US Olympic Team

Idoit40fans · Post by **Idoit40fans** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:11 pm

He has looked fine to me. Certainly shown plenty to be a great 3rd liner.

meecrofilm · Post by **meecrofilm** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:58 pm

I'm sure his responsibilities will at least be simple enough playing with Kesler and Kane (I'd call that the 2nd, or even 1st line, going off those two, with the Backes line being the best "shutdown" line in the tourney). I'd switch him and Callahan, though maybe that would imbalance the lines too much.

Oh well, I'm sure they'll all be juggled soon enough anyways.

Post by **Gaucho** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:37 pm

Dan Rosen ‏@drosennhl

The American lines TODAY:

Brown-Kesler-Kane
Parise-Backes-Oshie
JVR-Pavelski-Kessel
Pacioretty-Stastny-Callahan

Stepan, Wheeler extras.

MRandall25 · Post by **MRandall25** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:42 pm

I can see Stepan getting a game or 2 with Callahan.

Did the defense not show up?

Crankshaft · Post by **Crankshaft** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:44 pm

That USA team might not have the "firepower" that the Canadians have, but that 2nd and 3rd line look awfully good. Really like Parise with Backes/Oshie.

Post by **Gaucho** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:44 pm

MRandall25 wrote: Did the defense not show up?

#bylsmagic

PhantomJB93 · Post by **PhantomJB93** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:28 pm

Seeing Patrick Kane below Dustin Brown was a surprise at first but after thinking about it I think these lines are brilliant. I understand the initial backlash but I think they'll work out great.

I don't think the "number" of the lines matters, I'm pretty sure the first 3 lines will all get comparable ice time.

meecrofilm · Post by **meecrofilm** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:26 pm

Defense last I heard was:

Suter-Fowler
McDonagh-Carlson
Shattenkirk-Martin
Orpik-Faulk

Mr. Colby · Post by **Mr. Colby** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:49 pm

I think with the way Pacioretty is playing they need to get him up in the top 9. I'm ok with those lines simply by swapping him in for Brown.

JVR-Pavelski-Kessel
Pacioretty-Kesler-Kane
Parise-Backes-Oshie
Brown-Stastny-Callahan

meow · Post by **meow** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:47 am

Brooks is an extra at this mornings practice.

pcm · Post by **pcm** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:30 am

Really good article on Blysma. His planning and preparation has always been his best suit. Hopefully he can take Wilson's suggestions about making adjustments on the fly...

http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2014 ... -challenge

llipgh2 · Post by **llipgh2** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:59 am

meow wrote:Brooks is an extra at this mornings practice.

Dejan reported today that Orpik is paired with Martin today, as the 3rd pairing.

meow · Post by **meow** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:40 am

llipgh2 wrote:
meow wrote:Brooks is an extra at this mornings practice.
Dejan reported today that Orpik is paired with Martin today, as the 3rd pairing.

That's more like it. If you decide to take two guys as a tandem, play them as a tandem.

tfrizz · Post by **tfrizz** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:54 am

meow wrote:
llipgh2 wrote:
meow wrote:Brooks is an extra at this mornings practice.
Dejan reported today that Orpik is paired with Martin today, as the 3rd pairing.
That's more like it. If you decide to take two guys as a tandem, play them as a tandem.

#ShutdownPair

meow · Post by **meow** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:10 pm

Fire DB?

marek · Post by **marek** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:21 pm

tfrizz wrote:
meow wrote:
llipgh2 wrote:
meow wrote:Brooks is an extra at this mornings practice.
Dejan reported today that Orpik is paired with Martin today, as the 3rd pairing.
That's more like it. If you decide to take two guys as a tandem, play them as a tandem.
#ShutdownPair

Martin would be much better used playing with Shattenkirk... nepotism fails...

mikey287 · Post by **mikey287** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:02 pm

Martin has not shown the ability to play with anything but a physical, LHS defender and really excel...Shattenkirk is exactly the opposite of that...I'd be surprised if that worked out...

JS© · Post by **JS©** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:01 pm

Lt. Dish · Post by **Lt. Dish** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:55 pm

What a game. Such speed on the USA team. I could only watch chunks of the game, but no matter how (un)well Slovakia played, USA looked....wow!

What was the W. PA reference during the USA-SVK game? I missed it.

Did Doc sneak in his Pirates reference?

llipgh2 · Post by **llipgh2** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:56 pm

Lt. Dish wrote:What a game. Such speed on the USA team. No matter how (not) well Slovakia played, USA looked....wow!

What was the W. PA reference during the USA-SVK game? I missed it.

Did Doc sneak in his Pirates reference?

I know they mentioned the Pens front office was watching the game. Maybe that was it?

Lt. Dish · Post by **Lt. Dish** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:06 pm

llipgh2 wrote:
Lt. Dish wrote:What a game. Such speed on the USA team. No matter how (not) well Slovakia played, USA looked....wow!

What was the W. PA reference during the USA-SVK game? I missed it.

Did Doc sneak in his Pirates reference?
I know they mentioned the Pens front office was watching the game. Maybe that was it?

Probably. Thanks!

Post by **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:07 pm

He was talking about Tomas Surovy and how he must have been a fan favorite due to the large Slovakian population in Western PA.

Lt. Dish · Post by **Lt. Dish** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:09 pm

Sam's Drunk Dog wrote:He was talking about Tomas Surovy and how he must have been a fan favorite due to the large Slovakian population in Western PA.

AHAHA! I remember Surovy.

Lt. Dish · Post by **Lt. Dish** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:15 pm

meow · Post by **meow** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:25 pm

Looks like the U.S. really missed Bobby Ryan's goal scoring ability.

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