Second favourite in 4 Nations Cup?

[Pavels Dog]

Canada, imo.

 

[JKG33]

Canada and USA have very similar lineups, but USA gets the edge because they've got at least 4-5 goalies better than anyone from Canada.

 

[Xspyrit]

take out the goaltending, and Canadas roster dunks on the Americans.

I wanna see comparisons, by position.

Yes Canada has the 3 Ms (McDavid, MacKinnon, Makar) and Reinhart but the US have Eichel, Matthews, Hughes and Hughes

Rest of the lineup is comfortably USA IMO

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

take out the goaltending, and Canadas roster dunks on the Americans.

Take out goaltending? Since when can you disregard an important part of hockey?

 

[Gunnersaurus Rex]

Canada is second. Why is that not an option?

 

[loadie]

Canada is second. Why is that not an option?

You can always make your own thread with the USA being first if that will make you feel better?

 

[Gunnersaurus Rex]

You can always make your own thread with the USA being first if that will make you feel better?

No, I'm good. But thanks.
Just putting a poll out with a built in bias seems a bit silly

 

[BoHorvat 53]

take out the goaltending, and Canadas roster dunks on the Americans.

The thing about goaltending is it will rear it's ugly head if you don't got it though.

USA is definitely the favourites headed into the tournament.

 

[nucks88]

Canada and USA have very similar lineups, but USA gets the edge because they've got at least 4-5 goalies better than anyone from Canada.

Last I checked you only play one goalie at a time...but yeah the rosters are really close in my opinion....

 

[JKG33]

Last I checked you only play one goalie at a time...but yeah the rosters are really close in my opinion....

Of course, but USA's 1 vs Canada's 1 is massively lopsided in favor of USA. And should something happen to USA's 1, or even 2 as well, they would still maintain a huge advantage in net even with their 3

 

[nucks88]

Of course, but USA's 1 vs Canada's 1 is massively lopsided in favor of USA. And should something happen to USA's 1, or even 2 as well, they would still maintain a huge advantage in net even with their 3

Short tournaments have a way of leveling things that up pretty quickly...Canada's forwards have a big edge especially in big events...

 

[loadie]

No, I'm good. But thanks.
Just putting a poll out with a built in bias seems a bit silly

Totally agree with ya. Surprised there wasn’t an initial poll to determine who was considered to be number one, thus my suggestion

 

[Bouboumaster]

USA

I have them as 2nd best, behind Team Canada
USA have for sure the better goaltending, by Canada will bring firepower to the table, to which USA have no answers

 

[loadie]

Of course, but USA's 1 vs Canada's 1 is massively lopsided in favor of USA. And should something happen to USA's 1, or even 2 as well, they would still maintain a huge advantage in net even with their 3

In the NHL regular season, absolutely, but both Hill and Bennington have put up better numbers in their Cup wins than all of the USA Goalies. Now if both of them go down and Monty is left then the advantage is certainly with the US. It’s certainly not a massive advantage. In a short tournament however, anything can happen

 

[JKG33]

In the NHL regular season, absolutely, but both Hill and Bennington have put up better numbers in their Cup wins than all of the USA Goalies. Now if both of them go down and Monty is left then the advantage is certainly with the US. It’s certainly not a massive advantage. In a short tournament however, anything can happen

Hellebuyck turns into a pumpkin come playoff time absolutely. But I trust Otter or Sway far more than Binner or Hill, and I'm a huge fan of Canada's duo but let's be real

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

USA and Canada are 1a/1b

Canada with the stronger forward group, USA with the stronger defense and significant edge in net.

 

[loadie]

Hellebuyck turns into a pumpkin come playoff time absolutely. But I trust Otter or Sway far more than Binner or Hill, and I'm a huge fan of Canada's duo but let's be real

I guess we just have to see how this plays out. I’ll be honest and say that I certainly don’t feel as confident as I would if Price was in the net and totally understand why fans of the US do feel confident. My only solace is to look at the numbers during the playoffs and hope that one guy can reproduce that level of play again in this tournament

 

[dirtydanglez]

usa has a strong roster on paper but they are filled with guys that haven't got it done. team canada has winners.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada

 

[gritdash60]

2nd? LOL Canada is the 2nd fav