Boston – It's about four countries, picked up on Monday afternoon in a potential elimination game for both Mighty Canada and emerging Finland.
1. Pittsburgh head coach Mike Sullivan, who won the same position in Team USA, was asked before the tournament how to balance urgency and urgency in this type of shotgun tournament.
“The way you imagine it sometimes on paper and what you think makes sense doesn't always unfold in a real environment. Until you see it on ice, you can I really don't know,” Sullivan said. “We combine line combinations and defensive pairs, with specific intentions based on complementary skill sets, offering the best chance to win. Now we sit down and see it, what is it I'm going to see if it evolves like that.
“I think it's the art of coaching, where it's always that line of patience, when you need to not only allow players to get through things, but also step in and be proactive and bring about some change. We look, see, and if we have to make adjustments at the end of the day, we do it.”
