Final US Roster for World Juniors
by WCHBlog on Dec 23, 2009 9:29 AM PST
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The US released their final roster today. Forward Chris Brown and defenseman Max Nicastro were the last two players cut from the squad.
I can kind of understand Nicastro not making it. They've got 7 pretty good defensemen on the roster and somebody had to go. I'm really surprised that Chris Brown was cut from the team. The US doesn't have many wingers with the mix of size and skill that he has. Maybe Luke Walker fills that role, but I can't see the US giving him as many minutes as Brown could have played. Unless there is some extenuating circumstance, that's a really strange choice.
Anyway, that's the team the US is taking to Canada. Will it be good enough? They've got a great defense, some questionable forwards, and as always, goaltending will probably decide their fate.
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How in the world is Mitchell Wahl not on this roster?! He is the leading scorer on Spokane and played well last year in the tourney. Doesn’t make any sense to me.
by wickedsmart on Dec 23, 2009 10:09 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Did he snub an NCAA team to go play in the WHL? USA Hockey doesn’t take kindly to that behavior.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
by Fehr and Balanced on Dec 24, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Except when they took Jack Campbell and Cam Fowler for this year’s team.
Apparently, USA Hockey doesn’t care that much about such behavior. :)
by bciskie on Dec 26, 2009 1:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
They are very fickle about it. They’ll usually tolerate a couple but they never take too many. And they really don’t like it when you go CHL after you’ve formally committed to an NCAA team. That’s why John Carlson was off last year.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
by Fehr and Balanced on Dec 30, 2009 10:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It is a shame that politics get in the way of picking the best team. It is also funny how depth was such a huge factor in the game with Canada. Maybe, at some point, a lesson will be learned.
by wickedsmart on Jan 2, 2010 9:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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