Canada's 2014 Winter Olympic roster will be selected in a matter of weeks. The process began several months ago, and as usual, Team Canada will go into the event as one of the favourites to win the gold medal in hockey.
While players like Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews and Shea Weber are locks to make the team, a lot of uncertainty remains about who will be in goal for Canada.
This past May, Team Canada general manager Steve Yzerman was quoted in the Toronto Star as saying:
“It’s definitely worth looking into,” said Yzerman. “Look at Sweden, Finland, small countries seem to be producing goalies. We should be studying what they are doing. Why (do they have) so many goalies? Their techniques. Their system. We should look at it to try to get better."
At the moment, there is no clear cut No. 1 goaltender for Team Canada. Several Canadian goaltenders are off to solid starts, but given the lack of one dominant netminder emerging, all three spots are up for grabs.
Team Canada management will want to wait on making this decision as long as possible. While winning previously in ...
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