When the final roster was announced for Canada's Olympic hockey team, Philadelphia Flyers captain Claude Giroux was one of the star players omitted from the roster.
After practice on Tuesday, Giroux expressed his feelings on the subject to to Mike G. Morreale of NHL.com.
"It's obviously disappointing," Giroux admitted. "It was one of my dreams to play for Canada but there's a lot of good players from Canada and the names announced are talented, good players. It's disappointing, but it happens."
If we look at things objectively, it's not too hard to figure out some of the reasons the powers that be had for leaving Giroux off this year's Olympic team.
The biggest reason has to be the slow start Giroux had this season. The Flyers' captain failed to score a goal in the first 15 games of the campaign. That's longer than the entire Olympic tournament—even if Team Canada goes all the way to the gold medal game.
Canada cannot afford to have a player prone to such a lengthy slump on its roster if it can avoid it. In a close race between Giroux and another ...
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Should Claude Giroux Have Been Left off the Canadian Olympic Hockey Team?
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