05-17-2004, 02:31 PM
MikeS Wrote:I think if Nash was able to play in the World Championships, he might have been able to play his way onto this team. Hockey Canada has clearly been using the Worlds as a "proving ground" for young players over the past few years.
Unfortunately for Nash (who underwent throat surgery last month), he didn't get a chance to show what he could do against top-flight international competition. That, his age (remember the kid's only 19!), and the fact he hasn't played a single playoff game at the NHL level, probably worked against him when comparisons were being made to the likes of Gagne and Richards...
As you said, he'll get lots of opportunities to wear the red, white and black in the future, but I just don't think this is the sort of tourney (with the finals under the microscope in Toronto) that lends itself to allowing players to "get their feet wet"...
M.
you know what, that makes a lot of sense, i guess i was thinking more with my heart and not enough with my head