WJC: Who wins the gold?

[BillyShoe1721]

Team Canada

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

15 Brandon McMillan​

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10 Brayden Schenn​

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14 Jordan Eberle (A)​

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7 Gabriel Bourque​

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28 Patrice Cormier (C)​

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17 Brandon Kozun​

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4 Taylor Hall​

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9 Nazem Kadri​

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16 Greg Nemisz​

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19 Stefan Della Rovere​

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20 Luke Adam​

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26 Jordan Caron​

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Extra Forward:​

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12 Adam Henrique​

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Left Defense | Right Defense

5 Marco Scandella​

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3 Travis Hamonic​

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-​

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24 Calvin de Haan​

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27 Alex Pietrangelo (A)​

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6 Ryan Ellis​

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2 Colten Teubert​

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22 Jared Cowen​

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-​

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Starting Goalie | Backup Goalie

1 Jake Allen​

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31 Martin Jones​

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Team USA

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

29 Jerry D'Amigo​

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21 Derek Stepan (C)​

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8 Danny Kristo​

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16 Jason Zucker​

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17 Ryan Bourque​

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19 Jordan Schroeder (A)​

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20 Chris Kreider​

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22 A.J. Jenks​

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26 Jeremy Morin​

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23 Kyle Palmieri​

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9 Philip McRae​

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10 Tyler Johnson​

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Extra Forward:​

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14 Luke Walker​

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Left Defense | Right Defense

4 Matt Donovan​

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24 Cam Fowler​

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-​

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18 Brian Lashoff​

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11 John Carlson​

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5 David Warsofsky (A)​

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2 John Ramage​

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-​

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28 Jake Gardiner​

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Starting Goalie | Backup Goalie

30 Mike Lee​

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1 Jack Campbell​

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[Meganuck*]

Probably Canada

 

[YogiCanucks]

Great game to come!

 

[Tombernack]

If CAN reverts back to a 2-3 PP instead of a 1-3-1 and doesn't give up 3 SHG again (don't split hairs), I like their chances a lot.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Hamonic is out, and I'd expect to see MacMillan back on defense.

 

[Crispy Crust]

Hamonic out so Cowen in? Or Macmillan on D?

 

[IslesRock4]

Hamonic won't be playing with his injury, so that might leave "no-shift" Jared Cowen to be in there.

Jokes aside, I'll pass on voting. I'm very excited to watch this one. The New Year's Eve game was one of the best hockey games I've seen in a while, I can only imagine how this one will turn out.

 

[Jesus Christ Horburn]

Hall needs to be reunited with Henrique and Nemisz, even if it's just on the PP.

 

[Tombernack]

Hall needs to be reunited with Henrique and Nemisz, even if it's just on the PP.

Agree. Hall and Kadri are both a little too selfish to be playing together. They both clearly want the puck at all times.

 

[New User Name]

As much as I want Canada to win, I don't think we can compete with the Americans speed and tape to tape passes.

It hurts that Hamonic is out and de Haan questionable (he shouldn't play but probably will)

USA 5 Canada 2

 

[Saved*]

10-4 Usa

 

[Tombernack]

As much as I want Canada to win, I don't think we can compete with the Americans speed and tape to tape passes.

USA 5 Canada 2

Very bold right there. Bold, indeed.

 

[fancouver]

Depends on who scores first.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

We can't do worse than we did in the first two periods of our last meeting against the USA, so I like our chances.

However, losing Hamonic will hurt us in a big way. Should be a great game.

 

[Jesus Christ Horburn]

We can't do worse than we did in the first two periods of our last meeting against the USA, so I like our chances.

However, losing Hamonic will hurt us in a big way. Should be a great game.

This.

USA played their two best periods in the 1st and 2nd during the NYE game, while Canada played their worst two periods.

Once Canada finally started playing well (during the second half of the 3rd), they started to dominate the game.

I don't think USA could play a better game nor could Canada play a worse game, hence I think Canada gets the edge.

 

[Preisst*]

They're just talking now that Canada is going with 6 dmen with Cowen playing.

I went with Canada.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Can't wait for this game. Another classic in store, and this time, it's for the Gold!

Also, Hamonic is out with a separated shoulder, so Cowen will get some ice time, and McMillan will also see some time on defense most likely.

 

[CraigC]

CA-NA-DA for the win baby, its just what we do!

 

[kevrondl]

As much as I want Canada to win, I don't think we can compete with the Americans speed and tape to tape passes.

It hurts that Hamonic is out and de Haan questionable (he shouldn't play but probably will)

USA 5 Canada 2

Yeah, no way can Canada compete, not like we beat them a few days ago or anything.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

I would like Henrique to play with Hall on the top line but I think his shoulder is preventing him from doing so. Stick with what got the team here. I think USA upsets Canada, this may be the worst defensive team Canada has sent in ten years. The giveaways are disgusting.

 

[FLYLine27*]

Canada should win...but its time the USA puts canada in their place for being a bunch of show offs......the underdogs pull through!

 

[PuckNorris]

Part of me wants to see the US win. Canada have been a bunch of douches this tournament with cheap shots and hot dog plays and frankly this "Canada Pwns noob countries" shtick is getting to be a little too much.

 

[YogiCanucks]

Canada should win...but its time the USA puts canada in their place for being a bunch of show offs......the underdogs pull through!

And the back peddling begins... you'd think you'd have a TAD more confidence for a team that just handedly knocked out the best team in the tournament.

 

[New User Name]

I can't see how Canada is favoured in this game.
The Americans have been dynamic and took out an excellent team in Sweden.
Yes, I know Canada won on New Years eve, but we were outplayed for most of that game.
Canada can not match team USA's speed.
Team Canada will be the ones with all the pressure on them and the Americans will come out looking for revenge.
I'm not taking anything away from the skill of Team Canada, just don't like their chances in this game.
Now if we had..nahhh won't go there

 

[flamesfan12]

Really looking forward to this game. Should be a great rematch. Having Hamonic out really hurts the Canadians though. US has some great speed and it gave us fits last game at times. I'll say 4-3 Canada in overtime.