A Team USA capable of beating Canada?

[OKOptimistic]

Here are 2 ESPN articles that predicted the 2018 Olympic lineups for Canada and USA.

http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/18678901/nhl-projected-team-canada-roster-2018-winter-olympics

http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/18678009/nhl-projected-team-usa-roster-2018-winter-olympics

Team Canada:
Brad Marchand - Sidney Crosby - Patrice Bergeron
Duncan Keith - Drew Doughty

Jamie Benn - Connor McDavid - Steven Stamkos
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Brent Burns

John Tavares - Jonathan Toews - Jeff Carter
Kris Letang - Shea Weber

Matt Duchene - Mark Scheifele - Nathan MacKinnon
Alex Pietrangelo

Jonathan Drouin

Goalies: Carey Price - Braden Holtby - Devan Dubnyk


Team USA:
Brandon Saad - Auston Matthews - Phil Kessel
Ryan McDonagh - Kevin Shattenkirk

Johnny Gaudreau - Jack Eichel - Patrick Kane
Ryan Suter - John Carlson

Max Pacioretty - Joel Pavelski - T.J. Oshie
Zach Werenski - Seth Jones

J.T. Miller - Ryan Kesler - Cam Atkinson
Cam Fowler

Blake Wheeler

Lots of young fast American talent. What do you guys think? How do these 2 teams stack up against each other?

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[McTrashBoat]

Canada scores 20 goals on that empty American net

It looks like an intentional 180 from the World Cup team, I'm very interested to see how a Gaudreau - Eichel - Kane matches up

 

[JackSlater]

Obviously the American team is capable of beating Canada. Several teams are. Canada has a more talented team, but it is certainly close enough that USA could win an elimination game.

 

[Zegras Zebra]

Sure, the USA could beat Canada in a 1 game winner take all game, but if they played ten times I would think Canada wins 8/10 games give or take a game

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Umm. Yeah. Remember miracle on ice?

 

[DoubleGold]

Of course they could.

 

[Advanced stats]

Possible yes,
Would I bet on it? No.

Any reason to neglect American defense and goalies?

 

[tony d]

Could happen but I doubt it. And yes who plays in net for the US? You have a defense listed there but no goalie unless you plan on having Blake Wheeler as your goalie.

 

[Bear12Good]

I think only Russia can beat Canada

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[NyQuil]

I think only Russia can beat Canada

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I didn't know the Olympics were a 3 on 3 tournament without defencemen or goalies.

 

[OKOptimistic]

Could happen but I doubt it. And yes who plays in net for the US? You have a defense listed there but no goalie unless you plan on having Blake Wheeler as your goalie.

I just forgot to list the USA goalies. According to the article its Quick - Gibson - Schneider.

 

[illone84]

No. No team can beat Canada, but sooner or later Canada will have some bad luck which might cause them to lose by 1 goal.

 

[Jaykay]

I hope the USA starts Gibson. He's ready.

 

[Big Phil]

I thought the 2010 teams had a large gap in talent (Canada really didn't leave any stars at home that year) and the Americans were more of a grind and plugging type of team. Yet they beat us in the round robin and took us to overtime in the gold medal game. It can happen. You need to play the game on the ice. But in all seriousness, a team with Crosby and McDavid as the centerpieces should be nearly impossible to beat.

 

[xxxx]

I thought the 2010 teams had a large gap in talent (Canada really didn't leave any stars at home that year) and the Americans were more of a grind and plugging type of team. Yet they beat us in the round robin and took us to overtime in the gold medal game. It can happen. You need to play the game on the ice. But in all seriousness, a team with Crosby and McDavid as the centerpieces should be nearly impossible to beat.

I agree with you, but we didn't have St.Louis, 50-goal Stamkos, or players like Smyth, Doan, Lecavalier, or B.Richards,and defensemen Green or Phaneuf or Bouwmeester in 2010 (not that I complain, just saying there were good players left "home") But I agree - with the "anything can happen", and then with the McDavid-Crosby duo which I think will be the best 1-2 punch since Gretzky-Messier in 1987.

I remember the game we lost 3-5 in Vancouver. We were better, but the US played effectively. They also had Ryan Miller. And in the gold-medal game it was 50/50 really. It will be very interesting to see what team will USAHockey select forthe tournament, and what their game is gonna be like. It's not just the young players like Matthews, Eichel, or Gaudreau (and others), the whole team looks pretty good and balanced to me.

 

[beeker16]

Here are 2 ESPN articles ...

stopped reading at that point.

 

[OKOptimistic]

Welp looks like no NHLers for 2018 (((

http://www.torontosun.com/2017/03/0...g-nhlers-unlikely-to-compete-in-2018-olympics

 

[Xokkeu]

Welp looks like no NHLers for 2018 (((

http://www.torontosun.com/2017/03/0...g-nhlers-unlikely-to-compete-in-2018-olympics

Really nothing new in that