sunb
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therealdeal said:I never said that the USA was bad, they were definetly a good team that year, but the game was won on a lucky bounce, there is no argument there, that is a fact.
Has the talent level grown all that much, or has is this just happens to be a good batch? At the moment thats what it would appear to be, the US goes in spurts.
It seems to be an awfully powerful spurt. Albeit they're all youngsters right now, if this line-up develops at 50% of their envisioned rate, they'd be #2 in the world behind Canada in 10 years. The US' prospects have been getting better year after year. It was guys like Gomez and Mara 7-8 years ago. Guys like Dipietro and Martin 5-6 years ago. Guys like Brown and Parise 2-3 years ago. Guys lik Ryan, Suter, Johnson and Schremp recently. Guys like Kessel and Mueller next year. Guys like Eric Johnson after that. They are improving - make no mistake about it.
Dustin Brown - Phil Kessel - Bobby Ryan
Peter Mueller - Zach Parise - Robbie Schremp
Blake Wheeler - Ryan Kesler - Dan Fritsche
Patrick Eaves - Jack Skille - Drew Stafford
Ryan Suter - Jack Johnson
Brian Lee - Mark Stuart
Eric Johnson - Matt Niskanen
Alvaro Montoya
Cory Schneider