A little bit too far off to really tell, especially with so many young Americans coming in this year and next, but I find it absolutely hard to believe that noone put Drew Stafford on that team. He will be Joel Otto reincarnated, but with much more scoring ability...you need a guy like him with so many smaller forwards.
My Team if I was GM would be.
Forwards
Chris Drury
Brian Gionta
Erik Cole
Jason Blake
Ryan Malone- he will bounce back and be an elite power forward!
Mike Knuble
Drew Stafford
Zach Parise
Phil Kessel
Dustin Brown
Lee Stempniak
David Legwand- next Mike Modano..can't believe noone had him either.
Paul Stastny
Defense
Ryan Whitney
Matt Carle - what more does this guy need to do to get respect. d-game will come.
Mike Komisarek
Jack Johnson
Keith Ballard
Matt Greene
Erik Johnson
Goalies
Ryan Miller
Rick Dipietro
Jimmy Howard
Honorable mentions- Pat Kane, Higgins, Rolston, Pavelski, Liles, Welch, and Lashoff..and...umm Chelios!!
You almost have to look at what Canada can put out there, and the size of the bulk of their forwards. The US has too many smaller sized forwards. I know it would be on Olympic ice, so speed will help, but you still need bodies to compete against guys like Nash, Gagne, Staal, Thorton, etc.. The US needs bigger guys to step up, and thats why you have to have Knuble, Stafford, Cole, and Malone. No love for Legwand out there either I see. Can't bank on Tim Connolly ever being healthy, but if so he needs to be mentioned too.
Lines
1. Gionta, Legwand, Stafford
2. Knuble, Drury, Stastny
3. Blake, Kessel, Cole
4. Stempniak, Parise, Brown/Malone
1. Whitney, Komisarek
2. Ballard, Carle
3. J. Johnson, E. Johnson
4. Greene
Miller starts every game, bottom line.