DEVILS ALL THE WAY*
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Skille with another brain cramp. I don't want to act like a homer but I taught Palmieri has been way better then Skille so far in this tournament, yet he get's to ride the pine?
In this game sure.
After this game it is time to go to Campbell. Play the future. Get him experience. Neither of these goalies are AHL caliber, so they shouldn't be playing for us.
Glad my team is still in the playoffs, because the lack of talent on this USA team is embarrassing.
The USA D is actually half decent. Johnson, Komisarek, Fowler, Shattenkirk, Stuart
& McDonagh are all legit NHL players.
The USA forward corp is a whole different animal as they only have 3 legit top 6 NHL forwards in Stepan, Wheeler & JVR.
...goaltendingBiggest problem for the US team as i see it is poor work ethics and under estemating opponents.
...goaltending
3 more than Norway and we beat Switzerland...
Biggest problem for the US team as i see it is poor work ethics and under estemating opponents. But who knows, they might wake up late this game aswell
Well, this is the last chance for Switzerland to put a happy face to a horrible championship whereas it's a more or less useless game for the US. I'm not surprised at the difference in motivation so far.
But it looks like the US is waking up now...
They went to OT against CAN, were very solid for 48 min. against SWE, are in the lead against USA, convincingly beating Belarus, and won against France (barely)... it's far from horrible, just very disappointing in the final standings, they have been further in the tournament before,with lesser performances IMO.
Goaltending was very good, D all around was very solid, and the Of without Wick, Brunner, Bärtschi, Deruns (and Sprunger beyond horrible) just is missing the depth for consistent scoring.
Congrats to the Swiss, though I was cheering for the US.
What does this do to the US? Do they still make the Quarters?
Congrats to the Swiss, though I was cheering for the US.
What does this do to the US? Do they still make the Quarters?
Glad you enjoyed it, I didn't.
They are still in the Quarters. However, since they failed to pick up any points, they are going to finish the Qualifying round in fourth place in pool F. That means they are going to have to play the undefeated Czechs in the Semis and will most likely get destroyed by them.