With almost every international competition, comes one of the hockey community's favorite past times: the "HOW THE HECK DID THIS GUY NOT MAKE THE TEAM" game. It's invigorating, frustrating, it makes us laugh and cry, but it's ultimately useless. Hockey Canada does not care who you think should be on their team. USA Hockey could care less if you think the team they picked sucks. What matters is results, and the pursuit of those results inevitably leaves behind many players worthy of a position on their home country's teams.
All of those players left empty by the rejection of their homelands can rest easy knowing that the Hart of Hockey has created a last chance for them to be recognized, by naming the 2014 Winter Olympics ALL-SNUB TEAM. Every and all players left off of an Olympic roster were considered to create the best possible team that could compete in Sochi, Russia.
It is my honor to announce the line-up for this team, with a quick few sentences about why they were chosen to be on this squad and represent the All-Snubs in 2014. The team is as follows:
Left Wing
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Center
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Right Wing
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James Neal (CAN)
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Logan Couture
(CAN)
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Bobby Ryan (USA)
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Martin St. Louis
(CAN)
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Joe Thornton
(CAN)
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Tyler Seguin
(CAN)
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Jiří Hudler (CZE)
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Claude Giroux
(CAN)
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Radim Vrbata
(CZE)
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Tomáš Fleischmann (CZE)
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Marcus Johansson
(SWE)
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Kyle Okposo
(USA)
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Gašper Kopitar (SLO)
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Patric Hörnqvist (SWE)
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L Defen
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semen R
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Victor Hedman (SWE)
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Dan Boyle (CAN)
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Keith Yandle (USA)
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Brent Seabrook
(CAN)
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Jack Johnson (USA)
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Erik Johnson
(USA)
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Darnell Nurse (CAN)
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Roman Polák (CZE)
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Goaltenders
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Ben Bishop (USA)
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Marc-André Fleury (CAN)
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Marek
Mazanec (CZE)
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