Jason Robertson has already addressed being snubbed from the U.S. Olympic hockey team. On Friday, his head coach shared some thoughts.
Dallas Stars coach Glen Gulutzan made his weekly appearance on The Hardline on Sportsradio 96.7 FM/1310 The Ticket (KTCK-AM) on Friday where he was asked about Robertson, currently the NHL’s leading scorer among American-born players, being left off the Team USA hockey roster at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
Robertson obviously had his ego bruised a bit, especially after he was left off the 4-Nations Faceoff roster during last season, as well. But if you ask his head coach, he seemed to take it in stride.
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Gulutzan talked with The Hardline about Robertson’s resilience and shared a story of the day the 26-year-old got the call from Team USA saying he hadn’t made the cut.
See what Gulutzan had to say below.
Question: Every hockey kid’s dream growing up is to win the Stanley Cup and play for the Olympic team and Robo got left off, pretty controversially. Just wondering, from your perspective, how he’s handled that?
Guluztan: “You know, he’s just such a good pro. The day I believe that the U.S. team called him to let him know he wasn’t on it, I think it was a gameday. And you couldn’t tell after morning skate — he did the exact same routine at morning skate, took the exact same shots, stayed out late, laughing with the boys after the shootout in the morning skate — he was exactly the same.
“For me it’s just a sign of a great pro. I couldn’t tell one way or the other, I hadn’t asked him because I didn’t know if they’d called him or not. But you could not tell, and they had called him. So. I think he’s handled it like a great pro. He’s shown a lot of maturity, shown a lot of class.
“And I think he should be on the team. I mean he’s [the] leading scorer as an American-born player. That’s just a tough one.”
Click here to listen to the full interview.
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