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Top 10 Greatest Team Canada Players of All Time – The Lineup Ep. 9


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hockey is Canada sport so it’s no wonder
Team Canada has performed so well in
international play that’s why we’re
breaking down the greatest Team Canada
players ever today on the line
welcome to the lineup the only game show
with this em boney crew I’m your host
and right let’s see what guess we’ve got
lined up welcome to the show Simon
peacock thanks Adam
you’re an actor a mocap and voice
director who’s worked a ton on the
assassin creed video games I’m sure you
have a lot of stories to share but
there’s one short story that stands
above them all right yeah when recording
Assassin’s Creed in LA I was coming up
to the hotel and notice Verne Troyer
mini man bending right out the guide
he’s waiting to get into his limo Verne
just simply stands there stretches his
arms up the valet comes over picks them
up not only wait in the limo closes the
door race it’s just like that that’s
originally the way you get into every
car speaking of mini-me welcome to the
show you are a VR specialist and you are
the MC for the Rogers hometown hockey
towards Sports Net and you’ve got quite
a few stories we also had a chance of
meeting some cool people on that right
probably half of the guys on our list
today actually and you know beautiful
cross Canadian tour but in Penticton BC
shout out to the pentacon V’s I got to
meet mr. gordon Robertson who won the
gold medal in that 1952 men’s hockey
team the last team to win a gold medal
for Canada until 2002 so 50 years legacy
great so great to have you guys gone
thanks for taking time to boot you guys
gonna be faced off against keema and
mark Krupa welcome to the show thanks
Radley you’re a filmmaker and actor who
recently played coach al McNeal on a TV
series about the legendary Jean Beliveau
McNeil holds a special claim to fame
right yes he the winningest most
short-lived coach in Habs history having
taken over from clover l in the 70 71
series where he won the Stanley Cup oh
look at you I have a feeling some
different accents are gonna come out
throughout the show I don’t know why I
do ask you a few I’m what’s kind of
excellent do you have X and there’s no X
in C there it is there is I will put you
on the spot see if you did your research
as an actor al
stands for look under of course no it’s
Alistair Alistair that’s correct
Alistair wences McNeil good cold on
scene – welcome to the show you’re an
actor comedian and when you are coasting
on the free buffet TV shows offer you
when you work on those you get to meet
some pretty cool people including I’ll
make Foley from the WWE that’s right in
2012 I worked at the Just for Laughs and
I got to be Mick Foley’s right-hand man
so I got to bring him drinks and food
and stuff like that and got to hang out
it was a great experience I mean he’s
one of my WWE heroes growing up so nice
great to spend the day with him this is
definitely a wrestling match I’m looking
forward to welcome to line up both you
all the next three period parties are
going to engage in a battle of knowledge
and strategy on their way to creating a
list of the top 10 greatest Team Canada
players the hockey pros are WatchMojo
selected 20 players who they feel are
most likely to make this list gentlemen
this is your draft fool these are the
players who have made the biggest impact
as part of the men’s Canadian national
hockey team including the junior team
Fitts historically NHL players weren’t
always allowed to compete in
international tournaments you’ll find
mainly more recent superstars and of
course just up the difficulty we’ve hit
in a couple of names those are wild
cards you could pick those at any time
we’ve also selected a player who we feel
is most likely to be at the top of the
list and that is our MVP Super Mario
Lemieux and he’s off the table for now
Steve Nash any favorite Team Canada
moments definitely when Paul Kariya
scored that when he got well that goal
against the USA they went through Mario
Lemieux’s legs where he faked the shot
and faked the goalie out and Korea just
blasted it past there was such a great
moment and it was like put Canada just
went exploded after that 1987 Canada Cup
was a special one too to see Lemieux and
Gretzky go at any for you guys anything
that wasn’t ensuring
Rock J much cool Canada can you tell
right away
right right except that you can accept
that well they’re kind of attitude
toward Canada to the Team Canada show
yeah perhaps but which is very important
with Summit Series that’s how it all
started or it all began 1970 do you care
to be there in selling a spirit politics
it’s all about politics we kill them on
the kite no politics on the line of
teams you’ve seen the draft poll let’s
start drafting
[Music]
in the Entry Draft each team will have a
chance to pick some players to get them
started will go back and forth
playground style until both teams have
