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WJC: 2024 Team USA Roster Talk

Statsy said:
That link took me right to it. What are you getting?
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Just redirecting me to all the Hockey leagues you can bet on, and WJC isn't listed there either.
Deep Blue Metallic said:
Interesting. Looks like they put in a redirect. Notice the URL I posted differs from that of the webpage that is displayed.

I assume your optic nerve is still functional.
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Yup exactly. Ugh I want to get in on the action!
 


"USA put the BC line together for a few shifts where Will Smith (SJS), Ryan Leonard (WSH) and Gabe Perreault (NYR) all spent time on the same line. It seems like a safe bet they stay together, but there were some other looks as well. It was also interesting that the three of them were split up on the power play units."

Can't see any reason to split them up.
 
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Deep Blue Metallic said:
That would be my guess, but they scrimmaged today with Hutson-Casey as a pairing. Maybe it was just a have fun at a scrimmage thing.

Loading up the top pair like that doesn't make much sense, unless down a goal with 2 minutes left.

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Hutson - Casey would be crazy exciting to watch, but that almost feels like overkill. But it's certainly a nice option to have if you need a goal.
 
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SanDogBrewin said:


"USA put the BC line together for a few shifts where Will Smith (SJS), Ryan Leonard (WSH) and Gabe Perreault (NYR) all spent time on the same line. It seems like a safe bet they stay together, but there were some other looks as well. It was also interesting that the three of them were split up on the power play units."

Can't see any reason to split them up.
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To be fair, those 3 are split on the PP at BC too.
 
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So our third line is going to have two 5'10 players and a 5'8 player, two of which are very soft.

Recipe to be upset by Sweden.

McGroarty should not be playing with Gauthier and Snuggerud. We don't need our three biggest, most rugged top 9 forwards all playing together.

Hagens with Gauthier and Snuggerud, McGroarty with Howard and Nazar, and Brindley on the fourth line.

If Brindley doesn't play fourth line, I think our lines are poorly balanced.
 
They should cut Geary and Minnetian on Defense, and Whitelaw and Terrance at Forward.

Who knows though
 
I think they are going to cut Terrance and Whitelaw. Both can come back next year. I would like to see Geary sneaking in. There is already enough small defenders and least he can play a bit harder. Fortescue and Rinzel are only bigger guys out there so I think it is Pohlkamp vs Minnetian. Livanavage is a clearest cut in my book. Even if they cut Geary I assume that then both Pohlkamp and Minnetian are in.

Buium-Casey
Hutson-Chesley
Fortescue-Rinzel
Geary-Pohlkamp
 
They need to elevate Rinzel. How much they trust Seamus Casey could be our undoing. Not that he’s bad. He’s obviously not, but didn’t we go through this last year? That suggested top 4 has 3 players who are below-average defensively.

Apparently Buium isn’t the listed 6’2 either. I was listening to The Athletic podcast with Peters and Pronman and they both immediately scoffed at the idea from the host that Buium is 6’2. They agreed on 6’0. These people show up at the rinks and talk to the players for interviews and stuff. So we have two sub 5’10 defensemen and two 6’0 as our top 4?

We have a very skilled team, but isn’t this a repeat of last year with slightly improved goaltending and forwards?

Hutson-Chesley has never, ever worked either. It’s always tried, and then ends in poor results. The 2004 NTDP team always struggled with defensive pairings. They didn’t have enough size and their good defensemen didn’t pair well together. It’s a lot of the same players here. We have to try some different things and not merely force the most talent we can highest up the lineup.
 
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I don't feel great about this bottom 6. Edit: twitter not loading

McGroarty Gauthier Snuggerud
Perreault Smith Leonard
Howard Nazar Brindley
Finley Nelson Hayes

Hutson Chesley
Buium Casey
Fortescue Pohlkamp
Livanavage Rinzel
 


Hagens, Whitelaw, Geary, and Minnetian are the cuts. Bit surprised by Hagens but evidently he wasn’t able to win a top 9 spot

Edit: Livanavage was cut. Minnetian is there
 
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bigdog16 said:
Why? There was no role for him. He isn’t good enough today to be more than a 4th liner or 13th forward. The team isnt picked based on upside
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Are you kidding?

That top 9 they rolled out today doesn't have a spare center. Who plays center in the top 9 if one of them becomes unavailable?

Also, Nazar, Howard, Leonard, and Brindley are not better players than Hagens right now. They cut him because college coaches always need to give deference to college hockey players. And they always need a few controversial cuts. It's the way things go. We should stop using college coaches.

I would also have Brindley and Leonard on the fourth line, not the top 9. Instead, we have a fourth line with 160 pound Finley who has never seen the middle of the ice and Hayes, who is average. Two players who don't belong on our fourth line.

This coach is making a very bad early impression.
 
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