#Brandon Kozun

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67 days until Maple Leafs hockey | Brandon Kozun wore #67 for the Leafs during the 2014-15 season.

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Welcome to Colorado (training camp), Brandon Kozun.

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Fun fact: out of this picture Chris Lee, Rene Bourque and Chris Kelly are all retired, so can't exactly score more than Detroit. 🤦‍♀️

But you should know, Maxim Noreau is a top defenseman in NLA and also out of that Olympic team Eric O'Dell, Mat Robinson, Brandon Kozun, Rob Klinkhammer, Chay Genoway and Linden Vey are top players in their teams in KHL so this really was just a stupid post to make to begin with.

And very rude, because O'Dell, Robinson, Kozun, Genoway and Vey are all-stars. I fucking hate people. 😊

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Team Canada; Men’s Hockey

Karl Stollery + Chris Lee + Chay Genoway + Gilbert Brûlé + Wojtek Wolski + Derek Roy + Chris Kelly + Rob Klinkhammer + Brandon Kozun + Quinton Howden + Rene Bourque + Marc-André Gragnani + Andrew Ebbett + Mason Raymond + Eric O’Dell + Stefan Elliott + Cody Goloubef + Ben Scrivens + Kevin Poulin + Justin Peters + Mat Robinson + Maxim Lapierre + Maxim Moreau + Linden Vey + Christian Thomas, Bronze

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Cassie Sharpe soared to gold in the Women’s Halfpipe final,  before France’s Marie Martinod (silver) and The US’ Brita Sigourney (bronze)

Tessa and Scott, everyone’s favorite Ice Dancing pair, also won gold, before French pair Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron (silver) and the Shibutani siblings Maia and Alex for the US (bronze), with their Moulin Rouge dance, flawlessly performed

Brady Leman took gold too, in the Men’s Ski Cross, before Switzerland’s Marc Bischofberger (silver) and Russia’s Sergey Ridzik (bronze)

Kailie Humphries and Phylicia George slid to a beautiful bronze medal in the Two-Woman Bobsleigh final, behind Germany’s Mariama Jamanka and Liza Buckwitz (gold), and The US’ Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs

The Women’s Hockey Team lost to The US Team, ending a 16-year streak of wins against the Americans, so they were understandably sad, although it was a exciting, suspenseful, heart-stopping game to watch. But Meghan Agosta, Jocelyne Larocque, Bailey Bram, Meaghan Mikkelson, Emily Clark, Sarah Nurse, Mélodie Daoust, Marie-Philip Poulin, Ann-Renée Desbiens, Lauriane Rougeau, Renata Fast, Jillian Saulnier, Laura Fortino, Natalie Spooner, Haley Irwin, Laura Stacey, Brianne Jenner, Shannon Szabados, Rebecca Johnston, Blayre Turnbull, Geneviève Lacasse, Jenn Wakefield and Brigette Lacquette still brought some solid silver home, so they still did us proud! Finland’s Team was extatic at their broze medal!

Kim Boutin once again sped to glory as she took silver in the Short Track Women’s 1000 metres, between The Netherlands’ Suzanne Shuclting (gold) and Italy’s Arianna Fontana (bronze) collecting her third medal of the Games. After everything she went through when she won the first one, I am so happy she had the talent and the strength to go for these two others. A true champion, and it’s only right that she will be Canada’s flagbearer at the Closing Ceremony tomorrow!

Samuel Girard, Charles Hamelin, Charle Cournoyer and Pascal Dion also sped for a medal (bronze) in the Men’s 5000 metre Relay behind Hungary (gold) and China (silver)

It was a Canadian double-double in the Women’s Ski Cross as Kelsey Serwa and Brittany Phelan took gold and silver respectively and Fanny Smith of Switzerland took bronze

Kaetlyn Osmond, full of grace and spark, brought Canada maybe its most beautiful medal, the 27th, surpassing the record of 26 medals won in a single Olympic fortnight in Vancouver eight years ago. She skated to Tchaicovsky’s Swan Lake in the Ladies’ Singles and came third behind Russia’s Alina Zagitova (gold) and Evgenia Medvedeva (silver)

So when Sébastien Toutant soared to gold in the Men’s Big Air, before The US’s and Great Britain’s Billy Morgan (bronze), it was beautiful and just more joy

