Some teams in hockey have a great many players who have played on national teams together. As to your 1980 point that Russian national team had been together even longer than team USA by several years.
I just have an issue with a selection committee picking players on prior merit, aged merit if you will, for an event 6 months in the future without caring who played how well in the 4 months of season before the selection had to be in. If it’s a meaningless all star game that comes around once a year and someone gets in on rep and a better player has to wait a year its not the end of the world. This was to represent the nation in an event that occurs every 4 years. They didn’t have the luxury to make lazy picks. They did however and the laziest picks were the weakest links.
Are watching the USA-Finland bronze medal game now?
Congratz to Finland.
I guess team USA gave up after the Canada loss.
Been following Rangers this season because of Zuke. Callahan has sucked it up all year, so has Callahan. So has Stepan. McTruck has been good though.