"If they played together for 82 games, it would be incredible," said [Shane Doan], who was on the big line last year at the world championship in Moscow. "That was a great line last year too," said [Rick Nash]. "This line we're putting three all-stars together which you don't really see much in the NHL."

According to the man responsible for putting this team together, talent trumped size on the list of prerequisites. "A lot of these players on this team are big," said [Steve Yzerman]. "It wasn't like hey, we're going to take the bigger guy over the little guy. It just happens Canada has a lot of good, young, skilled forwards who happen to also be big. "We just want good players. The size is a bonus."