U.S.A. Olympic Roster Named: Kane In/Saad Out

[CreepyBasementGuy]

Go USA!

http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/20...ryan-miller-patrick-kane-zach-parise/related/

Goalies
Ryan Miller — 2010 Olympian
Jonathan Quick — 2010 Olympian
Jimmy Howard

Defensemen
Brooks Orpik — 2010 Olympian
Ryan Suter — 2010 Olympian
John Carlson
Justin Faulk
Cam Fowler
Paul Martin
Ryan McDonagh
Kevin Shattenkirk

Forwards
David Backes — 2010 Olympian
Dustin Brown — 2010 Olympian
Ryan Callahan — 2010 Olympian
Patrick Kane — 2010 Olympian
Ryan Kesler — 2010 Olympian
Phil Kessel — 2010 Olympian
Zach Parise — 2010 Olympian
Joe Pavelski — 2010 Olympian
Paul Stastny — 2010 Olympian
T.J. Oshie
Max Pacioretty
Derek Stepan
James van Riemsdyk
Blake Wheeler

 

[Capt. Serious]

no Bobby Ryan or Ben Bishop is a crime.

 

[ClydeLee]

no Bobby Ryan or Ben Bishop is a crime.

Aren't Quick and Howard both unhealthy still? A bit silly.

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[CreepyBasementGuy]

Snubs, including Ryan and Bishop:

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/01/sochi-snubs-ryan-heads-list-of-u-s-olympic-omissions/

"Ottawa forward Bobby Ryan, a silver medalist with Team USA at the 2010 games in Vancouver, and a pair of defensemen — ’10 silver medalists Jack Johnson and Erik Johnson – were all left off the list along with Kyle Okposo, the NHL’s second-leading American scorer this season, and Dustin Byfuglien, the leading American d-man scorer."

"Tampa Bay’s Ben Bishop, who has the best stats of any American goalie this season, was bypassed in favor of Jonathan Quick, Ryan Miller and Jimmy Howard."

 

[HawkWriter]

http://espn.go.com/olympics/hockey/...us-hockey-team-bound-sochi-olympics-was-named

A long read, but a quality one on how the USA team was named.

 

[Jntg4]

I'm pretty Saad right now

 

[DMelt36]

Saad's got plenty more Olympic appearances in his future. Disappointed but not surprised he didn't get named.

Bobby Ryan's omission was really strange. Seemed like a lock, to me.

Very worried about this team's defense.

 

[icehogfan08]

Team is young on the back end. The good thing is suter is there to eat up 30 minutes. I love Max P on the team. I would love to see him play with Kane. Wheeler was a surprise for me along with the Johnson's being left off. Hopefully this puck moving D pays off

 

[DMelt36]

http://espn.go.com/olympics/hockey/...us-hockey-team-bound-sochi-olympics-was-named

A long read, but a quality one on how the USA team was named.

Yeah, if you haven't read this already, you should. It's incredibly wrong but you can skim through it quicker. There's a lot of real good insight about why specific players made/didn't make the team. Was particularly interesting to see just how close Brandon Saad was to being on the team. I also don't consider this a total surprise, but Nick Leddy's name never even came up in their discussions.

 

[Flacco4Prez]

Worried about this team

 

[DMelt36]

Worried about this team

The worst part is knowing that some of the best Blackhawks will be playing against Team USA. Toews and Keith, in particular, scare the crap out of me.

 

[ClydeLee]

I'm a bit thrown off. I've never really cared to think of team USA winning or not. I guess that's a normal approach but it's not a bad team.

Gotta remember it's not NHL rinks these guys are setting up for.

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[DewsSox79]

I just don't see them taking the gold with current roster imo

 

[icehogfan08]

A huge plus is some of the 2 way forwards that made the team, they could help out tremendously.

 

[Flacco4Prez]

The worst part is knowing that some of the best Blackhawks will be playing against Team USA. Toews and Keith, in particular, scare the crap out of me.

Agreed. The fact that Patrick Sharp may not even be on Team Canada shows how much deeper they are going to be.

 

[HawkWriter]

Howard injured again last night. Depending on how serious, it leaves the door open for Bishop - who has supposedly been told that he would be the next in line if there is an injury.

 

[DMelt36]

USA is gonna need some real, real good goaltending if it hopes to medal.

 

[ruprecht]

Talent wise they don't stack up to Canada, but that's the case every Olympics. Good teamwork is way more important on this stage and why the Finns always do better than they should and the Russians worse than they should.

I don't know, I love Olympic hockey and will watch every bit I can.

 

[DMelt36]

Talent wise they don't stack up to Canada, but that's the case every Olympics. Good teamwork is way more important on this stage and why the Finns always do better than they should and the Russians worse than they should.

I don't know, I love Olympic hockey and will watch every bit I can.

Me too, man. Love watching the Hawks but also can't wait for Olympic hockey.