In contrast with the Women’s silver medal (which is the result of a loss), it was also joy for the Men’s Hockey Team when they beat Czeh Rebublic 6-4 in the Bronze Medal Game! Their loss against Germany in the semifinal, also ended a 16-year winning streak, albeit against different teams. And honestly, they couldn’t come home empty-handed eh? Congrats Rene Bourque, Maxim Noreau, Gilbert Brulé, Eric O'Dell, Andrew Ebbett, Justin Peters, Stefan Elliott, Kevin Poulin, Chay Genoway, Mason Raymond, Cody Goloubef, Mat Robinson, Marc-André Gragnani, Derek Roy, Quinton Howden, Ben Scrivens, Chris Kelly, Karl Stollery, Rob Klinkhammer, Christian Thomas, Brandon Kozun, Linden Vey and Maxim Lapierre! (The Gold Medal Game between Germany and Russia will be played tomorrow)

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Feb 23, 2018; Gangneung, South Korea; Canada forward Brandon Kozun (15) reacts after losing to Germany in the men's ice hockey semifinals during the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games at Gangneung Hockey Centre. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Nelles-USA TODAY Sports http://ift.tt/2GFY35o

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What's working, and what's not, for Canada after preliminary round

Behind balanced scoring and a brilliant performance from netminder Kevin Poulin, Canada narrowly avoided the play-in round on its own terms with a 4-0 victory over South Korea in the final matchup of the preliminary slate at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

Having failed to secure top spot in Group A, Canada required the four-goal spread to advance through to a guaranteed spot in the quarterfinals, but would have avoided the extra knockout game anyway by virtue of Sweden’s 3-1 win over Finland.

We have a stronger sense, now, about how this Canadian entry stacks up after coming into the competition somewhat blind.

Here’s what working, and what’s not, as we brace for what’s expected to be a matchup with Finland in the quarters.

What’s working

Rene’s hot start

Rene Bourque finished with three goals in the preliminary round. (Getty)

If Canada’s games are the only ones you can manage to crawl out of bed for, you might be working under the assumption that Rene Bourque is the most dominant offensive player at the Olympic tournament. This, however, is far from the case. Eeli Tolvanen, a first-round draft pick of the Nashville Predators, has largely outshone the field with three goals and six points for Finland, while Russia, as expected, has several elite talents to choose from including the tournament’s co-leaders in goal scoring, Ilya Kovalchuk and Kirill Kaprizov.

But Bourque is, pretty clearly, the Canadian forward best equipped to score with regularity in the tournament as a dominant net-front presence on a top line that includes a pair of others with fairly significant NHL credentials, Derek Roy and Gilbert Brule.

Bourque put the next chapter of his life – full-time dad – on hold to chase the Olympic dream. That’s proven critical so far for Canada with his team-leading three goals.

Lockdown goaltending

There’s just one blemish on the goaltending record for Canada through three games; Ben Scrivens’ error on the opening goal versus the Czech Republic is the only real knock on a tandem that has exceeded lofty expectations through the preliminary round.

With his 19-save shutout versus South Korea – the performance much more telling than a cursory look at the boxscore – backup Kevin Poulin has given the Hockey Canada brass plenty to think about. Though it’s not as if Scrivens has done anything to warrant relegation to the bench with just three goals allowed in two starts.

Here’s what’s working, and what isn’t, for Team Canada after the preliminary round. (Getty)

Crash unit

The value of three forwards lauded for their ability to drive opposing defenders through the glass is highly contentious, especially in a short tournament. But through three games, at least, the trio of Eric O’Dell, Max Lapierre and Rob Klinkhammer have had a positive impact for Willie Desjardins.

Canada’s fourth line has created problems for the opposition with its speed and physicality. And against the Koreans, it shook the team out of a lull with an important second goal from O’Dell before Lapierre added to it in the third.

Though if Canada’s scoring problems continue, this unit will quickly come under the microscope.

What’s not

Need more punch

Canada’s depth scoring has been an issue. (Getty)

The biggest fear heading into this tournament was that Canada would not have enough firepower to outscore the competition. Scoring 11 goals in three games sounds fine, but surely hasn’t quelled those concerns.

In the final 45 minutes versus the Czechs, and in what will best resemble the knockout portion of the competition, Canada failed to sustain a meaningful pressure and ultimately score, which wound up costing them the group.

Canada needs more from middle-six players chosen to this team for their goal-scoring ability. Linden Vey and Brandon Kozun – two dominant scorers from the KHL ranks – have yet to make an impact.

