Nah, Canada is not too good this year. I dont say US beat them but its not impossible.
WC: 2017 Team USA
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Nah, Canada is not too good this year. I dont say US beat them but its not impossible.
Somebody will have to beat them. Either us or us beating whoever beat them. One game this team can beat anybody in the tournament. If they can close strong and get second they'll match up with the Czechs or Finns or even freaking Norway.
Rabid Ranger
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I think the U.S. team is a bit under the radar. Two solid additions to an already good team. I think they match up well with most.
SanDogBrewin
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I think the US can beat Chad Johnson. Sweden on the other hand, with their recent additions, will be even better. Sweden is now the most loaded team for a Gold run.
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I'm just hoping for a medal honestly. Luckily the other pool seems pretty weak aside from Canada so we should be a good bet to be playing in the semis.
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jj cale
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A medal? You guys should be thinking about a Gold.
The field is not all that great this year, get some good goal tending and you are in the mix.
Eye of Ra
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Ofcourse gold would be great, but I still think we're the 3rd best team in the tournament at best.
jj cale
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I respect your hockey opinions, please tell me what your teams weaknesses are.
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- Goaltending is meh - Helly is decent but I'm not too high on Howard at all.
- Secondary scoring / finishing ability is a relative weakness - we are essentially a one line team against good competition. We just don't have the same depth of Canada and Sweden.
- Young blue line that is prone to making bad turnovers from time to time
To be clear, I think this is a good team, but I don't think we are that good. I don't think we deserved to beat Sweden honestly.
If we are going to win this tourney, it will be because our top line scored big goals when needed and the other 3 lines were able to hang on to leads, similar to what happened vs Sweden.
jj cale
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Hmm, wish I had the goal tending problems you guys have.Try wishing Chad Johnson is going to save your ass.
Agreed that you are probably a top heavy one line team, it's a good one ****ing line though
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I kinda like Johnson. He's not amazing but I take him over Howard all day. But yes not a ton of strong goaltending this year.
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Vasilevski and Merzlikins are two very strong goalies and have been stellar so far. Latvia probably not enough depth as a team...especially after losing Darzins. Russia, however, is gonna be quite a threat this year
SanDogBrewin
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Glad the US had a great test against a tough team like Latvia.
Good comeback by the US. They know that can't get too comfortable.
Good comeback by the US. They know that can't get too comfortable.
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Jimmy Howard has massively outplayed Chad Johnson over the past year, including this tournament.
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Well Howard only played 26 games this year. Chad Johnson essentially saved the Flames season.
The Great Dame
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Yeah I mean Howards been on the decline, but he's still better than Chad freaking Johnson. Granted, our goaltending is not great from an NHL standpoint, but relative to the rest of the competition it's above average.
SanDogBrewin
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That pass from Hayes to Gaudreau was awesome.
Nice to see Trouba jump up in the play and score.
Nice to see Trouba jump up in the play and score.
