Vancouver's Olympians

Vancouver loves its Canucks, its NHL franchise.  The team has never won the Stanley Cup, has made it to the final twice in about 40 years, has fielded a few strong teams, but generally has been underwhelming.  We still love our Canucks.

This current year's version of the Canucks is actually a very strong team, and we fans dream of a Stanley Cup.  We are certainly underdogs, but I believe most will give the Canucks a chance anyway.  The team boasts 7 Olympians, from 6 countries.  How is that for international flavour?  Sami Salo will play defense for Finland, as will Christian Errhoff for the Germans.  The Sedin twins will bring their magic to the Swedish national team, and Demitra will try to do the same for Slovakia.  Kesler will grit it out for the American team, and Luongo is hoping to backstop the Canadian team.  Got to love it!  The Olympics start in Vancouver in 1 week; bring the games on.