Under siege

For those limited to hockey from North American rinks, there’s something deceptive about watching a power play unfold on international ice. How much room these speciality units have to set up, and the space with which they can use to thwart defensive pressure and maintain possession, gives these man advantages the look of ones perhaps far more potent.

Because, if not utilized effectively by the attacking team, all that extra space really does is take the point of attack further away from the net, and also encourages offensive-minded penalty killers to counter with the runway they have in neutral ice.

All this to say, this is more of an adjustment for the viewer as opposed to the players, who are used to defending more space in odd-man situations, of course, with their European club teams. And with just a single power-play goal allowed in eight opportunities, it’s hard to argue with the results so far.

But the numbers, too, seem deceptive. Simply put, the Canadians are giving up way too many high-quality chances while working down a man, including several ten-bell opportunities to the Koreans. The reason it hasn’t cost them yet is that they haven’t met a team with elite offensive players that can take full advantage of that space.

Skills competition

Lapierre finished with an impressive 4-for-9 success rate in the shootout in his NHL career. We’re still not sure that justifies sending him over the boards first in the skills competition versus the Czechs.

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MAILBAG: Lamenting the Olympics without the NHL

MAILBAG: Lamenting the Olympics without the NHL

The Olympics are underway, and I’ll be watching most of it, and I can’t wait for the men’s hockey. Chris Kelly is the captain. Bunch of ex-Leafs like Brandon Kozun and Ben Scrivens. Good for them. And it should be a good tournament. A wide open field. And a chance for some lesser knowns to shine in the spotlight. Still, and beating an old drum here, I have to say how disappointing it is that the…

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2019-20 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Players By Nationality

Russian: 20 (Victor Antipin, Alexei Berezgalov, Yevgeny Biryukov, Pavel Dorofeyev, Grigori Dronov, Stanislav Galimov, Vladimir Galuzin, Vasily Koshechkin, Nikolai Kulyomin, Andrei Loktionov, Roman Lyubimov, Artyom Minulin, Sergei Mozyakin, Arkhip Nekolenko, Denis Parshin, Danil Pyatin, Nikita Rozhkov, Evgeny Timkin, Ivan Vereshchagin & Egor Yakovlev)

Canadian: 3 (Brandon Kozun, Eric O'Dell & Paul Postma)

Swedish: 2 (Maxim Matushkin & Dennis Rasmussen)

Belarussian: 1 (Dmitry Buinitsky)

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Team Canada roster at Sochi Hockey Open August 5th-9th

FORWARDS

Justin Azevedo Gilbert Brulé Brandon Buck Kevin Clark Andrew Ebbett Bud Holloway Rob Klinkhammer Brandon Kozun Ben Maxwell Brandon McMillan Eric O’Dell Daniel Paille Mason Raymond Max Talbot Linden Vey DEFENCE

Chay Genoway Geoff Kinrade Patrick McNeill Maxim Noreau Mat Robinson Jonathan Sigalet Karl Stollery GOALTENDERS

Justin Peters Kevin Poulin

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6 most interesting players from Team Canada’s 2018 Olympic men’s hockey roster

Even without the NHL, there are still a number of familiar faces on Team Canada’s Olympic roster.

Team Canada’s roster is here for the 2018 Winter Olympics, and you’d be forgiven for failing to recognize a number of players on the roster. Chay Genoway? Brandon Kozun? Marc-Andre Gragnani? These are far from the big names that populated these teams when the NHL was involved in the festivities.

However, a tournament without the world’s best league doesn’t mean everyone came out of nowhere. Twenty-three of the 25 players named to Canada’s roster have NHL experience. Many were first-round draft picks, and several even went on to productive in the league before falling out in recent years.

So while we won’t be treated to the likes of Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, and P.K. Subban in Pyeongchang, there will still be a lot of familiar names to North American fans rooting from home. Here are the six most interesting names for NHL fans on Canada’s roster.

Derek Roy

No player on Team Canada had a better NHL peak than Roy. The 34-year-old hasn’t played in the NHL since the 2014-15 season, but during his best years with the Sabres, he had four straight 60-point seasons and made back-to-back appearances in the conference finals. For the 2007-08 season, he finished 18th in the league with 81 points in 78 games.

