WC: 2019 US Roster Discussion

[William H Bonney]

Cory Schneider is an.option ? He is horrendous and 1 sneeze away from pulling his hamstring again.

What has happened to USA goalies ?

Thatcher Demko should solidify it for the Americans in the next cpl of years

Nothing. The best ones just never show up here.

 

[SK94]

So Primeau is our third goalie. Forward group looking really strong so maybe Gibson or Quick is coming.

Quick/Gibson
Campbell/Demko/Stalock
Primeau

Hunter Shepard is really interesting goalie prospect and it is interesting to see where he is going next season. But i dont see a spot for him now after Primeau was added.

With D it is tough. DeKeyser would have been decent add but he declined. Yandle and Goligoski has played once in this event and i think they would have been added already. Adam Fox is probably one who is coming. Forbort and Martinez hopefully too. Josh Manson is still guy who i would like to see but it is hard to say if he is with Canada or not. Christian Wolanin was pretty good with Sens and in this tournament he could probably do much better than many would expect. McDonagh, Johnson and Dumoulin would be great but i dont expect too much from guys who face first round exit.

Skjei-Manson
Forbort-Hughes
Martinez-Fox
Anderson/Wolanin/Pateryn

 

[SanDogBrewin]

With Primeau confirmed as the 3rd goalie, you have to feel good that they've at least locked up a likely starter from the available guys.

That is some speed and skill up front. Really impressed. Anxious about the D a bit. Did Martinez decline ?

 

[AmericanDream]

That is some speed and skill up front. Really impressed. Anxious about the D a bit. Did Martinez decline ?

last we heard Martinez was still mulling his offer...no news since

 

[JiggsNY]

I wonder if Brady declined, we heard he was asked last week, and his name hasn't been among the rumored that i've seen.

 

[William H Bonney]

I wonder if Brady declined, we heard he was asked last week, and his name hasn't been among the rumored that i've seen.

Certainly possible, although I'd be pretty shocked unless he has some type of injury. Tkachuk is pretty diehard USAH, he missed the WJC this year, and the Hughes and Tkachuk kids are basically like siblings, so it's hard to see him pass up on likely playing with both Quinn and Jack for the first time in a meaningful way.

By no means does that mean he's not out, but I wouldn't read too much into the lack of news because it's damn near impossible to get meaningful news on Team USA beyond NHL locker clean out day or when USAH makes roster announcements. There's just little incentive for reporters to try and break stories here, i.e. one of the best hockey players in the world from one of the best covered NHL teams and no one broke the Kane news except USAH (which I'm sure they're thankful for).

 

[Joe Zanussi]

Kane. Wow. Captain America for sure.

 

[AmericanDream]

well, Yandle is on NBC Sports with Keith Jones, guess being an anchor is more important than representing your country...good for him I guess...

 

[Friar85]

well, Yandle is on NBC Sports with Keith Jones, guess being an anchor is more important than representing your country...good for him I guess...

He should have played, he is brutal as a studio analyst.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I hope we can add McDonagh, if Tampa goes out in round one. He's always playing in the playoffs during the World Championships, but that would be a very good add. We need at least one or two top pairing defensemen.

 

[OKOptimistic]

This is gonna be guud

 

[Artorius Horus T]

DeBrincat and Kane, pretty sweet for you guys.

If Guentzel joins too, you'd have 3 of the 4 Americans at the worlds, who scored 40 or more goals this season.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

If one (or both) of the Eichel,Larkin duo isn't going, how about... Guentzel-DeBrincat-Kane line?
Not sure how many know of this but, DeBrincat* used to be a center and is not that bad face-off taker.

*Before OHL and in his OHL rookie season, mostly though, he played the winger position already there

 

[OregonCanuck]

This is our year boys! When will pretty much now what the final roster is going to be by?

 

[PastaBergyMarchy]

This is our year boys! When will pretty much now what the final roster is going to be by?

Week or couple before tournament starts.

 

[Gold Standard]

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This is our year boys! When will pretty much now what the final roster is going to be by?

If it's a U.S. v Sweden final and not a Canada v U.S. final I'm going to be so incredibly pissed I just may give up international hockey for 5 years or so.

 

[AmericanDream]

NbC Sports said roster will be announced later this week - I imagine some spots will still be open with first round eliminations, but just a few days away until we know who is here 4 sure..

 

[OKOptimistic]

DeBrincat-Larkin-Kane
JvR-Eichel-Kreider
Guentzel-J.Hughes-Vatrano
Saad-Gaudette-Tkachuk

Eichel needs to play with Kane and Larkin needs to play with Kreider

 

[Tomas W]

Credit to Mr Kane, for standing up for his homelands colours again!

Wouldnt mind if the US finaly gets a gold out of this tourney.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

I hope we can add McDonagh, if Tampa goes out in round one. He's always playing in the playoffs during the World Championships, but that would be a very good add. We need at least one or two top pairing defensemen.

If McDonagh and Miller come that would be so sweet.

 

[Gold Standard]

well, Yandle is on NBC Sports with Keith Jones, guess being an anchor is more important than representing your country...good for him I guess...

He's got to secure that 6 figure annual income once his playing days are done. can't expect him to live the good life on the 50+ million banked in a career. He could buy s food truck and learn to make tacos. I'm in the area 3-4 weeks every winter, I'd stop buy to try some of his tasty tacos.

Some players just couldn't be bothered with the international game.

 

[Bear12Good]

Some players just couldn't be bothered with the international game.

Not good for world hockey.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

I hope we can add McDonagh, if Tampa goes out in round one. He's always playing in the playoffs during the World Championships, but that would be a very good add. We need at least one or two top pairing defensemen.

I think USA hockey is waiting to see if some of these series wrap up early. It teams like Tampa and Pittsburgh get bumped there are a slot of quality American players to choose from.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Give me JvR and Kane

 

[New Jersey Devils]

Having a discussion over in the Devils board, how can Hughes be eligible for the team if he doesn't turn 18 till halfway through the tournament? I read that they must be 18 by the time the tournament starts, unless the team has a waiver.