their first three players you guys won
the curling match back stage you guys
get to go first who will it be I think
we go right for the top captain Canada
Ryan Smith won gold at the 2002 Olympics
2004 World Cup 2003 and 2004 World
Championships and even the 2012 Spengler
Cup computer for Canada in 13
tournaments including the World Juniors
could pick you guys going to count that
team ready to take them dang right we
are and we’re going to go with Wayne
Gretzky Wayne Gretzky was infamously not
chosen by Marc Crawford to shoot in the
shootout versus the Czech Republic in
the semi-final in the gavel 1998 which
of course Canada lost won three straight
Canada Cup gold medals including 21
points in nine games in the 1987
tournament because of bringing it we
need to see about that well great ski if
we’re being honest about Gretzky on the
international level never won outside of
Canada three Canada cups got bronze in
the world juniors bronze the world
champion real bronze in the world cup
alright your counter pick I’m going to
go with Joe Sakic
one goal to the 1988 World Juniors 1994
rule Championships 2002 Olympics in 2004
world cup got 10 points at the 2002
Olympics and was named tournament MVP
look at you look at you team ready to go
with Jonathan tabes
Jonathan tames won World Junior gold in
2006 2007 also won gold at the 2007
World Championships 2010 2014 Olympics
and the 2016 World Cup was named best
forward in the 2010 Olympics where he
was Canada’s top scorer alright loving
the heat bringing the heat Team Blue
your final pick I would go for Rob Blake
Rob Lee yeah one of the best defenseman
absolutely hands-down good pick all
right team red okay
Brodeur your knee a goal even the puck
stops here all right Marty Broder I
don’t know what that was I don’t know I
don’t know what that I never know what
that wasn’t is it smack-talking when you
talk to you oh yes
method acting at a teen at its best
trigger those are some type of a
collection is about to get real here
comes an X period gene
[Applause]
[Music]
Martines want to stack their lineups
with the next of them draft picks
they’ll need to rely on your hockey
knowledge because game night is all
about trivia every tiny team answers a
question correctly they get stuffers the
first two questions are a one-on-one
trivia showdown whoever buzzes in first
gets the answer they get it wrong the
other team should steal if now we’re
going to get it right the person who
does this first wins the round I guess
the next fix all right mark Simon come
on up there goes omen know you might
want to let him answer this because you
might have to audition for him one day
I’m not worried there’s no point it’s
hard enough to win one of the major
Hockey Championships let alone all three
what are the three championships the
player must win to be considered a
member of the triple goal Club Road
juniors world cup Olympic incorrect
chance to feel Canada Cup World Junior
is Olympic world champion track Olympic
Games World Championships and Stanley
Cup you buzzed in first huh well done
here you go back to your positions
gentlemen we’ll fill up the draft for
and on a side note the four countries
who have players in the triple gold club
would be Canada Sweden USSR and Czech
Republic
all right team go you’ve earned yourself
to make the first pick go ahead we’re
gonna pick Eric Lindros Eric Lindros
nothing I’m organic imitating players
never played a game good choice see you
read your counter pick Mark Messier Mark
Messier all right Japan that’s ashabi
all right gentlemen we continue on
Rodrigo Steve Nash come on up
got it I’m happy to be going up against
Peter Dinklage over here
oh thanks for giving them the booster
step to get up to the buzzer I love it
when a guy who’s one inch taller talks
about how oh my god I was good which
longtime Oilers player served as Team
Canada for six years earning the
nickname Captain Kenneth Ryan Smith that
is correct his final appearance with
Canada was the captain of the 2012
Spengler Cup team which won gold good
job have you go back to your position
gentlemen a job we’ll pull up the draft
fold
all right team glue you burned yourself
the first pic oh we’re going to go with
the Steve what Eisenman hey guys ermine
why isn’t it on the leaf he’s pronounced
some life
why Sammy’s Armand he’s amazing advisor
men represented Canada at eight
tournaments including World Juniors one
goal at the 1984 Canada Cup in 2002
Olympics managed the Canadian national
team at the 2010 Olympics good pick
alright gentlemen he is going to counter
that Bobby you are Bob your classic
oldie but a goodie probably one of the
best players to ever play the game good
pick all right still speaking through
his mask I see I know you’re a goalie
and for these next two questions were
upping the stakes instead of getting one
traffic for a correct answer teams will
win two also the winner of this round
could set the other team back in a big
way gentle by forcing the trade so they
could take their least favorite Team
