Monday, January 04, 2010

Brian Burke tries shaking things up for Team USA

Team USA did miserably at the 2006 Olympics finishing 4th in their pool with only 1 win against Kazahkstan. They subsequently knocked out in the semis by Finland. So Brian Burke figures why go with the lineup that crashed and burned 4 years ago. No Modano, Gomez, Guerin and Tkachuk this time. Though as long as Ryan Miller is in net, maybe it doesn't matter who else is in the lineup. Team USA will be interesting.


DEFENSEMEN GP G A P MIN/G
IN




Erik Johnson 38 4 17 21 21:42
Jack Johnson 39 4 11 15 22:54
Brooks Orpik 37 0 14 14 19:57
Brian Rafalski 35 2 13 15 24:03
Ryan Suter 40 2 18 20 24:07
Paul Martin 9 0 2 2 23:57
Mike Komisarek 33 0 4 4 19:55
OUT




Ryan Whitney 39 3 19 22 25:35
Andy Greene 35 5 18 23 23:59
Zach Bogosain 39 8 8 16 22:36






FORWARDS




IN GP G A P MIN/G
David Backes 39 9 9 18 17:53
Dustin Brown 40 9 19 28 19:12
Ryan Callahan 39 9 10 19 19:37
Chris Drury 34 5 9 14 17:09
Patrick Kane 39 17 27 44 19:01
Ryan Kesler 40 10 23 33 19:29
Phil Kessel 29 14 8 22 20:05
Jamie Langengrunner 38 9 22 31 20:01
Ryan Malone 40 19 16 35 19:30
Zach Parise 38 17 25 43 19:47
Joe Pavelski 24 7 11 18 19:14
Bobby Ryan 39 19 14 33 19:19
Paul Stastny 41 9 30 39 21:33
OUT




Tim Conolly 39 9 20 29 18:35
Bill Guerin 41 12 16 28 17:43
Jason Pominville 39 10 17 27 18:48
Scott Gomez 38 5 20 25 19:47
Brian Rolston 37 13 9 22 17:42
R.J. Umberger 41 13 14 27 18:58
Mike Madano 26 6 8 14 14:27
Keith Tkachuk 37 8 14 22 14:14
Kyle Okposo 40 6 21 27 20:22