Cody Webster
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No Cutter this year, as of now...did he tell Team USA that he didn't want to play for them and is demanding a trade to Canada?
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LegionOfDoom91
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I wonder if USA has him on standby to see what else they can get to commit.
Like they only named Lyon when I would imagine a guy like Primeau would accept too as the best two non-playoff goalies available. But there could be some names that could shake free with first round eliminations.
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He knew he wasn’t playing in the NHL this time last year, but he does now. The Ducks may want him on their offseason program, though there are rumors that they have had indiscretions.
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There’s a good chance the US can put down 2 touchdowns against some of their competition in the group.
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There is supposedly an investigation going on about whether or not Ducks players felt coerced into doing offseason workouts that are otherwise not permitted by the CBA.
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No one expects Latvia to be anywhere near last year's heroics, lots of injuries. Let's see how it goes.
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That Poland game might get ugly for sure (Kazakhstan also, perhaps).
I completely forgot they (PL) earned a spot in Elite this year AND they're in Latvia's group. In fact, we're opening vs Poland this year.
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Fight4yourRight
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It WILL get ugly against a team like the US for sure.
The thing is.. it will be less ugly if they don’t insist on playing their tired old veterans who have put their time into the team and made the elites for first time since 2003. Instead they should be playing younger guys like Macias (plays for the PA Raiders in the WHL).
Anyway, I’ll still be watching and still enjoy seeing them there for first time in 20+ years. I will hope they can at least pull out a win or two against the lower ranked teams in their group.
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Latvia aside, this will be my next favorite team for sure!
LegionOfDoom91
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The second round of adds weren’t as fruitful. Larkin had to back out because of an injury. It’s probably still the best roster in the tournament though.
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Crazy quality in these Canadian, America, Swedish etc. rosters. Was considering going to Czech Republic to see some games (1.5hr flight), but decided against it purely because nothing can come even close to the madness in Riga last year (I managed to see both pre-Tampere deciders - vs SUI and SWE).
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Looking at our roster and those of others in our group, I am just happy we cannot get relegated due to having Poland in our group (sorry, @Fight4yourRight ).
Edit: it will be really interesting to observe goaltending situation also
Edit: it will be really interesting to observe goaltending situation also
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There is nothing to be sorry about. On paper, and even by ranking, they are dead last.
I read a few articles and watched some interviews of their coach and players and it seems they are at least being realistic and are hyper focused (for better or for worse), on the France and KAZ games. They didn’t even mention Latvia game in this context
The one ace they may have up their sleeve (other than if their goalie somehow catches fire), is the “home” crowd that will travel for the tourney. They can get loud. Ostrava is only an hour away from where most of my family lives!
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There is nothing to be sorry about. On paper, and even by ranking, they are dead last.
I read a few articles and watched some interviews of their coach and players and it seems they are at least being realistic and are hyper focused (for better or for worse), on the France and KAZ games. They didn’t even mention Latvia game in this context
The one ace they may have up their sleeve (other than if their goalie somehow catches fire), is the “home” crowd that will travel for the tourney. They can get loud. Ostrava is only an hour away from where most of my family lives!
Prediction for tomorrow's LAT-POL?
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There is nothing to be sorry about. On paper, and even by ranking, they are dead last.
I read a few articles and watched some interviews of their coach and players and it seems they are at least being realistic and are hyper focused (for better or for worse), on the France and KAZ games. They didn’t even mention Latvia game in this context
The one ace they may have up their sleeve (other than if their goalie somehow catches fire), is the “home” crowd that will travel for the tourney. They can get loud. Ostrava is only an hour away from where most of my family lives!
Hehe but then again imagine getting to the first IIHF WC in twenty years, only to play.... In Ostrava, several kilometres away from the polish border haha
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5-2 Latvia. I think Poland gets outshot badly but their goalie keeps them in it through 2 periods.
Poland’s warm up games were not altogether great, but they did generally outplay Denmark in their last game (still lost, tho).
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My buddy forwarded a tempting bet combo offered by Latvian bookie: Latvia wins + total goals above 5.5 + [No] to both teams to score at least 2 goals. So basically, 6:0, 5:1 kind of scenarios would work. Still thinking about that one [:
