If you aren’t going to be picked, might you rather not be in consideration at all?

Thursday’s news that Thatcher Demko and Brock Boeser are both back in consideration for the USA Olympic team is good news. It’s a recognition of performance, of being near the height of the game.

But there’s also a “what if” lurking in the background, especially for Boeser.

The what if of “What if I don’t make it?”. It is obviously very nice to know that someone out there thinks of you as being possible Olympic-worthy, of being good enough to be part of your country’s greatest team.

Is the inevitable disappointment of not making the team, though, worth it?

Demko and Boeser were both left off the 44-man summertime orientation camp roster. That they are both back in the conversation is nice. They have

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