MINSK, Belarus - When Troy Brouwer returned from a vacation during the NHLs
Olympic break, he tuned in to the final few games of Team Canadas run to gold in
Sochi.
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he liked what he saw. "I think the Olympic team did an absolutely amazing job at
showing how Canadians play hockey," said Brouwer. Brouwer wasnt the only one.
Phoenix Coyotes coach Dave Tippett saw not just a winning style of hockey but
something to emulate. As coach of Canadas team at the world championship, he
wants to follow the path blazed by Mike Babcock and the stars who went
undefeated at the Olympics. "I look at the blueprint from a few months ago in
Sochi, the way Canada played: A hard, Canadian style of hockey," Tippett said in
a recent phone interview. "If we can go and try to continue that mindset for our
team, I think that would be something that would be crazy not to look at." It
would be crazy to think any team can duplicate that effort in perfect fashion.
Canadas team for the IIHF world hockey championship wont have any players from
Sochi and this is a different tournament altogether. Most of the other countries
are in the same boat, absent the top-end NHL talent from the Olympics, save for
Alex Ovechkin and Sergei Bobrovsky returning for Russia after its disappointing
run and others like Jaromir Jagr of the Czech Republic and Gustav Nyquist of
Sweden also going to Minsk. But that doesnt change Canaadas plan for this
tournament, which begins with Fridays opener against France. Kyle Turris isnt
Sidney Crosby, Morgan Rielly isnt Shea Weber and neither James Reimer nor Ben
Scrivens is Carey Price, but the hope is that talented NHL players in their own
right can get the same job done. "I think your team has to have its own
identity, but you look at what that team did and the success it had on the big
ice and with NHL players, theres certainly some things that you can use on our
team," Tippett said. "The team that played in Sochi, you could say was one of
the best teams in the history of the game, the way they played. You realize we
dont have that same team, but the way they played and their commitment to
playing as a team was as strong as anything weve seen in a long time. That part
of the game can certainly translate into our team." The first steps are there.
General manager Rob Blake along with assistant GMs Ron Hextall, Brad Treliving
and Brad Pascall, like Steve Yzerman and his management team several months ago,
looked for forward pairs to put together. Tippett, like Babcock, believes in
having a left- and a right-handed shot on each defensive pairing. In terms of
selecting the roster, Blake reiterated the obvious: that unlike the Olympics, an
event every healthy player called wants badly to play in, the world championship
is more selective. It has been a long NHL season and its too much of a grind to
expect Sochi Olympians to jump at the chance to play three extra weeks in Minsk.
"You go down to the tier of the younger guys and you get your commitments,"
Blake said in a phone interview. "You kind of work around. But Ron Hextall, Brad
Treliving and Brad Pascall, the one thing they were pretty passionate about from
the beginning is the guys that want to be there, those are the ones that you
want." That group includes three Maple Leafs: Reimer, Rielly and centre Nazem
Kadri, who played on the wing in Canadas exhibition game Tuesday in Zurich. It
also includes in defenceman Braydon Coburn and forwards Brayden Schenn and Matt
Read, three Flyers who just wrapped up a seven-game series loss to the Rangers.
The crown jewel of the roster might be one of the final additions: Colorado
Avalanche rookie Nathan MacKinnon, the likely Calder Trophy winner who impressed
in his first season and first Stanley Cup playoff series. MacKinnon is on the
team at age 18 like Crosby was in 2006, when the Penguins star had eight goals
and eight assists in nine games. Even before MacKinnon it was a young team
thanks to defencemen Erik Gudbranson, Ryan Ellis, Tyler Myers and Rielly and
forwards Jonathan Huberdeau, Sean Monahan and Mark Scheifele. Jason Chimera of
the Washington Capitals, who won gold at the 2007 worlds in Moscow, is Canadas
oldest player at the age of 35. Chimeras Capitals teammates Brouwer and Joel
Ward are also on the roster. Chimera, a candidate to be captain, is important to
Tippetts plan for the tournament because he knows what its all about. "The
importance of the players who have been over there before and their experiences,
especially relating that to our younger players that havent had that experience,
is going to be a very important part of our preparation," Tippett said. The one
thing about Canadas relative international inexperience is that its not a rarity
here. Aside from Norway, Switzerland and Latvia, which feature national teams
with major Sochi flavour, most teams have significant turnover from the
Olympics. Tippett didnt see that as something Canada can take advantage of. From
his experience as an assistant in this tournament, he knows what it means for
European players and countries. "For the players that play in those leagues over
there, this is their Stanley Cup playoffs," Tippett said. "If they win, their
country puts a lot of onus on this tournament, and even though the players on
our team would look at the Stanley Cup as the greatest thing to play for, you
almost have to have that mind-set that the world championships, for a lot of
these players over there, thats their Stanley Cup. "Well make sure that our
players know the importance it is to those other teams to win and our
competitiveness should be at the same level if were going to have a chance to
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the contract surpassing cornerback Richard Shermans four-year, $57 million
agreement last week with the Seattle Seahawks. Hadens contract runs through the
2019 season and includes $45 million guaranteed, agent Drew Rosenhaus told The
Associated Press. The package also contains a $14 million signing bonus. One of
the AFCs top defensive backs and one of Clevelands most popular athletes, Haden
made his first Pro Bowl last season, his fourth with the team. The Browns
selected him with the No. 7 overall pick in 2010. "Joes a good, young player
whos made a commitment to our organization, and hes somebody with whom we want
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several years. "Its important for us to extend our core players and continue to
grow with guys that represent everything we want this team to be: tough,
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situation resolved, the Browns are expected to focus on getting Pro Bowl tight
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