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Jeremy Roenick Wants Team USA To Play Like The Columbus Blue Jackets

12/13/2015 at 7:28am EST

from Dan Rosen of NHL.com,

Strange as it sounds considering how the Columbus Blue Jackets have struggled this season, NBC analyst Jeremy Roenick uses them as his model for how the United States will have to play in order to win the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

"We're not going to beat Canada on talent; we're going to beat Canada on determination and grit and will," said Roenick, who played for the U.S. national team four times, including twice in the Olympics. "It's similar to the way Columbus plays right now. They're not going to win on talent; they're going to win on sheer determination to try to beat you down."

When it was immediately pointed out to Roenick that Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella also is the coach of the U.S. World Cup team, he said he didn't even make that connection when he made the comparison.

"I didn't, but it speaks volumes," Roenick said. "It's exactly what I mean."

Roenick, however, worries the U.S. might have the same problem as the Blue Jackets.

Do they have enough players who can win playing that style?

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