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Running list of Accepted Invites TEAM USA


Goaltending
1. Connor Hellebuyck
2. Jimmy Howard
3. Cal Petersen

Defense
1.Jacob Trouba
2.Connor Murphy
3.Danny DeKeyser
4.Daniel Brickley
5.Noah Hanifin
6.
7.

Forwards
1.Dylan Larkin
2.Andrew Copp
3.Christian Dvorak
4.Nick Bjugstad
5.J.T. Compher
6.Brock Nelson
7.Anders Lee
8.Jordan Greenway
9.Clayton Keller
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not sure what to make of Greenway and Brickley to be honest....both kids are pretty huge, but if we have to name them in the top 15, this looks like the best we have NHLer wise, and now the **** show begins until 1st round exits. I hope I am wrong on that as there are still plenty of names out there who have zero excuse not to come and are younger.

on another note, happy as hell to see DeKeyser here. These are the names we need to fill out a solid roster and with him coming on board we will have a legit top 4 as long as one of Leddy, Hanifin, or John Moore come...
 
SK94 said:
Nope but Leddy and Martinez want to go Bahamas. What you can do.
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Martinez would likely never make a USA roster for a best-on-best tournament anyway, but one day Leddy might, and at least in his case you can remind his agent that the USA has perhaps the deepest pool of defenseman it's ever had, and if he wants to ever make a roster for a best-on-best tournament he needs to put down the X-Box controller and play in the Worlds.

That's what you do.
 
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It would be great if you got Matthews, Gaudreau, Tkachuk, and someone from NYR/MTL series up front. I say that it's not impossible at all. Imagine this:

Gaudreau - Matthews - Nelson
Larkin - Eichel - JT Miller
Lee - Bjugstad - Tkachuk
Dvorak - Compher - Copp
Greenway

I think they would dominate the european nations with this.
 
AmericanDream said:
not sure what to make of Greenway and Brickley to be honest....both kids are pretty huge, but if we have to name them in the top 15, this looks like the best we have NHLer wise, and now the **** show begins until 1st round exits. I hope I am wrong on that as there are still plenty of names out there who have zero excuse not to come and are younger.

on another note, happy as hell to see DeKeyser here. These are the names we need to fill out a solid roster and with him coming on board we will have a legit top 4 as long as one of Leddy, Hanifin, or John Moore come...
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The addition of Greenway and Brickley tell me one of two things: (1) we still have too many NHL players turning down invitations; (2) the USA brass' goal might not be to build a winner, but to give young guys IIHF experience.

The same two issues we've been dealing with year after year. And the same two issues that have kept us from ever winning this tournament. My wife is from Slovakia. Do you know how hard it is this time of year to go to bed at night knowing her country has won the Worlds and my country hasn't?
 
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tade said:
Damn, it really looks that Ghost is not going to come. :( No contract, I know, but I still believed that he could come.
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It's hard to blame anyone without a contract for the upcoming season to turn down the Worlds. IMO it's neck-and-neck with legitimate physical injury as the most valid excuse.
 
True Hockey Fan said:
It would be great if you got Matthews, Gaudreau, Tkachuk, and someone from NYR/MTL series up front. I say that it's not impossible at all. Imagine this:

Gaudreau - Matthews - Nelson
Larkin - Eichel - JT Miller
Lee - Bjugstad - Tkachuk
Dvorak - Compher - Copp
Greenway

I think they would dominate the european nations with this.
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I still have to believe Eichel is coming. He missed a lot of hockey and has plenty of time to rest his ankle we need this kid in a perfect statement can be made if he shows up.

I do think it will be ironic that we will be relying on a number of Canadian-based teams for our American players as if you look at the rosters the likelihood of most of those Canada team in getting bounced early is more probable than not.
 
PaulieVegas said:
The addition of Greenway and Brickley tell me one of two things: (1) we still have too many NHL players turning down invitations; (2) the USA brass' goal might not be to build a winner, but to give young guys IIHF experience.

The same two issues we've been dealing with year after year. And the same two issues that have kept us from ever winning this tournament. My wife is from Slovakia. Do you know how hard it is this time of year to go to bed at night knowing her country has won the Worlds and my country hasn't?
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:laugh:

Alright USA hockey let's finally win one for PaulieVegas, do you see the kind of crap he has to deal with at night?

Slovakia...Slovakia for the love of God! :cry:
 
Pretty decent team so far. Hopefully Toronto, Calgary and Columbus get bounced in round 1 cause Matthews, Gaudreau and Tkachuk would accept invites imo. Only concern is C depth and top 4 defensemen. Trouba is the only one definitely on that level so far. DeKeyser is best as a third pairing D-man. Would be nice to get Werenski and Gardiner. Seems clear Eichel declined. Not too surprising. Hoped he would play but it happens
 
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True Hockey Fan said:
It would be great if you got Matthews, Gaudreau, Tkachuk, and someone from NYR/MTL series up front. I say that it's not impossible at all. Imagine this:

Gaudreau - Matthews - Nelson
Larkin - Eichel - JT Miller
Lee - Bjugstad - Tkachuk
Dvorak - Compher - Copp
Greenway

I think they would dominate the european nations with this.
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This team can win Canada too.
 
I really hope Matthews, Gaudreau, Tkachuk and Werenski joins after first round. Specailly 97s should come.

Gaudreau*-Matthews*-Tkachuk*
Lee-Bjugstad-Nelson
Larkin-Keller-Dvorak
Copp-Compher-White*
Greenway

Trouba-Werenski*
Hanifin-Pesce*
Dekeyser-Murphy
Brickley

Howard
Hellebuyck
Petersen
 
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Solid line up this time around. I guess Paris is a nice place to visit? Or was it maybe Cologne? I can imagen thats a nice place too.
 
Tomas W said:
Solid line up this time around. I guess Paris is a nice place to visit? Or was it maybe Cologne? I can imagen thats a nice place too.
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no Olympics coming up, younger players with heart, etc has played into it. There is a lot of terrorist issues going on in these countries as well, I am sure that is on the mind of some of these guys especially with families who would be bringing them...can't rule that out with some of these guys declining.
 
Hanifin and Keller added. Looking forward to seeing Keller some more. Really fun player to watch
 
Hanifin and Pesce (if he's added) did play together at times down the stretch, so there is some chemistry there.

It's too bad Faulk and Slavin passed. It would have been really interesting to see what kind of an impact an entire well-balanced NHL Top 4 could make in a short tournament.
 
Hanifin - Trouba
xxx - xxx
DeKeyser - Murphy

Larkin - xxx - xxx
Nelson - Lee - Bjugstad
Dvorak - Copp - Compher
Greenway - Keller - xxx
 
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