Canada couldn’t endure Logan Thompson for 10 days?

Couldn’t Canada endure Logan Thompson for 10 days?

That’s the question that needs to be asked right now.

After all, the officials must choose the best available players for a short tournament like this (and it’s the same for the World Junior Championship).

But it seems that those officials do not learn from their mistakes, even after seeing Canada bow out in the quarter-finals in the last two editions of the WJC…

There are criticisms regarding the goalies, but also regarding the offense.

Brad Marchand who is not making any progress…

Jon Cooper who preferred his players (I’m especially thinking of Anthony Cirelli here)…

Why is Mark Scheifele, who is the 4th highest Canadian scorer this season, not part of that lineup?

We know that like Thompson, it’s off-ice issues that led the officials to avoid Scheifele. But still, you must play to win…

Matt Duchene, Connor Bedard, Macklin Celebrini, Dylan Strome… These guys have undeniable offensive talent and Canada has only scored five goals in two games since the start of the tournament. Nick Suzuki could also have taken the place of a guy like Cirelli…

It’s not normal for Crosby – at 37 years old – to be the only Canadian player among the top 10 scorers of the tournament!

In the end, it’s the officials who appear (again) poorly and we see the results of their decisions right now.

If only they could put politics aside and focus on having the best possible team on the ice…

This tweet perfectly summarizes the situation:

In brief

– Good for Finland.

– Good news: Mailloux is able to play this afternoon.

– Good point!

– Phew.