Team Canada GM Armstrong explains why he chose Pietrangelo

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Sidney Crosby? Obviously. Connor McDavid? A no-brainer. But Alex Pietrangelo? During an appearance on The Jeff Marek show today, Team Canada’s general manager Doug Armstrong explained the decision.

Why above all others was the Vegas Golden Knights defenceman the third player selected to Team Canada’s 2022 Olympic men’s hockey roster Monday morning?

“There was no question he was someone I valued immensely on and off the ice for this program of the Olympics,” Canada’s general manager Doug Armstrong said when explaining his decision during an appearance onPietrangelo, a three-time Second Team NHL All-Star, was a key cog on Canada’s gold medal-winning team at Sochi 2014, the last time NHL players competed at the Games, and he played a pivotal role for Canada at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.“He’s a great 200-foot player,” Armstrong said.

Armstrong, who has been GM in St. Louis since 2010, was unable to come to terms on a contract extension with Pietrangelo in 2020 and the 2008 first-round pick of the Blues ended up signing in Vegas. “At the end of the day, he made a business decision and we made a business decision, but when you’re working for Team Canada you always do what’s best for Team Canada,” Armstrong said.

 

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Doughty Pietrangelo

Lol what? How does selecting Pieteangelo require an explanation?

How is Alex pietrangelo not a no brainer?

I guess you wanted Reilly's name

All Canadian teams were built with experience in the past, I don’t see them trying a different route. Pietrangelo is probably the best two way Canadian defensemen has to offer and is a great leader.

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