Roy obviously isn’t the same player anymore, but Canada could still use him. He’s bounced around in the NLA, KHL, and, most recently, SHL since the end of his time in North America. This season, he has eight goals and 16 assists in 29 games for Linkoping HC.

Wojtek Wolski

There was a time when Wolski was one of the better young wingers in the NHL. By age 23, he had recorded four straight seasons with at least 42 points, including a breakout 2009-10 season where he racked up 65 points in 80 games. His future in the league seemed bright.

But he found himself out of the NHL just a few years later, and has played in the KHL since 2013. Other than a scary neck injury in 2016 that left him in intensive care, his time in Russia has gone pretty well with 138 points in 179 games.

Linden Vey

The main reason we’re pointing out Vey, a former member of the Canucks and Kings, is that he’s been amazing in the KHL this season. He’s currently third in the league in points with 52 in 49 games. The only players ahead of him are Ilya Kovalchuk and Nikita Gusev, two of the most talented scorers in the world not currently in the NHL.

Vey is just 26 years old, and he’s playing the best hockey of his life in Russia right now. If he can translate that onto the ice in Pyeongchang, it could be the kind of performance that springboards him toward another NHL opportunity.

Rene Bourque

Being a member of last year’s disastrous Avalanche team didn’t stop Canada from bringing in the veteran forward. Bourque, 36, may not be the same player who posted back-to-back 27-goal NHL seasons in his late 20s, but he’s still been productive in Sweden with 21 points in 31 games this season.

The forward brings size (6’2, 216 pounds) and some finishing ability to a roster that might have a tough time racking up tons of goals. Over the course of his 12-year NHL career, he averaged 18 goals per 82 games.

Mason Raymond

Another NHL player as recently as last season, Raymond headed to Switzerland in 2017 after failing to receive another opportunity. In his prime, he was a solid middle-six winger who recorded seven straight 10-goal seasons, including a career-year of 25 goals and 53 points with the Canucks in 2009-10.

Raymond signed with the Ducks last year, but his contract was terminated in November after he refused to report to the team’s AHL affiliate. He later told Sportsnet he made that choice to spend more time with his wife, who had been diagnosed with Lyme disease.

The forward has 13 goals and 12 assists in 25 games for SC Bern in the top Swiss league this season.

Ben Scrivens

There’s one obvious reason to know Scrivens: He’s the only player in NHL history to record 59 or more saves in a shutout. His incredible 59-of-59 effort in an Oilers win over the Sharks on Jan. 30, 2014, stands out as one of the greatest individual performances by a goalie in NHL regular season history.

So we know that Scrivens can get hot, and for Team Canada, they’re surely hoping he’ll find that groove right as the action begins in Pyeongchang. Riding a hot goalie may be the best chance for any team beyond Olympic Athletes from Russia to bring home the gold medal.

Scrivens has spent the past year-plus in the KHL. He’s posted a .917 save percentage in 35 games with Salavat Yulaev Ufa this season.

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Erkka Westerlund mukana kiusallisessa KHL-ennätyksessä – Leijona-hyökkääjä telottiin (Tamperelainen)

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Erkka Westerlundin käskemä Salavat Ufa nappasi sunnuntain ainoassa jääkiekkoliiga KHL:n ottelussa 3–2-voiton Lokomotiv Jaroslavlista. Ottelussa tehtiin KHL-historiaa. Lokomotiv meni ottelussa jo viiden sekunnin pelin jälkeen 1–0-johtoon.

Andrei Loktionov voitti aloituksen ja Aleksandr Jelesin laukoi keskialueelta kiekon ohi Ufa–vahti Ben Scrivensin. Kyseessä oli KHL-historian nopein maali.

Lokomotiv ehti siirtyä avauserässä vielä Brandon Kozunin ylivoimaalilla 2–0–johtoon, mutta sen jälkeen maaleja iski enää vain Ufa. Teemu Hartikainen ja Joonas Kemppainen onnistuivat Ufalta maalinteossa. Kemppaisen kolmannessa erässä syntynyt osuma jäi voittomaaliksi.

Ottelun puhutuimpia tapahtumia sattui Leijona-hyökkääjä Petri Kontiolalle. Kotijoukkueen Igor Makarov taklasi suomalaista kovalla pommilla keskialueella ja Brandon Kozun ja Jakub Nakladal lähtivät Makarovin perään. Mylläkkä sattui juuri ennen Hartikaisen iskemään 2–2-tasoitusmaalia. Kontiola ei vaikuttanut loukkaantuvan tilanteessa.

