I fully expect that the American brass will find a way to screw it up because they're going to try and build a roster around a bunch of big and ugly.

Yeah.

And instead of being like, hey, let's lean into some of the elite skill.

Yeah.

But I think the Americans at least have to be the second banana on that pecking order right now.

The NVR Avalanche podcast.

The Olympics is now just about two months away.

And we're going to assume that the players are actually going.

And that means Nathan McKinnon and Team Canada are almost certainly the favorites.

But let's have a little bit of fun with this.

We have an opportunity to, in theory, see the three best players in the world all

beyond the ice together at the same time with Nathan McKinnon, Connor McDavid, and Kail McCarr.

Rank them however you want.

I don't care.

My question is, who should Nathanathan mckinman play with

at the olympics and maybe more importantly should he be a center or should he be a wing on team

canada i feel like my answer is easy for this especially for the second part like do even on the

abs as a center plays like a wing to To some extent. To some extent. Like, I feel like that's where a lot of times you see him where he can be his most comfortable, where he can be his most creative. Put him on the wing. He can play next to Sidney Crosby. Fine by me. Okay. Yeah, I think he'll, he should play next to Sidney Crosby, but I would keep him in the middle of the ice.

His speed and the creativity and the dominance starts with him being able to own the middle of the ice, especially in the offensive zone.

I understand defensively that they're going to need to put some adults around him to try to, you know.

Crosby's adult enough.

To reality.

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