the tournament.
Nash has 18 points in 27 games this year. No one can say he is playing well, or close to the level of Claude Giroux, but Hockey Canada choose him because he's played for them before. I guess Giroux should not play crappier in the NHL so his team could miss the playoffs and he can pad his stats at the World Championships.
Here is the roster, returning players have **.
Goalies: 
<ul>
 <li>Roberto Luongo**</li>
 <li>Carey Price</li>
 <li>Mike Smith</li>
</ul>
Defence:
<ul>
 <li>Jay Bouwmeester</li>
 <li>Drew Doughty**</li>
 <li>Dan Hamuis</li>
 <li>Duncan Keith**</li>
 <li>Alex Pietrangelo</li>
 <li>PK Subban</li>
 <li>Marc-Edouard Vlasic</li>
 <li>Shea Weber**</li>
</ul>
Forwards:
<ul>
 <li>Jamie Benn</li>
 <li>Patrice Bergeron**</li>
 <li>Jeff Carter</li>
 <li>Sidney Crosby**</li>
 <li>Matt Duchene</li>
 <li>Ryan Getzlaf**</li>
 <li>Chris Kunitz</li>
 <li>Patrick Marleau**</li>
 <li>Rick Nash**</li>
 <li>Corey Perry**</li>
 <li>Patrick Sharp</li>
 <li>Steven Stamkos</li>
 <li>John Tavares</li>
 <li>Jonathan Toews**</li>
</ul>
I&nbsp;still believe Canada is the favourite, because of the blueline and their top-six forwards; Crosby, Tavares, Stamkos, Getzlaf, Perry and Toews.
It will be an awesome tournament and I can't wait to watch, but picking Nash over Giroux makes little sense. Essentially they are basing it on seven good games that happened four years ago. Horrible decision.
Which decision surpised you?
RECENTLY BY JASON GREGOR&nbsp; <a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2013/10/18/not-the-right-mix#comments"> 
</a>
<ul style="margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3.333em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px;">
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2014/1/6/hall-is-still-good">HALL IS STILL GOOD...</a></li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2014/1/4/post-game-and-other-stuff">POST GAME AND NEW COACHES...(ESKIMOS)</a></li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2014/1/3/duck-hunting">GDB 44.0: DUCK HUNTING</a></li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2014/1/2/gdb-430-swimming-with-the-sharks">GDB 43.0: SWIMMING WITH SHARKS</a></li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2013/12/31/gdb-420-goodbye-2013">GDB 42.0:GOODBYE 2013</a></li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2013/12/30/every-change-matters">EVERY CHANGE MATTERS</a></li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://publish.oilersnation.com/2013/12/20/nation-needs-some-laughs">THE NATION NEEDS SOME LAUGHS</a></li>
</ul>

THE TEAM….

The 5 worst Flames trades of the last quarter century

Calgary Flames players celebrate their victory over the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre.

NHL odds, betting preview (Jan. 23): Sabres vs. Flames predictions

Calgary Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar (52) and Buffalo Sabres center Sam Lafferty (81) skate for a loose puck during the second period at KeyBank Center.

Recent articles from Jason Gregor

Breaking News