Guest blueadams Report post Posted February 28, 2010 (edited) got too cute in our own zone today is all. canada's depth was going to get us sooner or later in that ot. shame it had to be crosby tho (1st good thing he does all game). good for stevie, babs. see you in 2014. burke's gonna be back. wilson's gonna be back. most of the team's gonna be back. langer, drury and raffy are the only guys we're gonna lose to age. it should be another great run for the us. My best guess 2014 squad (much will change between now and then): Brown-Kesler-Kane Parise-Stastny-Kessel Malone-Pavelski-Ryan Backes-*Oshie-Callahan *Okposo Martin-Suter J. Johnson-E. Johnson Orpik-Komisarek Gleason Miller *Howard Quick ...others to watch (in addition to the young stars that will surely emerge): Byfuglien, Booth Whitney, Gilbert Anderson Edited March 1, 2010 by blueadams Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Howard He Do It?! Report post Posted February 28, 2010 I've seen it all now. A line combo thread for a tournament 4 years away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DatsyukianDeke13 Report post Posted February 28, 2010 I bet the Americans don't win gold in Sochi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,804 Report post Posted February 28, 2010 Best line combo thread ever. How do you know there won't be some phenom or two that will be on the team by then? There should be some question marks on those line combos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted February 28, 2010 It's a blueadams line combo thread! DRINK UP! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tane 17 Report post Posted February 28, 2010 I think US will be better in 4 years. I think Canada will be better in 4 years. I think slovakia, Finland, Russia, Sweden and Czech are all going to lose a lot. Rematch in 2014, and it's going to be up for Grabs. The US really did earn my respect as the 1B Hockey Power House. But for another 4 years, Canada's still 1A Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown_Ryan 122 Report post Posted March 1, 2010 I think US will be better in 4 years. I think Canada will be better in 4 years. I think slovakia, Finland, Russia, Sweden and Czech are all going to lose a lot. Rematch in 2014, and it's going to be up for Grabs. The US really did earn my respect as the 1B Hockey Power House. But for another 4 years, Canada's still 1A Sorry.... Now that Bettmans ****** has his gold medal....no NHL participation in 2014..... You Watch! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest blueadams Report post Posted March 1, 2010 not gona let this thread die! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingsdiehard13 33 Report post Posted March 1, 2010 (edited) It's a blueadams line combo thread! DRINK UP! The worst part is, it's the 2nd line thread on the same topic by blueadams. Just incase you didn't believe me Edited March 1, 2010 by wingsdiehard13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest blueadams Report post Posted March 1, 2010 The worst part is, it's the 2nd line thread on the same topic by blueadams. Just incase you didn't believe me that one died an early death tho...this ones better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest blueadams Report post Posted March 1, 2010 I'm surprised (dissapointed) that more people haven't been eager to make predictions about young american players on the rise... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DatsyukianDeke13 Report post Posted March 1, 2010 it's four years away....who cares. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmamolo 287 Report post Posted March 1, 2010 Not to give this thread any more momentum than it already has but s*** man, two things, Bobby Ryan will not still be on the fourth line and no way Pavelski is ahead of Stastny on the centre depth chart. If anything Stastny and Kessler battle it out for first line centre duties. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest blueadams Report post Posted March 1, 2010 Not to give this thread any more momentum than it already has but s*** man, two things, Bobby Ryan will not still be on the fourth line and no way Pavelski is ahead of Stastny on the centre depth chart. If anything Stastny and Kessler battle it out for first line centre duties. i made some adjustments. i thought that stastny was the worst of the forwards that we brought to vancouver with us. his style of play really didn't fit in with what we were trying to do...or with what we needed. parise and langer had success in spite of him being on that line, not because of him being on it. i thought pavelski brought more of the physical two-way element that we needed. it seems crazy that a guy like stastny could be left off the 2014 team...but tim connolly was this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadaBoy 151 Report post Posted March 2, 2010 Don't leave Rafalski out yet! He plans on playing in Russia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barrie 900 Report post Posted March 2, 2010 Sorry.... Now that Bettmans ****** has his gold medal....no NHL participation in 2014..... You Watch! I was thinking that too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Four Report post Posted March 2, 2010 I was thinking that too. I hope it doesn't happen that way, the olympics are just way too exciting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest blueadams Report post Posted March 2, 2010 I seriously doubt that Rafalski is going to be able to make that team at 40+. Too many good young american defensemen. Don't forget that Gleason and Whitney were both injury replacements this year for better defensemen - Martin, Komisarek - that will still be in their primes in 2014. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