Canada Flair and swap it out for the
other team top pick I’ll read out a
question that will require a team to
place four items in the right order
teams to choose to play the question or
Patrick being right wins you the next
pick those questions for you team red
longevity in the NHL is one thing but
international longevity the whole other
level of impressive place these players
in order of the most Olympic Games
played to fewest before I give you your
options you wish to play or pass what do
you feel in mark when in doubt play play
let’s do it
your options are Eric Lindros Scott
Niedermayer Joe Sakic Chris Pronger go
questions for you gentlemen Jonathan
Hayes youngest player in our draft pool
do you think it’s too early to put up up
there no absolutely not
he’s a triple triple gold member as well
I think he provides a lot of grit he
played the World Juniors and for the
seniors in the same year sorry Google
right now you stop hockey right now
Jonathan caves he’s got an impressive
record but to be the all-time greatest
like you part of the top tour that’s
that’s ambitious just just that one that
one occasion where the coach kept
sending him back was it Crawford
Crawford’s that kept sending him back
for the shootout
three out of three in the shootout was
something special pretty much I mean
along with Pricer pretty much they they
single-handedly won that gold
alright gentlemen team red here we go we
ask you to place these players in order
of most Olympic games played the fewest
you said Eric Lindros Joe Sakic Scott
Niedermayer and chris pronger that is
incorrectly it stronger lindros Sakic
ven Niedermayer in terms of in terms of
order longevity we’re talking about
chris pronger 25 Lindros 20 Joe Sakic 16
and Scott Niedermayer 13 games played
and by the way wally Schreyer is just
behind pronger with 24 games but despite
being second on the list he never
managed to take home gold that was not
the correct answer you heard yourself
aright for two picks I had a flop look
at you guys let’s start were your two
picks well the two picks you know what
let’s go for that wild card yeah there’s
a cola will you go wild card won or wild
card – OH
always won let’s go for one then Sidney
Crosby all right good luck again Raji
guess I’ll let Team Canada to the 2005
World Junior gold medal scored the
golden goal for Team Canada in OT
against the u.s. at the 2010 Olympics in
Vancouver
good pick your second pick do we get to
pick four right away then correct yeah
right away what part of the rules did
you not really fully understand oh yeah
let’s go let’s go okay we’ll go with a
little beaver
all right Marcel do Marcel Dionne all
right well done your counter picks
gentleman team red Mike Bossy most
natural sniper potentially of all time
nine fifty goal seasons back-to-back and
your second pick I feel I’m feeling
flower power I’m just feeling it all
right go for it dee Lafleur key Lafleur
all right well done gentlemen you’ve
earned the right to swap out one of your
players for their players which means
you can rearrange their list at any
given moment who will it be well I think
this is a no-brainer
we’ve already have Captain Canada might
as well go for captain serious Oh
Jonathan Patz all right Jonathan tase
and you will be giving up well a move of
remarkable strategic genius will be
given a Marcel Dionne oh and that was
your victim your quick thinking ahead
how does that make you feel more Krupa I
feel that that was really like he
deserves at least two minutes in the
penalty box because Marcel Dionne yeah
you know when I told you once again win
the Super Series the summit series the
original series was there Marcel deal
had the chance to stay with the team to
put his heart on the ice but didn’t know
he packed his bags like a little girl
and he went home so Marcel yo you have
no place on my team we’re going to trade
them faster than you can clear it up as
well that’s because for this next
question the winner once again gets
toothpicks and they get to go the
powerplay meaning they get to say one of
their opponents to the toffee box for
the next round
grab the energy loving it team blue this
questions for you little misplaced
however but that’s a gentleman Team Blue
Team Canada was golden at multiple
Olympic Games placed them in
chronological order from older two most
recent before I give you your options do
you wish to play do you want to pass it
over these guys no fear no plan you’re
going to play your options are Vancouver
Oslo Sochi Salt Lake City
team red we’re going to overtime either
to crown the gold medal or the Stanley
Cup which one is more exciting for you
guys I would say the Stanley Cup and
exact it was a little more build up
there’s you follow these guys throughout
the entire season it is the pride of a
nation’s on the line it’s true but you
have to remember you’re playing for
money no money no honey box clean money
no honey gonna use our table let’s take
a look at how you guys did place these
Olympic games in which Team Canada won
