Greg Cote

Are we in round-robin territory or is it kind of lose and go home?

No, it's the quarters.

Yeah, we're in the quarterfinals right now.

It would be disappointing if I told you the U.S.

bowed out in the quarterfinals.

This is a great generation for USA hockey.

But I kind of favor the Swedes here.

I've made that pretty evident.

But I...

Would this be characterized as an embarrassment for the United States, given what we know about the talent level of Sweden?

The fact is, the line is just a one and a half goal spread in this one.

I don't think it would be that huge, but people that kind of tangentially follow international hockey are going to be pretty embarrassed if the U.S.

don't get past the quarters.

I don't know.

Matthew Kachuk is one of the few people that has authority to speak on the subject, being that he's a part of the team that's been running the sport here for a little bit.

The Kachuk family loves putting on that sweater.

And the fact that international competition at the Olympic level has been ripped away, seemingly from an entire generation of hockey players, I can believe Matthew Kachuk when he says that.

I really do.

They are proud to be American faces of the game.

Hey everybody, it's Mike Ryan.