U.S. team's depth means players must make 'sacrifices' at 4 Nations ...

Larkin illustrates a good problem to have for the United States, which opens against Finland at Bell Centre on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; ESPN+, ESPN, SN, TVAS).

The U.S. might have its deepest pool of talent since the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, the only best-on-best tournament they’ve won.

They had to leave some good forwards off the roster in the first place, including Clayton Keller of the Utah Hockey Club, Jason Robertson of the Dallas Stars, Cole Caufield of the Montreal Canadiens and Tage Thompson of the Buffalo Sabres.

Whom would you leave off the power play for Larkin?

The first unit was defenseman Adam Fox with forwards Jack Eichel, Jack Hughes, Auston Matthews and Matthew Tkachuk.

The second unit was defenseman Zach Werenski with forwards Matt Boldy, Kyle Connor, Jake Guentzel and Brady Tkachuk.

“Yeah,” said general manager Bill Guerin, a forward on the 1996 World Cup team. “I mean, this is the tricky part, but we believe that we’ve got the right mix. Guys, they’re buying into their roles. I mean, you can only have so many guys on a power play or a penalty kill, whatever it is. They’re all used to playing big minutes, big roles.

“But Mike used the term ‘self-sacrifice’ the other day. There are sacrifices that are going to have to be made. You’re going to have to accept a role, do things that you’re normally not asked to do. But the depth of the team, I mean, that’s where we are, and that’s a good thing.”