As much as I think Yandle is a good dman, I agree that Fowler is arguably better. Yandle gets sheltered a ton in Phoenix so I get leaving him off. Byfuglien is much better tho and I dont think hes a trainwreck in his own zone tbh he has like a .87 sv% behind him which is why is +/- is bad. I think hes a borderline top line dman and Orpik is a borderline top 6 so.. But again I agree with you that the US team is still very good, and there forwards are still great despite Ryan, but they couldve been even better and thats what baffles me.
And I just keep hearing that Kunitz will probably make the team so im just bracing for it. And yes it's dumb. He has something like 7 points in the last 2 years when hes not playing with Crosby. I could get massive amounts of points playing with Crosby ffs. I mean Kunitz isnt terrible but if we're leaving Hall or Benn home good lord thats dumb. But it's the same with the States. We can make these mind numbingly stupid mistakes and still win gold. But why make it harder on ourselves?
Oh and RIP USA world junior team. #Canadabesthockey
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