Team Canada is one of the most difficult teams to crack on any given day, but when the selection is made, and your name is in the mix with a maximum of 3 cuts to be made, you feel pretty good about your chances going forward. That is, how I'm sure, Damon Severson felt going into the Team Canada camp for this years World Junior Championships. The defensemen on this edition of Team Canada is quite star studded with the likes of Matthew Dumba, Derek Pouliot and Griffen Reinhart, so for Damon Severson to have been able to make this team, would have taken something extraordinary. Sadly, the extraordinary did not happen, as Severson had no points in a 4-2 win in Canada's Pre-competition game against Finland. I personally think Damon Severson is a far superior choice for the team instead of Chris Bigras of the Owen Sound Attack.
All you have to do is look at the numbers. Damon Severson, in 27 games, has 9-19 for 28 Points, compared to Bigras who is 3-8 for 11 Points in 29 games. Perhaps Bigras is there for his defensive game, however that theory is crushed by his +/- of -4 in those 29 games, compared to Severson's, +17.
We will never fully understand the choice to cut Damon Severson over Chris Bigras for this tournament, and I suppose we never will.
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