Confirmed with Link: Joe Sacco named USA's HC for World Championships

[Ivan13]

Cody Nickolet ‏@WHLFromAbove 2m
#Avs D Matt Hunwick will play for Team USA at the World Championships later this spring. Good luck with that, Americans.

Sacco got his guy! RS any other confirmed players that you know of?

It's good to be a fan of team Canada right now.

 

[CobraAcesS]

It's good to be a fan of team Canada right now.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Maybe Sacco and Hunwick will get injured, watch Sacco play EJ & Hunwick together as the top pairing instead of Yandle and EJ.

 

[Ceremony]

Hunwick is going to be eating big minutes

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

HAHAHA If USA wins I'm gonna laugh my ass off

 

[InjuredChoker]

HAHAHA If USA wins I'm gonna laugh my ass off

Especially as USA hasn't won WCs since... 1933

 

[Hesher]

Smallish speedy guys on big ice is usually a good combination. This is Hunwick though so who knows?

 

[AdamCalderHero]

I didn't know you could get first overall draft picks in international competitions?

 

[Ceremony]

Especially as USA hasn't won WCs since... 1933

Technically they won it in 1960

But... damn. That's bad.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Technically they won it in 1960

But... damn. That's bad.

Yeah, but that counts as Olympics to me.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Smallish speedy guys on big ice is usually a good combination. This is Hunwick though so who knows?

Hey maybe Hunwick will play out of his mind (And above his talent level), and boost his own trade value.

Either that or he will play well and we will give him an 8 year 4M per extension.

Edit: Oh and a no trade clause...

 

[Huis Clos*]

Technically they won it in 1960

But... damn. That's bad.

Meh. It's a tournament that is largely followed by Europeans with little interest from North America. All the best players are tied up with the NHL playoffs anyway. It's a second rate tournament no one cares about.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Meh. It's a tournament that is largely followed by Europeans with little interest from North America. All the best players are tied up with the NHL playoffs anyway. It's a second rate tournament no one cares about.

Meh. It's a tournament that is largely followed by Europeans with little interest from North America. All the best coaches are tied up with the NHL playoffs anyway. Sacco's a second rate coach no one cares about.

That statement works so well when you replace a few words with coach & Sacco.

 

[Ceremony]

Meh. It's a tournament that is largely followed by Europeans with little interest from North America. All the best players are tied up with the NHL playoffs anyway. It's a second rate tournament no one cares about.

Well, you contradicted yourself. Plenty of people care about it. And that's not really an excuse for a country like the USA to have achieved two bronze medals over the past 50 years.

Ed - then again if the US is appointing people like Sacco maybe it's not a surprise they're terrible.

 

[Nihiliste]

This is hilarious, I can't decide if it would be funnier to watch Sacco lead the States to glory or crash and burn spectacularly.

 

[Avs_19]

Any talk of Seth Jones being asked?

Sacco's coaching+Jones+Hunwick......

 

[Ceremony]

Any talk of Seth Jones being asked?

Sacco's coaching+Jones+Hunwick......

Jones = Lindros 2.0! Wonder what we fleece Philly out of this time.