Four Nations Cup

[Chelis Chili]

Roster wasn't looking bad here, but finished only 7th:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_national_ice_hockey_team_rosters#2019_IIHF_World_Championship

 

[HoweFan]

Did Gretzky even go into Canadas dressing room after the game. He’s getting absolutely roasted for not wearing a sweater and giving team USA the thumbs up

 

[lhsgolf19]

Great for the sport.... NHL hit a Grand Slam Plus

 

[Ulysses31]

 

[14ari13]

Dylan Larkin was the best forward for team USA. If not for Slavin, I'd say he was the best player altogether.

Matthews absolutely blew it by not covering McDavid in OT. My goodness.

If Matt Tkachuk knew he was injured, he should've told the team he couldn't go. No Kyle Connor that entire game? Give me a break.

The goalie was the best player

 

[RabidBadger]

Jack Hughes was shockingly not great, not a throw him off the team, but not sure what his best role is, he doesn’t fit the hard forechecking style the rest played. Be a great guy if the bring a DeBrincat or Caufield for a change of pace bigger ice in the Olympics but I was disappointed with Fox and Hughes the most from a U.S. standpoint. Kreider over Connor was a mistake last night.

I'm in lock-step with your other player assessments but I didn't see anything Connor did in previous games to warrant dressing last night. I'll go further to say Kreider being on the team at all was a poor choice. Cole Caufield was made for games like that, but, alas.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I'm in lock-step with your other player assessments but I didn't see anything Connor did in previous games to warrant dressing last night. I'll go further to say Kreider being on the team at all was a poor choice. Cole Caufield was made for games like that, but, alas.

Knowing Matthew Tkachuk was playing shot up and not fully healthy so dress Connor in case we are shortening the bench to score. I don’t think he had a great tournament, I look at a Robertson, Tuch or Thompson with Milan on NHL ice dimensions.

I would put Tuch in Nelson’s role for the tournament, maybe swap Robertson and Connor… I think with 14 forwards and 8 defenseman if Kane can play well enough he is in the Olympics mix because of who he is and clutch scoring.

 

[USAHockey97]

Long time lurker, first time poster. I was motivated to join based on how exciting it was to watch the USA hockey team recently.

Great job USA! While it sucked to lose in the final to Canada, USA went 1-1 against them, out scored them 5-4, won one of the games in regulation, and only lost in OT after nearly winning it a handful of times. USA did all this without their best defenseman, and top NHL defenseman, Quinn Hughes in this tournament. I think we can say the USA is on pretty equal footing with Canada, and it’s only a matter of time before the USA possibly surpasses them with all the resources USA hockey has. Go USA!

I don’t know about anyone else, but after the intensity and skill of the 4 nations face off, the NHL games this Saturday were not nearly as exciting or fun to watch.