Cant see team USA winning gold the way they are playing, the top line isnt working, the BC line remains young and immature, Smith isnt the greatest 200 ft. center, Perreault is prone to mistakes and Leonard does his best to stabilize the line. The Howard Nazar Brindley line is easily your best one IMO, but remains on the small side. I dont think putting your 3 big guys on the same line is the best option TBH, first its not really working, second that line lacks dynamism, thirdly, your 2nd and 3rd line lack size. I think it would be smarter to demote McGroarty who isnt having a very good tournament to say the least.
In net you are quite fine, both goaltenders have done the job. Defensively its not always pretty but at least Hutson looks to have found his game, what is encouraging. But first and foremost, team USA hasnt been playing very structured hockey. 1 st game was quite ugly against Norway, 2nd game was better, today was a pretty weak showing considering all the talent on this team and its not like team CZE was really strong this year either, their D core is really bad, especially with the loss od Jiricek and thats a pretty young team. I was expecting much more from team USA, quite disappointed. On the positive side, they still won their games in a weak group, so maybe the motivation hasnt quite been there yet.
