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According to Saturday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Keith Tkachuk and Doug Weight will both be named to the team. Tkachuk seems pretty confident he'll be back in time for the Olympics.
 
Rabid Ranger said:
I'm also of the opinion that Drury is a definate. He's been fantastic of late.
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You also have to factor in that Drury is super-clutch. He would be one the guys most likely to score a clutch goal for the U.S.A. in a tight game.
 
Look for the USA to take on some younger defensemen. Ryan Suter, I won't guarentee will be on the team, but I'd bet on it.



The fact of the matter is the team will be younger than we think. This team will not be good enough to win the gold, so they should take some younger guys to get valuable experience. They will also take 8 defensemen.


Here are my top d-men (in no order)

Hatcher
Mara
Schnieder
Leetch
Leopold
Suter
Miller
Gleason
Rafalski

I listed 9, one of them will be on the taxi squad.
 
go kim johnsson 514 said:
Look for the USA to take on some younger defensemen. Ryan Suter, I won't guarentee will be on the team, but I'd bet on it.



The fact of the matter is the team will be younger than we think. This team will not be good enough to win the gold, so they should take some younger guys to get valuable experience. They will also take 8 defensemen.


Here are my top d-men (in no order)

Hatcher
Mara
Schnieder
Leetch
Leopold
Suter
Miller
Gleason
Rafalski

I listed 9, one of them will be on the taxi squad.
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Kevin Allen of USAtoday just called in to a local radio show and said Chelios will be on the team and most likely wear the C for Team USA
 
McEachern-Roenick-Tkachunk
Hatcher-Gill
Mike Richter in nets

Give us the gold now!
 
JWI19 said:
Kevin Allen of USAtoday just called in to a local radio show and said Chelios will be on the team and most likely wear the C for Team USA
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are you ******* kidding me? ... jesus christ our defense is still gonna be old and slow as molasses ... with him and hatcher :cry: ... that's it, I'm cheering for Canada ... GD Politics
 
Seamus O' Toole said:
are you ******* kidding me? ... jesus christ our defense is still gonna be old and slow as molasses ... with him and hatcher :cry: ... that's it, I'm cheering for Canada ... GD Politics
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Come on, the team will feature guys like Liles, Leopold, and probably Martin. Hardly slow as molasses and old. Also, guys like Chelios, Leetch, and Schneider are playing at a high level, and Hatcher's been great. The defense will be just fine.
 
Seamus O' Toole said:
are you ******* kidding me? ... jesus christ our defense is still gonna be old and slow as molasses ... with him and hatcher :cry: ... that's it, I'm cheering for Canada ... GD Politics
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Sorry that America doesn't have a super race of 6-4 defensemen with lightning speed and can check forwards through the boards like the Canadians do...you've got to make due with what you've got. Frankly, I'd go into battle with that old coot Chelios...he's a throwback and the American defense is very soft. You don't put Chelios, Miller, and/or Hatcher on the team, the defense will get bullied the entire tournament.
 
JWI19 said:
Kevin Allen of USAtoday just called in to a local radio show and said Chelios will be on the team and most likely wear the C for Team USA
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That makes me ANGRY and NASEUOUS. :rant:
 
Rabid Ranger said:
Where would you put him though, on the wing? The one area at forward the U.S. is deep at is center and I don't see Connolly displacing Modano, Weight, Gomez, or Conroy. By the way, here's my latest roster (I hear the team will be named 12/19/05 http://www.usahockey.com/usa_hockey/news/main/home/news_menoly_120105/):


Forwards (x12)

Tkachuk-Modano-Guerin
Knuble-Weight-Amonte
Cole-Gomez-Gionta
Rolston-Conroy-Blake

Defense (x8)

Leetch-Leopold
Schneider-Liles
Gleason-Miller
Rafalski-Martin

Goaltenders (x3)

DiPietro
Esche
Grahame


I actually think this team (at this present time) would do very well. A few vets that I had questions about, such as Tkachuk and Amonte are actually looking pretty good.
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A team can carry a max of 7 dman, they must have 13 forwards.
 
This is the team i would probably pick:

Tkachuk----------Modano-----------Amonte
Drury-------------Weight------------Gionta
Rolston-----------Gomez------------Guerin
Cole--------------Conroy------------Blake
York

Leetch------------Leopold
Schneider---------Liles
Rafalski-----------Martin
Mara

DiPietro
Esche
Grahame

reserves: Roenick, Berard, Aaron Miller
 
flambers said:
A team can carry a max of 7 dman, they must have 13 forwards.
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I don't think it is a rule that teams must have 13 forwards. Canada has talked for a long time about possibly naming 12 forwards and 8 defensemen to the team.

Plus, teams like U.S.A. and Russia have named teams with 12 forwards and 8 defensemen in past Olympics.
 
This team will be announced within the next half hour or so.
 
Rabid Ranger said:
Come on, the team will feature guys like Liles, Leopold, and probably Martin. Hardly slow as molasses and old. Also, guys like Chelios, Leetch, and Schneider are playing at a high level, and Hatcher's been great. The defense will be just fine.
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Chelios, I think I heard something about him being a good player once about 15 years ago :dunno:
 
Goalies:
Robert Esche
Rick DiPietro
John Grahame

Defensemen:
Jean-Michael Liles
Aaron Miller
Derian Hatcher
Brian Rafalski
Jordan Leopold
Mathieu Schneider
Chris Chelios

Forwards:
Brian Gionta
Craig Conroy
Jason Blake
Scott Gomez
Mike Knuble
Mike Modano
Erik Cole
Bill Guerin
Doug Weight
Keith Tkachuk
Chris Drury
Mark Parrish
Brian Rolston
 
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