Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 26 February 2026 20:21

Matt Schaeffer just scored another two goals tonight.. Wudda shudda cudda 16G for the year.. same as Bouchard .. on a crap team.. Should also have had Schiefle instead of at least 4 other forwards.. Reinhart, Jarvis, Horvat, Hagel,

Adding Bouchard, Schaeffer and Dobson and deleting Parayko, Sanheim and Doughty would have improved that team significantly. May not have made a difference, as Canada still had a great game in the finals and the goaltending was very good from Hellebuyck, but probably at least makes the quarter and semi final games a little less of a struggle.

Morrissey's injury definitely played some havoc with the team's plans - but when you only take two good puck-movers, then you're really at risk if either goes down.

Also - I wonder what it is about Shea Theodore that Cooper doesn't like? He was really the guy they seemed to use least and yet it was Parayko that looked worst to me.

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