Dare I even say this? Filip Forsberg looked like a freaking beast against Team Russia. He was by far the best player on the ice for either team IMO.
I don't want to turn this into another "we should've drafted him" debate, but damn he looked exactly like the type of forward we could use in our organization. I watched the game cursing Shero
What are the USA's chances tomorrow?
That Canadian defense is what lost them games. Good players don't always make the best group when put together. I blame hockey Canada for their losses more than anyone. They put a bunch of softies on D together. The US hemmed them in their own zone for most of their game and the Russians drove to the net all game today. Any pairing without Harrington in it looked bad.Harrington was so good. Only solid D-man on Canada squad. He was +5, other D-men were like +1, 0 or so. He also made a great offensive play on a 5-5 goal vs Russia.
Also, TOP 3 for Canada announced: Harrington, RNH, Scheifele
Let´s talk about Simon "healthy scratch" Despres being our best D-prospect and Harrington being 6th...
I see Bennett and Harrington as our best prospects right now. Harrington´s value also had to go significantly higher after this. Hamilton, Rielly, Murphy, Reinhart etc. were clearly worse than him.
We had 4 local kids on that team, no?
Gibson, Miller, Trotchek. Can't think of the fourth. Usually they include Saad in that group of PA guys but he's over age
Don't forget about Jimmy Johnson.Western PA represented well in this tourney!!
Zip, nada, zero, zilch.
I might be biased though