Building the best line combinations and defense pairings for a team of NHL stars from Canada is no easy task.
Despite the abundance of word-class talent on the roster, determining which players will have the best chemistry and be most productive is a difficult goal for a head coach.
This is the challenge Mike Babcock is facing as he prepares his team for a gold medal defense that Canadians hope is much more successful than its 2006 run when the country didn't even make the medal stand.
Babcock pushed the right buttons and found the lines and defensive pairings that would lead to gold medal success in 2010, but he will have several new faces to fit into the lineup in Sochi.
Let's look at the best possible line combinations and pairings for Team Canada to consider before the ice hockey competition at next year's Olympics begins.
Note: To view this year's Olympic camp roster for Canada, click here.
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Rick Nash (NYR)
Sidney Crosby (PIT)
Steven Stamkos (TBL)
The top priority for Babcock when building the top line is finding ...
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Article written by Nicholas Goss
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