gold in order from oldest the most
recent you said Oslo Salt Lake City
Vancouver and Sochi and that is the
correct answer Mike Babcock was at the
helm of both the 2010 Vancouver and 2014
Sochi teams making him the only Team
Canada coach with two Olympic gold
medals good job guys you guys got a
correct therefore you’ve earned two
picks and you get to send one of the
gentlemen to the penalty box so let’s
start with your two picks okay our next
pick will be Larry Robinson Larry
Robinson talked about great defenseman
overall just an absolute beast on the
ice and your second pick Shannon Warner
I need your peg fork alright so let’s go
for mr. Ray Bourque Ray Bourque alright
tolerated completely overrated your
counter picks team red let’s go from
wild card number to wild card number two
Lou one goal for Canada at the 2010
Olympics in Vancouver and 2014 in Sochi
though he was the backup to carry price
at the latter tournament also won two
goals at the double IHF world
championships in 2003 and 2004
and your second pick gentlemen Jarome
Iginla Jarome Iginla all right excellent
eggie all right team blue you have the
possibility now and the power to send
one of these element to the penalty box
who will he be well Steve Nash over
there starting to look like he needs
that to read up on his protein shake
regimen so star Steve you’re at skip the
Russian on Team Canada that’s right
see Nash you’re taking two for the team
get in that penalty box
go get dim key blue any regrets on your
send off absolutely not oh no none
whatsoever I mean backstage we picked up
a little a couple of tickets on there
our opponents and we strategically
decided to keep the blind guy looking at
no tablet blind leading the blind but
don’t forget Steve’s here I can still
feel now the team blue is on the power
point let’s see how they fare in the
speed drill seem to have to answer five
rapid-fire questions
whoever gets more correct gets that
maple syrup sweet MVP Marilyn use
teammates who are together on this one
of course one of our teams is
short-handed the good news for them
though in the case of the tie they win
here we go gentlemen nothing wrong with
earning a little cash on the side but
you got to think that some of these guys
probably regret a few of these
commercials now that they’ve been
immortalized on the internet which
unusual product or service that each of
these NHL players actually endorse
question one Ron Hextall ginger ale or
guitars
Jaromir Jagr sunglasses or the lottery
Shelvin question three Doug Gilmour did
he endorse dandruff shampoo or
orthopedic shoes this magazine
Jonathan caves and pact retain did they
endorse a smartphone or a nightclub what
do you got arrested for and question
number five Steve Yzerman the Steve
Yzerman furniture collection or did he
endorse the captain’s power tools I’m a
patient here but I don’t know who would
buy sofa with his name on all right boys
let’s see how you did Ron Hextall we
asked you which unusual product or
service did each of these NHL players
actually endorse Team Blue you said
guitars team red he said ginger ale the
correct answer is ginger ale well we
kind of figured that yeah yeah earlier
Jager sunglasses or the lottery you both
said sunglasses and that is incorrect it
was the lottery and he played a sexy
firefighter and Santa Claus in
commercials in Czech Republic you gotta
check those couples are funny I don’t
know about sexy question number three
Doug Gilmour team blue you said dandruff
shampoo team red you said dandruff
shampoo and that is correct and roof
shampoo yeah what would you know about
dandruff shampoo from my youth same
thing you know about team right here we
go question number four I just want a
side note all you need is a time which
technically means if you get this
correct and they don’t you will earn
yourself the MVP Jonathan Gaines and
Patrick Kane it could come down to this
team blue said nightclub Oh
team red said smartphone is it smart
bone it is well I am
really she goes to the farm with the
smartphone method team red you’ve earned
yourself the MVP Mario Lemieux has gold
medals in 1987 Canada Cup 2002 Olympics
and the 2004 World Cup got six points in
five games while captaining Canada at
the Salt Lake Olympics only trailing Joe
Sakic played in a 2004 World Cup as
Canada’s fourth leading scorer
despite being 38 and only playing 10 NHL
games prior that season well done not so
blind now are we Rodrigo oh you want to
step on the ice right now I saw goon and
I know you can’t beat up Jay Baruchel
let’s go I don’t know can you see I will
say that you guys did also you earned
Brendan Shanahan with a member of each
of ago Club which is surprising not one
was that all right and just on a side
note the last question was Steve Yzerman
was at the Steve Yzerman furniture
collection or the captain’s powertools
what did you say when you say pal
virgil’s cuz and you you know I said to
have power tools I Whitney Steve Yzerman
furniture that is but they were put
together with power tools that is true
