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Regarding Arthur's comment about the US team being so talent rich, I'm not sure I agree. I don't know much about the guys on the Junior A's who were left off the team by Parker, but watching who was on the team I wasn't overly impressed. The Swedish team was bigger, better puck handlers and seemed to have better ice sense. I hven't seen the Canadians, but I would assume the talent differential would be even more emphasized in a head to head. I think there are only a few guys on the US team who are bona fide NHL material: Berard, who was huge, and really showed why he went #1, Ben Clymer, who if he matures looks like he'll be a steady defensive type, Marty Reasoner, who has great individual skills and maybe Berg from Minnesota. Boucher looked good in goal yesterday, but I'm not a good judge of goaltending. Contrast the Swedes, who I think had 14 players on their team already drafted by the NHL. The US seems to be playing better as the tourney progresses, but I think they are light years behind the Swedes and Candians in talent, and probably the Czechs as well. I don't know if the Russians have anyone on their team, but I doubt the US squad could handle them as well. BTW, wasn't Jeff Jackson the coach of the last US junior team? Has there ever been a coach who wasn't from the colleges? ********************************************************************************* Brian Morris RPI Engineers--1996, It's a New Year [log in to unmask] HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.