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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Burke has over-promised and under-delivered for the USA Olympic hockey program.
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Under delivered? The US overachieved in 2010 and then this year likely finished about where they should have. They definitely were not as talented as Canada or Sweden the past two Olympics and would be in a group with Russia and Finland for the 2nd tier teams. That is where they finished how is that close to under-delivering?
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Hopefully the off-season is productive because if Burke doesn't make some necessary acquisitions it will be a big set back for the rebuilding of the club.
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That seems like a pretty vague if not outright untrue statement. What types of moves does Burke have to make?
I would say outside of not giving away our top pick for nothing there is 0 moves he has to make and certainly no moves that need to be made that if not done would set back the rebuild.
It would be nice to add some 21-24 talent to the team but that seems unlikely as it is tough to get. It certainly doesn't set the rebuild back if we don't get this now. We still have likely two more years of rebuilding after this so this off-season is far from being crucial in terms of adding pieces outside of the draft picks we have.