AJ Fredrickson

But that's how good they are.

Like they know those little things that just are peeved and

They're trying to get you to like swat the fly away.

And all that takes is one little, you know, mental lapse for the opposition and team USA might be able to capitalize.

So I think these knockout rounds is going to be where they shine more than say, maybe the Hughes brothers.

If you want to go brother combo versus brother combo.

And Jack has looked great.

coming up in the quarters and that's why the knockout rounds make me feel a little more nervous because you're going to play better countries you're going to play better teams so you can't afford to you know have a slow start where you ease into it and it's like okay maybe we'll start playing for the final five minutes of the first and we'll get that goal and we'll go into the locker room great and you know it's one nothing over latvia that's fine you know or yeah you score with under nine seconds up against germany oh we're we're fine now they like we're in control of this game

If you do that against Sweden, you do that against a Czechia team, you do that against Canada, they're going to roll all over you.

And then we don't really necessarily know or have a lot of evidence on how this team can fare playing from behind against better competition.

So that's just where my main hesitations are.

If they start fast, though, I mean, that sets them up great.

End of rant, sorry.

I'm going to be interested to see who they dress as the backup goalie to Hellebuck, because...

let's say hopefully right you'd think so but the fact that they didn't

you know, give him a preliminary game.

I think to me is a weird sign.

God forbid something happens injury wise to hell buck in one of these knockout games.

But if you have to go to the backup goalie, if it's swimming, I'm not like his, his stats might be better in the regular season, but what we saw the other day, I'm not super confident if he goes out there mid game cold, that he's going to be able to stand on his head and, you know, turn away shots from a Sweden or whatever.

So I'm going to be interested to watch that.