Longtime NHLer Fires Shots at Team Canada for Recent Tournament
In a recent interview, this longtime NHLer just took major shots a Team Canada and their coaching staff in a recent tournament.
Demers Takes Shots At Claude Julien For Recent Coaching of Team Canada
With the NHL not allowing its players to play in the Olympics, Team Canada had an interesting assortment of players representing it in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games, with mostly prospects and recent retirees from the NHL, or even players who didn't really pan out in the NHL but still had the skill to play.
It's not every day that you hear criticisms of Coaching during these events, however, Jason Demers recently took to a podcast to share his thoughts on how Claude Julien coached, and it was not positive.
Demers had a lot of criticism for Julien, but it mainly focused on his old-school style of play not meshing with the style of tournament they were playing.
Julien Suffered Broken Ribs During Tournament
Demers did note that Julien suffered broken ribs during the tournament, and interim coach Jeremy Colliton had to step into the main role. Colliton was able to coach Team Canada to a silver medal, and the team reportedly responded better to his style of coaching.
Do you think it was fair for Demers to take these shots at Julien?
As seen on Oilers Daily - "Ex-Oiler publicly rips coach of Team Canada for failed tournament"
| POLL | ||
JANVIER 28 | 79 ANSWERS Longtime NHLer Fires Shots at Team Canada for Recent Tournament Do you think Demers should be criticizing Julien? | ||
| Yes | 32 | 40.5 % |
| No | 47 | 59.5 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Sidney Crosby | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mark Jankowski | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Erik Haula | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Connor McMichael | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| John Carlson | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Justin Danforth | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jamie Drysdale | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Eberle | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Martin Fehervary | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cody Glass | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Ryan Hartman | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dawson Mercer | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Artemi Panarin | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dylan Strome | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Shane Wright | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Andre Burakovsky | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jakob Chychrun | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brenden Dillon | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 64 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 92 | |
Capitals | 63 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 90 | |
Stars | 63 | 41 | 20 | 2 | 84 | |
Panthers | 64 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 83 | |
Golden Knights | 62 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 82 | |
Maple Leafs | 63 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 79 | |
Hurricanes | 63 | 37 | 22 | 4 | 78 | |
Oilers | 63 | 37 | 22 | 4 | 78 | |
Lightning | 63 | 37 | 22 | 4 | 78 | |
Avalanche | 64 | 38 | 24 | 2 | 78 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||