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Team North America - World Cup

Created by: EvanCarr
Team: 2016-17 Custom Team
Initial Creation Date: Jul. 25, 2016
Published: Jul. 25, 2016
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This is my projected lineup for Team North America. Although it is a young, inexperienced team, there is tonnes of skill and speed on this team, and they will be very exciting.

Goaltending: I think they will go back and forth between Gibson and Murray, but in the end, they will go with John Gibson. He has excelled on the international stage with the world juniors, and I think he will carry that over into this tournament. This is a solid, but not great, goaltending tandem.

Defence: Rielly-Ekblad, is in my opinion, one of the best D pairings in this whole tournament. I think they will get most of the minutes for Team North America, and they will play against the "top lines" of the opposing teams. Gostisbehere-Trouba will be very good too. I decided to go with Murray-Jones just because of their familiarity of both playing for the Jackets. Parayko is the odd man out, but could definitely slot in if Gostisbehere or Murray don't play up to expectations.

Forwards:
That top line is filthy. McDavid-Eichel and whoever else will dominate the tourney. I think Saad will be a nice compliment to that line, and will offer a bit of experience to the youngsters. Monahan and Gaudreau have the chemistry and familiarity to form a solid second line. On the third line, I had a tough time figuring out the positions. However, Scheifele has a better FO% than Mackinnon, so I decided to put him at center. And Mackinnon and Drouin have chemistry from playing in Halifax. Lastly, the fourth line is more of a shut-down defensive line. I think Auston Matthews will get some playing time as well, due to the fact it is in Toronto, maybe slotting in for RNH some games.
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C
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C
UFA - 2
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C
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C
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RD
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G
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RD
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G
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G
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RD
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Jul. 25, 2016 at 1:13 p.m.
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So they don't go with the guy that won a bronze at the WHC and was named top goalie? No chance they do that? I also see scheifele/couturier/Saad and their defensive line and mcdavid playing with drouin and MacKinnon.
Jul. 25, 2016 at 1:22 p.m.
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Like I mentioned earlier, I think they will rotate between Murray and Gibson. I just think in the end, Gibson will be the starter. And yeah, I could definitely see McDavid playing with those two, but personally, I would rather see him play with Eichel. But regardless, no matter who McDavid plays with, it'll be a sick line.
Jul. 25, 2016 at 1:32 p.m.
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Like I mentioned earlier, I think they will rotate between Murray and Gibson. I just think in the end, Gibson will be the starter. And yeah, I could definitely see McDavid playing with those two, but personally, I would rather see him play with Eichel. But regardless, no matter who McDavid plays with, it'll be a sick line.


Eichel is playing center for sure. That I am sure of.
Jul. 25, 2016 at 1:40 p.m.
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Funny mix of forwards with 10 LH shots and only 3 RW. Of all 13 forwards, only MacKinnon and Miller spent much time at RW last season. Both are natural centres.
Jul. 26, 2016 at 10:08 a.m.
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Quoting: EvanCarr
Like I mentioned earlier, I think they will rotate between Murray and Gibson. I just think in the end, Gibson will be the starter. And yeah, I could definitely see McDavid playing with those two, but personally, I would rather see him play with Eichel. But regardless, no matter who McDavid plays with, it'll be a sick line.


Eichel is playing center for sure. That I am sure of.


Honestly, I don't think Eichel will play center. He only had a 41% faceoff percentage. The other four guys have him beat (except for McDavid, but they will definitely not be playing Connor on the wing) So that leaves Eichel to play wing.
Jul. 26, 2016 at 10:09 a.m.
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Funny mix of forwards with 10 LH shots and only 3 RW. Of all 13 forwards, only MacKinnon and Miller spent much time at RW last season. Both are natural centres.


I know TrueNorth. It seems the management team went with the Best Player Available structure of constructing the team. Nothing wrong with that, but I could definitely see problems with the team's chemistry in the tournament.
 
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