WC: USA Roster

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Would be interesting if they took Brady Tkachuk and Greenway, they played together at BU. Possession beasts.

I think Gaudreau is going to end up playing. Just because Kane is playing now. I'm sure he'd be ecstatic about the chance to play with Kane.

 

[SK94]

Sounds weird. He was pretty good this year.

 

[AmericanDream]

Sounds weird. He was pretty good this year.

exactly and he came last year for us too....

 

[SK94]

 

[EpicDing]

Almost had Shattenkirk too, don't blame him though

 

[AmericanDream]

so much for the Kane effect!! Trocheck still holding grudge from his WJC days perhaps...wasn't he snubbed the year prior the Gold medal team?

 

[AmericanDream]

Almost had Shattenkirk too, don't blame him though

surprised he even considered it, I never thought he would go at all...

 

[Eye of Ra]

Ryan Lasch declines.

 

[tony d]

Jeff Blashill was chosen as coach. Seems like a good hire. Trochek and Shattenkirk would have been good adds for Team USA, their absence will be missed.

 

[Jez]

Between top players declining the invitation and the injuries (and all the weddings) this isn't shaping so well. Again.

Nick Jensen, Danny DeKeyser and Justin Abdelkader time! Oh and we haven't heard about Brock Nelson yet...

 

[EbonyRaptor]

Debrincat will never be Panarin lol

You're probably correct, mainly because Panarin is a much better skater than DeBrincat. Panarin might be the best edge skater in the NHL and it's a big part of his elusiveness and effectiveness. But, DeBrincat scoring 28/52 as a 19/20 year old playing with mostly bottom-6 linemates leads me to believe he will score more if he plays exclusively with Kane the way Panarin did. I watched every Hawks game this season and I can't tell you how many times DeBrincat put the puck on a tee for a linemate to get a shot on goal that was botched by the likes of Jurco or some other stiff. Now obviously not all of those chances would result in a goal and an assist for DeBrincat but a bunch of them would have.

 

[Ezekial]

Time will tell...one William Karlsson became a 42 goal scorer after scoring 6 goals last season
so anything is possible it seems and lets not forget which of those two is actually the better player.
- nothing away from Karlsson's this season goals and points, i think it was the best thing what happened
to hockey in years.

I was just giving you the business cuz Panarin is an amazing hockey talent, and you used the word much.

 

[cagney]

I was hoping we’d already see some more positive news regarding participation after Kane agreed to go. Trocheck declining is disappointing. It still feels like expectations for participation should be higher, even if it’s only after the first round of the playoffs.

I’m really of the opinion that all players should want to keep playing competitive hockey into May. Does an extra month off really help when looking forward to next season? Taking more pride in playing for your country in general would be nice as well, though our sports culture doesn’t emphasize that at all.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

so much for the Kane effect!! Trocheck still holding grudge from his WJC days perhaps...wasn't he snubbed the year prior the Gold medal team?

He and Gaudreau both got cut from the 2012 team.

Billy Arnold
Josh Archibald
Kyle Rau
Austin Czarnik
Austin Watson

made the team over them...

 

[William H Bonney]

Ryan Lasch declines.

Can’t blame him after the Olympics snub.

Please no Greenway. He was bad at the Olympics, and this is much stiffer competition.

Sigh, Trocheck. I guess having the prior three summers free wasn’t enough. Shame, but should be held against him.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

We might be heading for one of "those" teams....

 

[FLpanthers16]

Can’t blame him after the Olympics snub.

Please no Greenway. He was bad at the Olympics, and this is much stiffer competition.

Sigh, Trocheck. I guess having the prior three summers free wasn’t enough. Shame, but should be held against him.

Trochecks playing time this year might have some to do with it, dude took maintenance days alot at the end of the season.

 

[SK94]

Please no Greenway. He was bad at the Olympics, and this is much stiffer competition.

Greenway is with Wild now so he is not even available.

 

[AmericanDream]

I am assuming Adam Gaudette would be a player named soon...not sure if Canucks AHL team is in the playoffs or if he could even play for them...