by Yzerman so classy he’s probably the
only one who could actually pull that
off with a mustard or one gentleman the
draught pool is empty so that’s the end
of game night it’s double time for the
final countdown
[Music]
team red you’re back at full strength
welcome back from the penalty box Steve
Nash your homeboy gets it done
we are the winning side here it was
always with me our teams will now write
their draft picks from 10:00 to 1:00 to
create their list of the top 10 greatest
Team Canada players gentlemen you have
60 seconds and I will see whose list is
the ultimate your 60 seconds starts now
if I ask you to name the player with the
most games play most points scored in
Team Canada history you’d probably throw
around Crosby Lemieux or maybe even some
Jarome Iginla those would be good
guesses but you’d be way off the title
for most points scored and most games
played in the history of Team Canada
goes to none other than Brad Schlegel
and no that is not an anagram for Wayne
Gretzky he was drafted in 1988 by the
Washington Capitals but only played a
handful of NHL games opting instead to
focus his attention on international
play and play he did from 1988 to 1995
Schlegel played in 216 games
216 for Canada’s national and Olympic
teams while racking up a hundred and
nine point of the defenseman ultimately
the introduction of professional hockey
players to the Olympics in 1998 put an
end to Schlegel’s long time run as a
member of Team Canada
unfortunately for smuggle
record-breaking international plays
doesn’t always equate to a spot on an
NHL roster but it does earn you a spot
in hockey history
speaking of which Team Blue let’s make
some history show me your wrists there
you go you good to go so what you got
coming on number one we have Ryan Smith
okay Ryan Smith captain Canada all right
Sydney Crosby tames Joe sack okay very
interesting you put Sidney Crosby ahead
of Jonathan Hayes some could argue that
because taste has been really really
clutch when it comes to team kind of any
overall player maybe Sidney Crosby it’s
a lie what am i some burr to it stuff
cool but Sidney’s can bring you a lot
more production okay which counts in a
big game and you know a little bit like
you know one of the players on their
team can be used as a phenomenal decoy
okay all right and Rob Lake number six
kind of kind of high up for a Rob Blake
on the international scene compared to
Steve Yzerman
we everywhere say we want to throw the
fence that in there okay all right well
let’s see what you guys did came right
let’s talk about your list Mario Lemieux
Wayne Gretzky Martin Brodeur look at
that top three all the Wayne Gretzky on
the international level yeah he
contributed but does he have gold medals
wait so we start off with the best
player in hockey history Mario Lemieux
the puck ends right there
right behold on we’re talking about Team
Canada right without a contributor so
there every Mario Lemieux and in
international play lamia was always a
leader always held his team together and
when combined with Gretzky both of them
together line me best line mate just
that candidate had a seven right okay
Mark Messier number four interesting
head of Mike Bossy that I can understand
her pick is Martin Brodeur because you
got to have you got to mind your nets we
have the best goalie in international
history and Martin Brodeur and we’re
very very confident with that someone
argue Dominik Hasek had a pretty good
international career eat it he did it
fair enough but what has to be in Canada
yes it would see how this is easy check
Republicans they got beer but Larry rice
I think will cancel all that up anyway
yeah exactly I got to tell you when I
take a look at these two lists Mario
Lemieux Wayne Gretzky and Berger I have
to make a pick they got Kiki to you guys
well done team right love it love the
energy good job team Lou you guys still
did a kick-ass job I know you’re
disappointed terrible but you shouldn’t
be because you have a lot of cool stuff
coming up Simon peacock where can people
catch you yeah I actually play video
games would be my message to people
outlast is coming out very shortly
they’re even more products coming down
the line just keep playing video games
don’t play sports they give you a
concussion all right safety first
exactly let me go forget where can we
catch you well if you’re going to be
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comm you guys did a great job thanks for
taking the time you
team red mark Cooper what’s what’s next
well I’m also a filmmaker I have two
feature films in development and a web
series called
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Nash’s 99 absolutely love the energy you
guys brought thanks for being a part of
the lineup
I thought team red had the better list
but hey I wouldn’t have put Gretzky in
that shootout either so what do I know
tell us in the comments who you thought
had the stronger list I’m anne-marie
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