Poile: Road to gold goes through Canada

The Nashville Tennessean has Team USA GM David Poile's sentiments about falling short to Canada in Olympic competition. Again.

We’re going to keep getting better and better until we win,” the Predators GM said on Monday. “I’m pretty sure the road to the Olympic (gold) will go through Canada. That’s what we have to emulate and improve upon.”

On having no regrets about Team USA's roster choices: “I think we could have taken other players, and I think the result would be the same,” Poile said. “The good news is that we finally had those decisions to make, and we were finally getting people’s attention by who we didn’t take. We were getting written about or criticized or whatever, and I think that’s fabulous that the United States is now talking about players we didn’t take.”

Looking ahead: “I think we have a bright, bright future with the U.S. players we currently have and the ones that are next up,” he said. “I would hope the goal in the next Olympics is that the U.S. goes into it believing they’re going to be No. 1 and win the gold.”

Source: John Glennon, Tennessean