Despite the fact that Team Canada ended up defeating Team USA in the finals of the Four Nations Face-Off, Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney faced some harsh backlash for the roster he constructed.

Don Sweeney was appointed the General Manager position of Team Canada when the Four Nations tournament was announced.

Team Canada has a very talented list of players they could have chosen from but Don Sweeney made some very controversial decisions regarding who he picked and faced some backlash for it.

Controversial Decisions

Team USA ended up taking the first game against Team Canada, beating them 3-1 after scoring an empty net goal to seal the deal. Following the game, Canadian fans were outraged with some of the choices Don Sweeney made involving the roster.

The main one being their goaltender. Although Jordan Binnington shined when it mattered most for Team Canada and played stellar in the finals, he struggled giving up a lot of weak goals during the Round Robin games.

Because of this, a lot of Canadian fans were upset that Team Canada decided to bring Jordan Binnington, Samuel Montembeault, and Adin Hill over the likes of Logan Thompson, Mackenzie Blackwood, and Darcey Kuemper.

Just a reminder Canada didnt select the current best Canadian goalie in hockey because 2 of the coaches had beef with him

He also decided to bring some interesting players like Seth Jarvis, Anthony Cirelli and Thomas Harley who was a call up because Team Canada ended up losing Shea Theodore for the remainder of the tournament after just the first game.

While he did bring those players he ended up leaving some very very talented players off of the team including Weegar, Scheifele, Tavares, Wilson, Bedard, and the list goes on.

Scheifele Tavares Suzuki Wilson Bouchard Weegar L. Thompson Blackwood Kuemper

Instead we took:
Bennett
Cirelli
Jarvis
Marchand
Sanheim
Doughty
Binnington
Montembeault
Hill

Yeah idk man…

At the end of the day, Team Canada came out on top, but it will be interesting to see if Don Sweeney is the GM for Canada when they go to the Olympics, and if he listens to fans and brings better suited players.