Pavelski:
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With a night to sleep on it, what did he think? Pavelski paused.
“I have ton of respect for all of those guys. (Kessel’s tweet), I don’t think it was about us. He wanted be a part of it and couldn't help…but it’s tough to see," he said. "Everyone who said something has been part of this before. Every one of them has gone through what we are going through…you think they would understand.”
What if the comments were not directed at the players?
“Maybe they don’t mean for us to take those comments personally, but when you put on that jersey, you do. I wish we had done more, not put those guys in a situation where they could say those things," Pavelski said. "A couple of them are not afraid to say what they feel. Even though we didn’t do well, we have pride in USA Hockey. There were still some cool moments of team building, being together. We are all in this together, we want the program to keep getting better.”