WJC: 2019 Team USA Roster Talk
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One line is locked: Farabee - Hughes - Wahsltrom
Robertson - Poehling - Barratt
Madden - Norris - Chmelevski
O'Brien - Drury - Cates
Bolded lines is not locked, but maybe very close.
William H Bonney
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The only cut that's surprising to me is Joey Keane. He was really strong at summer camp and has been a big time riser these last 2 years, so I thought he'd make it, especially as a RHD. In the end, it looks like St. Ivany beat Keane for a spot. I'm excited to see how St. Ivany does as he's having a good year at Yale, plays a big role there and sees a ton of ice time. It's a big and long team on defense, which Vanbiesbrouck talked about wanting, so I'm sure that helped St. Ivany over Keane as well.
On the rest of the cuts:
On the rest of the cuts:
- I'd say Cockerill beat out Walker, as both were tapped for their skating abilities for a bottom line role.
- Kemp beat out Emberson as a steady RHD presence.
- Dhooghe and Callahan were never really in contention in my opinion.
- I don't really ever see play Coskey play. Tough to get cut twice, but good on him for getting back in the mix.
Pavel Buchnevich
"Pavel Buchnevich The Fake"
Barratt-Poehling-Norris
Farabee-Hughes-Wahlstrom
Robertson-Chmelevski-Madden
Cockerill-Drury-Cates
O'Brien
Samberg-Hughes
Samuelsson-Anderson
Miller-St.Ivany
Kemp
Knight
Primeau
Keyser
The Hughes line is going to be a scoring line, but I'd try to give ourselves at least one shutdown line. That should be Poehling's line. Put him with Norris and Barratt, two other good defensive players. I wouldn't want Robertson on that line, as his scoring might be needed. Chmelevski with Robertson and either Madden or O'Brien makes the most sense. On defense, I'd try to put Samberg and Samuelsson together for a shutdown pair, but I don't know if either can play their offside, so it might be best to go with the true top pair of Samberg-Hughes, a shutdown line of Samuelsson-Anderson, a sheltered third line of Miller-St.Ivany and then Kemp can play PK for Hughes with Samberg. I think Knight should be the starter, but I think it'll be Primeau.
Farabee-Hughes-Wahlstrom
Robertson-Chmelevski-Madden
Cockerill-Drury-Cates
O'Brien
Samberg-Hughes
Samuelsson-Anderson
Miller-St.Ivany
Kemp
Knight
Primeau
Keyser
The Hughes line is going to be a scoring line, but I'd try to give ourselves at least one shutdown line. That should be Poehling's line. Put him with Norris and Barratt, two other good defensive players. I wouldn't want Robertson on that line, as his scoring might be needed. Chmelevski with Robertson and either Madden or O'Brien makes the most sense. On defense, I'd try to put Samberg and Samuelsson together for a shutdown pair, but I don't know if either can play their offside, so it might be best to go with the true top pair of Samberg-Hughes, a shutdown line of Samuelsson-Anderson, a sheltered third line of Miller-St.Ivany and then Kemp can play PK for Hughes with Samberg. I think Knight should be the starter, but I think it'll be Primeau.
Jaykay
Registered User
Samberg and Anderson play together for UMD, wouldn't make much sense to split them up.
Pavel Buchnevich
"Pavel Buchnevich The Fake"
I think it would. I want Hughes on the first offensive pair and Samuelsson on the shutdown pair. How are you figuring out the rest from there?
Ok thanks! I notice last game Farabee played with Chmelevski and Robertson and Cates was playing with Hughes and Wahlstrom.
admiralcadillac
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According to this line-up, it seems he was playing LW in the last game.
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Cockerill plays with Farabee at BU, they might be on a line together for a bit here too.
I'd expect Cockerill to have an energy line role but who knows, the two have been on the same line for the Terriers the past few weeks with relative success.
I'm hearing Joey Keane looked great and didn't make the team. The bias against the CHL continues?
Broad Street Buddies
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swoopster
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Oh, most definite. If you leave the farm and stray from the herd you might as well forget it. This is a tighty formed and closed club. The Keane's, Coskey's, Wilde's and in the past Robertson's, Debrincat's are not needed.
Debrincat was on team in 2014 and did nothing.
Actually I think he was suspended during tournament for spearing
SI90
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So any player from the CHL gets cut and it's a bias thing?
Good players get cut... It happens.
Good players get cut... It happens.
Pavel Buchnevich
"Pavel Buchnevich The Fake"
Deserve to make it is subjective. The point is a guy cut from the CHL doesn't make it a biased cut... Which is what many are claiming.
The Crypto Guy
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- Jun 26, 2017
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Absolutely. St.Ivany over Keane is almost criminal...but one plays NCAA, one plays in Canada. It's always been like this with the US. Very rare Canadian Junior players will make team USA unless they are a top player.
