One day Brady Tkachuk might become a better LW than Chris Kreider, but at the current time Kreider is ahead of Tkachuk on the depth chart.

No doubt US hockey is on the rise!

Only in the minds of ranger fans.

Not bad, just make sure Connor > Guentzel ///// Eichel > Matthews and its good

I guess an argument can be made that debrincat would score like crazy with a linemate like eichel. Personally I think Tkachuk would be better suited on that line. Great team though, well done.

elaborate, because im sure you ask 10 people about guentzel vs connor im gonna say most would say guentzel, connor is way worse defensively. as for matthews and eichel, its the most tiring argument on this site, they are both so close, gonna have to ask that question in 3 years but at this point matthews has to have the edge, better numbers and better on d

Truthfully idk much about Connor vs Guentzel other than Pens fans always overrate the crap out of Guentzel, so if you wanna leave that, by all means man

But Matthews vs Eichel: Sure matthews is a bit better defensively, but we also need to remember that the sabres are actual trash and have been throughout Eichels career. He literally has nobody to work with which makes his offensive numbers drop (to Matthews level), and who knows maybe he would be able to play better defense if his team wasnt trash. IDC if you think they are Even, but with them being even, Eichel should take first line for his leadership alone then

the teammate excuse is very tiring, if thats the case by your logic pastrnak isnt as good as he leads on because hes had bergeron and marchand his whole career? and pretty bad excuse for not being good on d. i truthfully dont care whos 1c or 2c because on a team like this in a best on best tourney, it really doesnt matter whos 1c and whos 2c, i just wanted your reasoning behind what you said. which also leads to me to ask how does eichel having more "leadership" the reason he should be 1C? also curious about this "leadership" because eichel is kind of a baby and i know he plays for buffalo but it seems like hes been complaining each year which i get he plays in buffalo but doesnt really show great "leadership"

When two players are evenly skilled, i would just go with the guy that is a better leader cuz why not. Maybe its my OCD making me need to use logic rather than a random choice, but i just felt that it made sense over just saying "hahaha amtthews better than eichel yay"

As far as Pasta, he is good. but I (emphasized) have been the one saying him and Drai (oilers are my second favorite team) shouldnt get the Hart because of their line mates.

So Yeah, Eichel deserves the Hart over Pasta, Drai, matthews, Marchy, Mcdavid IMO but its a logical opinion at that

I'll disagree on Matthews. I do want him on the top line for Team USA as of right now. Haven't seen enough from Eichel defensively yet to put him over Matthews. Once he improves that part of his game, then yes Eichel over Matthews. Agree on Connor though

I built this team for 2022 when the next Olympics could be

I agree that Tkachuk might very well pass Kreider's talents by the year 2022.