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Originally Posted by Vulcan
The thing with the US team is that to my understanding they have played together all year and in years previous so they will have their system play down to second nature along with being familiar with their line mates. They take the team program to another level, even more so than the Euro teams whereas the Canadian team is a hastily put together team from across Canada playing divergent styles.
It showed in this game but it also showed who has the best overall talent although what we iced was not our best team as many of our players are still in the playoffs. Also our goalie was the best.
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Thats also true. Consider as well that US gets most of their top U18 talent to play US NTDP, and then when they are no longer eligible they go Major Junior or NCAA after they finish in this program. Canada has their talent spread out and many still in the CHL playoffs.
Note that MacKinnon, Drouin, Fucale, Domi, Horvat, Lazar and others would all be eligible for the tournament as 1995 Birthdates and can't play for Canada. In the US, there is Adam Erne and not really a whole lot else that is eligible for the tourney. (Note: Seth Jones as a 1994 birthdate is too old to play, must be born Jan 1, 1995 or later to play in this tourney).