“I think that’s not only working on your own game individually, but as a team you’re working on winning”.
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Every coach will tell you that the best players on the team make the players around them better. “There are a lot in this tournament, but I think we’ve got three of the best”.
Back to the goaltending issue with Team USA.
That is three weeks of virtually no revenue: no games, no ticket sales and a decrease in merchandise sold.
At the 2016 World Cup of Hockey there will be no anthem played for Team Europe before its games while Team North America will have the United States and Canadian national anthems played before its contests.
“There’s certainly not enough time to make a true determination of who wins a job”, Tortorella admitted on Tuesday after the team’s second day of on-ice workouts.
“It is hockey, but I also think it is a huge platform for us to represent our country, especially in today’s world, with everything [that’s] going on”, he said. It’s not going to be fair. So I’ll put that out there right now. It’s not going to be fair to the other guys.
“We’re very comfortable that Carey is ready and he’s very comfortable that he’s ready to go”.
Each goaltender has a strong argument. He’s been a crucial part of the national team over the past few years, and enters the World Cup in Toronto as the most talented player on the American roster. Four times, twice in Game 7, he has clinched a series with a shutout in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
“I’m going to be 28 later this year (on November 19), so you want to get all you can out of your prime while you are still in it and maybe advance that into later years”, Kane said. “If I’m in there I feel like I’m capable of winning”.
“Talking to other players that are in the tournament, they know we’re going to be pretty good”, Larkin said.
Team Canada coach Mike Babcock said Price would play the full 60 minutes Friday in Columbus while Braden Holtby of the Washington Capitals and Corey Crawford of the Chicago Blackhawks would split Saturday’s game in Ottawa, again versus Team USA. Holtby endorsed Price as the starter if the Montreal Canadiens’ 2015 MVP is healthy, but games Friday and Saturday against the USA are worth watching. “Our goal is simple and that’s to win the World Cup”.
They have been the worst road team in the National Hockey League the past six seasons, winning only 70 of their 229 games, so a strong October is a must if they hope to be in a playoff race when March arrives.
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The good news for hockey fans is you will see McDavid in this tournament, and regardless of which jersey he’s wearing, I’m sure he and his young teammates will wow fans.
