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WJC: 2024 Team USA Roster Talk

AmericanDream said:
Taking a quick stab at this, I imagine most our rosters are pretty damn close.


Howard - Gauthier - Snuggerud
Perrault - Smith - Leonard
McGroarty - Nazar - Hagens
Moore - Brindley - Hayes
Nelson

Hutson - Casey
Buium - Rinzel
Fortescue - Chelsey
Pohlkamp

That forward group is just lol.....good luck. Slot it however you like but that is filthy. I put Nazar at center to start, ease the kid Hagens in and see how he does...they can flip flop no issues there.

If for whatever the reason McGroarty can't go then Terrance makes the squad and push up Moore..

I think Brindley is an anchor here and in a good way. Seems to not be getting much love but this kid is what we wish for year in and out as a center on our teams let alone a damn 4C lol...

I have Hayes here. I like his size, shot and motor. Kid will give us his all...

For defense it is a solid if unspectacular group. Maybe that's exactly what we need. We are weak on LDs but Hutson and Buium will carry the bulk of the work. Chelsey needs to be an anchor on the back end for us. PK could be a concern with all the skill we have but we should be able to put together enough to hold down the fort...

Stay out of the box, use our speed, score goals, win and become rich!! This is the way.
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I imagine Casey and Hutson will be on different pairings, but I expect Casey to be a stud for us in all 3 zones. Wouldn't mind seeing the two top pairs as follows:

Buium - Casey
Hutson - Chesley
 
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Statsy said:
I thought this WAS the Stramel thread. :laugh:
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Pavlov or whatever his name is, has a huge hard on for Stramel. I’m starting to think it’s Charlie’s dad at this point.

WhiskeyYerTheDevils said:
After your initial post bringing up Stramel's 3 assist game as if it magically erased the last 2 seasons of mediocre production.
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Two of those assists were off broken plays caused by Stramel that his teammates picked up the slack to score the goal
 
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Excited for anything at this point, even just camp notes. Do we know when they'll get skating?

Hoping McGroarty's inclusion was a sign of reasonable expectation from USAH and not just a in-case thing.
 
mphmiles said:
How they handle Hagens will be interesting. I might end up wrong, but just from hazarding a guess about the way USAH operates, if they weren't thinking about using him in a top 6 role, I don't think he would have been invited at all.
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Yeah based on the last D-1s to make the team, I would assume so. I think Matthews was the most used player against Russia in the quarterfinal elimination in 2015
 
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mphmiles said:
How they handle Hagens will be interesting. I might end up wrong, but just from hazarding a guess about the way USAH operates, if they weren't thinking about using him in a top 6 role, I don't think he would have been invited at all.
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Which is pretty crazy considering there is an entire line of 2023 first liners, who are all PPG+ freshmen, with 2+ years of chemistry together, who will also be competing for 2nd line duties.

But Hagens has that sort of talent.
 
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As a side note, this feels like the first time since our last gold medal that I have a lot of faith in our two top goaltending options. After a 5 year stretch of pretty strong goaltending options at this tournament (2017-2021), the last couple years we've really struggled in net. But 18 y/o Augustine and 19 y/o Fowler feel like a pretty big upgrade.
 
kyle44 said:
Gauthier is a top 5 pick who has been phenomenal in college, had a great WJHC as an 18 year old, and tore up the men's WHC as a 19 year old. I'd say the eyes are already pretty wide open on him.
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'Open some eyes'. Not every single eye lol

For a lot of hockey fans this tourney is the first time they get a look at these players live. Not everyone takes being an amateur internet hockey scout as seriously as the posters on HF boards.
 
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AmericanDream said:
See ya in a few weeks lol!
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I'm a huge fan of Canadian held WJ's - 2010 was so much fun, and the time zones match up perfectly obviously for American based fans. I'm a dual citizen and when I was living in Italy, the WJ's in EU made the time zone easier but it just doesn't have the same buzz sans a few. I'm back in USA and I do prefer the Canadian crowds and time zones.

That being said...I work from home soooo lol
 
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WhiskeyYerTheDevils said:
As a side note, this feels like the first time since our last gold medal that I have a lot of faith in our two top goaltending options. After a 5 year stretch of pretty strong goaltending options at this tournament (2017-2021), the last couple years we've really struggled in net. But 18 y/o Augustine and 19 y/o Fowler feel like a pretty big upgrade.
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TBF if Commesso wasn't COVID protocol'd in the Tournament that Never Was and then didn't opt out of the summer tournament, he would have been a good option.

Those '03 and '04 Goalies were just a wasteland, lol
 
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WarriorofTime said:
TBF if Commesso wasn't COVID protocol'd in the Tournament that Never Was and then didn't opt out of the summer tournament, he would have been a good option.

Those '03 and '04 Goalies were just a wasteland, lol
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Silverstein was also pretty good until he couldn't play anymore for whatever reason we still haven't heard about yet.
 
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