Ufa otti ottelussa jo neljännen perättäisen voittonsa ja on itäisessä lohkossa seitsemäntenä. Lokomotiv jatkaa läntisen lohkon neljäntenä heti Jokereiden takana.

Teksti: Ville Hirvonen (@hirvonenville).

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Lok feiert 4:1 Sieg bei Ak Bars

KHL: Lokomotiv Jaroslavl gewinnt bei Ak Bars Kazan, auch dank eines Brandon Kozun Doppelpack, mit 4:1 und vermiest damit das Comeback von Danis Zaripov. SKA verliert zum zweiten Mal gegen Sochi. http://www.puckfans.at/lok-macht-das-halbe-dutzend-voll/

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Say hello to the B-Team: Canada has plenty of options beyond NHL for Pyeongchang Olympics

Say hello to the B-Team: Canada has plenty of options beyond NHL for Pyeongchang Olympics

In other words, say goodbye to the A-Team and hello to the B-Team.

Instead of Sidney Crosby and Jonathan Toews, Canada could have KHL forwards Brandon Kozun and Max Talbot. No Drew Doughty or Duncan Keith? That’s fine. The team would still have Maxim Noreau and Jonathan Sigalet, who are playing in Switzerland and Sweden, respectively. And while Carey Price has been a rock in the net, Fucale…

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Master Show Super Skills KHL 2017. All Star Week Ufa. January 21, 2017.

As you know the All Star Week is taking place in Ufa this year. The MHL Challenge Cup between Eastern and Western Conferences has already been played. The West team have won the game 2:1 in shootouts. Here you can read a full review of the game. Also the All Star Week included the first ever WHL All Star Game, which ended with the brillian victory of the Western Conference 4:0. Both of the tournaments, of course, were wonderful and really attractive for the fans, but everybody knows what the highlight of the Week is. The KHL All Stars consists of 2 days: the skills show and the game itself. Justa couple of days before the All Star the League made some changes to the final rosters. Sami Lepisto has substituted Linus Omark (illness), Enver Lisin has taken place of Vladimir Sobotka (injury). 4 best players of the MHL Challenge Cup were added to the final roster. This year the organizers prepared 7 contests for the stars of the League: Speed Skating 

Last year no player could run faster that 13 seconds. On the contrary, his year's speed skating was rich for record breakings. Right from the start Aleksey Potapov from Torpedo circled the rink in 12.952 secs. HCSalavat's Enver Lisin not agreeing with it set a new record - 12.450. Later on Enver said in a flash interview that he knew every inch of Ufa Arena's ice and the only thing that made him scared was falling near the corners. Thus, Lisin wrote his name in All Star Games' history as the fastest player of 2017. Cheers for him and HCSalavat!

Hockey Biathlon

This contest became for young, but masterful Kirill Kaprizov the moment of glory. The players needed to combine the puck control around the marks and the accuracy in shooting. Most of the players from both of teams couldn't do that perfectly, all except Kaprizov. He was the fastest and the most accurant. So he became already the 2nd HCSalavat player to bring the win to the East Team and make it 2:0.

The hardest shot The hardest shot contest has always been overly popular both in NHL and KHL, expecially after Aleksander Ryazantsev's record of 183.67 km/h set a couple of years ago. This year wasn't an exception, because the fans are craving for the new records. Unfortunately the dreams of the fans didn't come true. Igor Ozhiganov from CSKA Moscow became the one who's come closest to Ryazantsev - 154 km/h. Ozhiganov laters considered that only Shea Weber could contest Ryazantsev.

Artistic impression The most favourite skills contest of the fans, the journalists and probably the hockey players themselves. It was really hard to impress anyone after the last year's The Burning Stick of Linus Omark. It's getting harder and harder every year to invent new ways of taking a penalty shot, but who said that the job was supposed to be easy? No one said it was supposed to be hard either. Vladimir Tkachyov agreeing with the latter opinion scores a fantastic goal, making 3 spins with the puck on the end of his stick, before smashing it down into the net past Igor Shestyorkin.

