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GDT: 9/17 - USA vs. Team Europe - 3:30 ET

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BKVCMU said:
The biggest problem for USA is that they don't have any D men who's good at transferring the puck upward. The can really use Byfuglien, Faulk, Shattinkerk or even Fowler right now.
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Yes, that's on Torts. He's allergic to puck moving defensemen. He wants six D-men like Dan Girardi.
 
Well, i guess we don't have to worry about Torts coaching the US olympic team. I wonder how dirty the canada game gets once Canada gets a big lead effectively ending the American's tourney.
 
This really does give a sense of how much Q's deployment and system help protect Kane and mitigate his defensive issues.
 
Maybe this USA team was built to beat Canada, but is it good enough to beat Europe or Czechs? Lack of skill and creativity is why they can't score. Need at least 1-2 more pure skill guys like Kessel or Johnson.
 
park towers said:
ok he is good but nowhere near a complete player or the best, he gets a lot of points, sure. Thats like telling Yes and Genesis, Justin Beiber is a better musician because he sells more records.
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So your argument is random people buying music of things they're fans of. That arguments trash unless you're talking about jersey sales in the NHL. Not your direct performance against peers, where Kane outscored his next closest peer by 17 points and was second in goals.
 
BKVCMU said:
The impression I got after watching two periods is that almost every pass from American Ds got caught off in the neutral zone
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Yes, USA plays exactly like NYR did under Torts. I don't know much about the debacle in Vancouver though.

With playing like NYR, I mean the D-men can't make an outlet pass to save their lives. NYR had horrible offensive issues and the defense looked bad because of all the turnovers.
 
park towers said:
ok he is good but nowhere near a complete player or the best, he gets a lot of points, sure. Thats like telling Yes and Genesis, Justin Beiber is a better musician because he sells more records.
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Toews is more complete and Kane is better offensively. They are both fantastic. Everyone has known this forever. Someone posted that Kane is nothing without Toews then asked what Kane has ever accomplished without Toews. A couple people cited his individual trophies as proof that he doesn't rely on Toews to be great, which is the truth.

For what it's worth, I would pick Kane over Toews in a vacuum but both are obviously great as individuals.
 
BKVCMU said:
The impression I got after watching two periods is that almost every pass from American Ds got caught off in the neutral zone
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Indeed, Team Europe picks off passes in the neutral zone and doesn't let Team U.S. get into the opponent's zone properly.
 
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