Your Reaction to the St. Louis/Hedman Olympic Snubs

Marty St. Louis and Victor Hedman have been left off Team Canada and Team Sweden respectively. The latter omission comes as more of a shock than the former, but both come with a certain sense of disappointment for Tampa Bay Lightning fans.

Reaction has been pouring in…

I would match a line of @28CGiroux @b_ryan9 and Marty St. Louis against any line the Olympics has to offer.

— Hockey Buzz Eklund (@Eklund) January 7, 2014

If Jon Cooper can turn Olympic snubs into motivation, Lightning in great shape. Bishop, St. Louis and Hedman all left out.

— Craig Custance (@CraigCustance) January 7, 2014

Eric Staal one of only 7 Canadians in the Triple Gold club also left off, not as heart broken over that as St. Louis, he deserved it

— Adam French (@AdamFrenchReal) January 7, 2014

Really surprised Marty St. Louis left off Canada's Olympic roster. Even more surprised Rick Nash is on it.

— Mike Zanier (@MikeZanier) January 7, 2014

Team Canada big on "pace" so how on earth does Rick Nash make team over Marty St Louis or Claude Girioux?

— JAY JANOWER (@DOUBLEJGLOBALBC) January 7, 2014

It's got to be an uncomfortable situation that it was Lightning GM Steve Yzerman that passed on Marty St. Louis for Team Canada.

— Kevin ODonnell Fox13 (@ODonnellFox13) January 7, 2014

What does Marty St. Louis have to do to go to the Olympics? Criminy.

— Joe Yerdon (@JoeYerdonPHT) January 7, 2014

I have been a strong believer of the idea of rest for Lightning players for the stretch run, but Marty St. Louis not making it is just wrong

— Mike Corcoran (@MikeCorcoranNHL) January 7, 2014

Victor Hedman not making Team Sweden is a real weird one. Any explanations from folks overseas?

— James Mirtle (@mirtle) January 7, 2014

Henrik Tallinder over Victor Hedman? It's like you don't want to win gold, Sweden.

— Dave Lozo (@DaveLozo) January 7, 2014

Victor Hedman not making Team Sweden is a big mistake, I think.

— Todd Cordell (@ToddCordell) January 7, 2014

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That’s just a small sample of some tweets that have been sent out in support of both St. Louis and Hedman. I’ve made me thoughts on this matter clear. I believe that both Hedman and St. Louis should be representing their respective countries at this year’s games. Today’s decisions, in my mind, are the wrong ones. I'll have my full reaction up tonight in the post-game blog.

Let me know your thoughts.