Also Matt Gilroy stood out of the others giving a bribe to the goalkeeper Igor Bobkov:

Be like Pro Probably the hardest competition for the players. This contest required the best skills in speed, puck control and shot accuracy. Fortunately the best players of the League were collected that evening: Jan Kovar, Sami Lepisto, Sergei Mozyakin, Danis Zaripov, Maksim Shalunov, Jan Kolar and Dan Sexton from the Team East; Matt Ellison, Charles Genoway, Pavel Datsyuk, Brandon Kozun, Ryan Stoa, Ivan Telegin and Ilya Kovalchuk from the Team West. These guys showed all their best but Team East again was faster.

Power offence, solid defense

The competition for the goalkeepers, which were, in my opinion, deprived of a chance to show their skills during past All Star Games. Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow) and Pavel Francouz (Traktor Chelyabisnk) were chosen to stand up for all the goalkeepers. In this contest 3 small teams of 3 players from each conference were to score a goal against one goalie. The teams tried different combinations, some of them scored, some of them didn't.

Unexpectedly, the best was Pavel Francouz who repeated hockey's best known sip of water, originally made by Andrei Gavrilov (HCSalavat) in a game vs Dinamo Moscow. The fans were delighted and, in my opinion, this was the best moment of the Master Show.

Race around the ice The last competition was the traditional race around the ice with team consisting of 5 skaters and a goalkeeper. The result of this contest couldn't affect the final one, so it was just for fun. Enver Lisin again showed who the fastest ever players is. So final score of the Super Skills is 5:2 in favour of the Team East. So this year Team East has proven that they were the most skillful players of the League. Can they prove that once again at the All Star Game? Check out more photos here.

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Hockey Canada exhibition rosters a dreary reminder of the PyeongChang reality

Hockey Canada unveiled two largely unimpressive pre-Olympic exhibition rosters on Tuesday. (The Canadian Press)

Like any tragedy, it gets worse with detail.

Hockey Canada released the names of the 45 players who will compete in two exhibition tournaments next month in a showcase of sorts for newly appointed general manager Sean Burke, who carries the burden of assembling a Sr. Men’s National Team without NHL talent thanks to the league’s decision to shun South Korea.

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Here are the Sochi Hockey Open and Tournament of Nikolai Puchkov rosters, respectively, which are made up almost entirely of players who ply their trade in Europe, via TSN:

Roster 1: 

Forwards: Justin Azevedo, Gilbert Brule, Brandon Buck, Kevin Clark, Andrew Ebbett, Bud Holloway, Rob Klinkhammer, Brandon Kozun, Ben Maxwell, Brandon McMillan, Eric O’Dell, Daniel Paille, Mason Raymond, Max Talbot, Linden Vey

Defence: Chay Genoway, Geoff Kinrade, Patrick McNeill, Maxim Noreau, Mat Robinson, Jonathan Sigalet, Karl Stollery

Goaltenders: Justin Peters, Kevin Poulin

Roster 2: 

Forwards: Taylor Beck, Sean Collins, Cory Emmerton, Ryan Garbutt, Andrew Gordon, David McIntyre, Jacob Micflikier, Trevor Parkes, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Derek Roy, Greg Scott, Paul Szczechura, James Wright

Defence: Cam Barker, Carlo Colaiacovo, Stefan Elliott, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Kevin Klein, Shawn Lalonde, Craig Schira

Goaltenders: Ben Scrivens, Kevin Poulin*

* named to both rosters

Burke won’t be limited to this list; Hockey Canada president Tom Renney said Tuesday that the federation won’t “leave any stones unturned” in the process of formulating the roster tasked with defending the gold won in Vancouver and Sochi.

But whatever talent is available, be it veterans in limbo like Jarome Iginla and Shane Doan or prospects from junior and the collegiate ranks, it can’t change this grim reality: the 2018 Olympic tournament will be played without legitimacy — and perhaps to negligible fanfare.

Canada won’t just be without Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid. It will be competing against Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid.

Consider what’s happening in Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto, especially. Can competition between inferior talent honestly expect to sway fans in NHL markets with Stanley Cup ambitions? Just because they’re wearing the Maple Leaf and there are five rings at center ice?

Of course, you would expect many Canadians to set their alarms in the knockout round, at least, and still experience some of the pride that the last two teams managed to instill if Canada succeeds against other diluted entries in PyeongChang – especially if they’re considered overmatched.

But Canada’s roster unveiling will be just one of many sobering reminders (hardly exclusive to the reigning Olympic champions) in the months leading up to the Olympics that the event accepted as the pinnacle simply will not measure up this time around.

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