With the United States 6-1 victory over Finland in the semi-finals, Team USA is in great shape to win their first gold medal since the Miracle on Ice in 1980. Has this Olympic run been a fluke or is Team USA's excellent showing in Vancouver a sign of things to come in future Olympics? Why has the American talent in hockey gotten significantly better over the past decade and will this trend last?
While hitting and fielding may not impact each other in baseball, offense and defense certainly impact one another in hockey. What can we do to adjust for this problem?
Did the Atlanta Thrashers get enough of a return in the Ilya Kovalchuk trade, what can we expect from the prospects they picked up, who can we expect them to draft with their recently acquired first round draft pick from the New Jersey Devils and are they finally moving in the right direction?