 

[SK94]

Goalies (Least One NHL game this season)
Jon Gillies? (RFA)
Scott Darling?
Charlie Lindgren?
Craig Anderson? (Really suprised if he is coming)
Al Montoya?
Ben Bishop (Injured)
Jimmy Howard (Declined)
Mike Condon (Injured)
Thatcher Demko (AHL Playoffs?)
Mike McKenna (AHL Playoffs)
Collin Delia (AHL Playoffs)
Adam Wilcox (AHL Playoffs)

D
Connor Murphy
Keith Yandle?
Justin Faulk?
Noah Hanifin? (RFA)
Jaccob Slavin?
Nick Leddy?
Alex Goligoski?
Brady Skjei? (RFA)
Trevor van Riemsdyk? (RFA)
Danny DeKeyser?
Nick Jensen?
Neal Pionk?
Christian Wolanin?
Stephen Johns? (RFA)
Casey Nelson? (RFA)
Scott Mayfield?
Greg Pateryn? (UFA)
Mike Reilly?
Ian McCoshen?
Rob O'Gara? (RFA)
Jordan Oesterle?
Blake Hillman?
Jordan Schmaltz? (RFA)
Mitch Reinke?
Matt Bartkowski? (UFA)
Pat Sieloff? (RFA)
Chris Butler?
Keegan Lowe?
Erik Burgdoerfer?
Kevin Shattenkirk (Injured)
Jeff Petry (Declined)
Brett Pesce (Injured)
Jake McCabe (Injured)
Zach Bogosian (Injured)
Tony DeAngelo (Injured)
Chris Wideman (Injured)
Steven Kampfer (Injured)
Zach Redmond (AHL Playoffs)
Matt Tennyson (AHL Playoffs)
Brian Lashoff (AHL Playoffs)

F
Dylan Larkin
Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat
Chris Kreider
Casey Mittelstadt
Johnny Gaudreau?
Clayton Keller?
Nick Schmaltz?
Bobby Ryan?
Kyle Okposo?
Nick Bjugstad?
Kevin Hayes?
Christian Fischer?
Justin Abdelkader?
Jimmy Vesey? (RFA)
Vinnie Hinostroza? (RFA)
Tyler Pitlick?
Adam Gaudette?
Derek Ryan? (UFA)
Colin White?
Frank Vatrano? (RFA)
Josh Archibald?
Tage Thompson?
Jason Poiminville?
Garnet Hathaway?
Boo Nieves?
Vinnie Lettieri?
Lee Stempniak? (UFA)
Luke Glendening?
Nolan Stevens?
Max McCormick?
Nick Shore? (RFA)
Connor Brickley?
Shane Prince? (RFA)
Michael McCarron? (RFA)
Chris Wagner? (UFA)
Nic Dowd? (RFA)
Beau Bennett? (UFA)
Paul Carey? (UFA)
Jordan Nolan? (UFA)
Luke Witkowski?
David Booth? (UFA)
Chase Balisy?
Wade Megan? (UFA)
Steven Fogarty? (RFA)
Jim O'Brien?
Jack Eichel (Declined)
Vincent Trocheck (Declined)
Alex Galchenyuk (Declined)
Anders Lee (Declined)
Brock Boeser (Injured)
Matthew Tkachuk (Injured)
Derek Stepan (Injured)
Christian Dvorak (Injured)
Max Pacioretty (Declined)
Brock Nelson (Declined)
Ryan Dzingel (Declined)
Brandon Saad (Declined)
John Hayden (AHL Playoffs)
Tanner Kero (AHL Playoffs)
Daniel O'Regan (AHL Playoffs)
Justin Bailey (AHL Playoffs)
Hudson Fasching (AHL Playoffs)
Kyle Criscuolo (AHL Playoffs)
Dominic Turgeon (AHL Playoffs)
Reid Boucher (AHL Playoffs)
Taylor Motte (AHL Playoffs)
Jayson Megna (AHL Playoffs)

Player pool is not great this year and there is many NCAA guys who are better options than AHLers who are included.

 

[AmericanDream]

so very important for us to get Keller and Gaudreau - we can't rely on 1st round eliminations for top talent...

 

[AmericanDream]

Wolanin and Pionk seem like kids we would get to fill out the bottom pair or so...wouldn't complain with either as I liked both this year

 

[ToNedOuT]

I made some bets around WJC time and put $30 on what I thought was Team USA to win the WJC, it was paying out at 15-1 and I thought I was making a great bet. Turns out I was betting on the WC and it wasn't a good bet for the WJC. Anyways, I'm rooting for Team USA!

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Can’t blame him after the Olympics snub.

Please no Greenway. He was bad at the Olympics, and this is much stiffer competition.

Sigh, Trocheck. I guess having the prior three summers free wasn’t enough. Shame, but should be held against him.

Trocheck is banged up and it goes both ways. If you screw over a guy that should be in the mix multiple times and then return to him when he has pushed through the hurdles to be at the top of the list don't be surprised when he blows you off in return.

I get frustrated with a lot of guys turning them down. Trocheck can do so until he feels like playing after what USA hockey did to him a couple of times.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I would take Jack Hughes before I would take Quinn lol.

With some of the names we are hearing now, I am not sure why we don't take both of them. I know it would be a challenge but I think going with the Hughes boys early could have long-term gains for us.