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CorsiHockeyLeague · 09-21-2016, 08:57 AM

Actual team USA, selected properly:

Pacioretti Pavelski Kane
Gaudreau Johnson Kessel
Parise Kesler Wheeler
JVR Stepan Okposo
Saad (You could make an argument for Palmieri, maybe Eichel as 13th forward but probably not yet.)

Byfuglien Suter
McDonaghn Shattenkirk
Faulk Carlson
Gostisbehere

Schneider
Bishop
Quick

EDIT: Almost forgot Shattenkirk.

That's actually a pretty good team. They have center depth, and that's without David Backes. All four lines can score and there's some grit in the bottom 6. The second line is as skilled and fast as almost any in the tourney.

So really, while people want to say that the Team North America concept kinda screwed team USA over, it didn't really. There are only a couple of guys they lose because of that. Most it was their own fault.

09-21-2016, 08:57 AM	#44
CorsiHockeyLeague Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2015 Exp:	Actual team USA, selected properly: Pacioretti Pavelski Kane Gaudreau Johnson Kessel Parise Kesler Wheeler JVR Stepan Okposo Saad (You could make an argument for Palmieri, maybe Eichel as 13th forward but probably not yet.) Byfuglien Suter McDonaghn Shattenkirk Faulk Carlson Gostisbehere Schneider Bishop Quick EDIT: Almost forgot Shattenkirk. That's actually a pretty good team. They have center depth, and that's without David Backes. All four lines can score and there's some grit in the bottom 6. The second line is as skilled and fast as almost any in the tourney. So really, while people want to say that the Team North America concept kinda screwed team USA over, it didn't really. There are only a couple of guys they lose because of that. Most it was their own fault. __________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno Last edited by CorsiHockeyLeague; 09-21-2016 at 09:00 AM.