2018 Roster Predictions

[Namba 17]

Russia:
Kulemin - Malkin - Tarasenko
Ovechkin - Grigorenko - Nichushkin
Slepyshev - Namestnikov - Kucherov
Anisimov - Yakimov - Kuznetsov
Yakupov, Burmistrov

Zadorov - Voinov
Emelin - Orlov
Kulikov - Maslov
Chudinov - Tryamkin

Vasilevskiy
Bobrovskiy
Varlamov

 

[PredragD]

I think Martin and Orpik are the only skaters north of 31 on the current USA roster, so I assumed only a few of the guys who will be in their mid 30s will make it. Assumed the old farts would be Pavelski and Suter because they seem to have the best track record for health. Also did not include anyone who has yet to skate in an NHL game since it is too hard to project that much.

Quick / Schneider / Gibson

Suter - Jones
DeKeyser - Shattenkirk
McDonagh - Trouba
Fowler, E Johnson

van Riemsdyk - Stepan - Kane
Pacioretty - Galchenyuk - Ryan
Saad - Pavelski - Okposo
Kreider - Bjugstad - Oshie
Smith, Kessel

 

[LiveeviL]

Landeskog - Bäckstrom - Silfverberg
Sedin - Sedin - Forsberg
Zibanejad - Lindholm - Hagelin
Nyqvist - Krüger - Johansson
Berglund

Karlsson - Hedman
Edler - OEL
Brodin - Lindholm
Hjalmarsson - Tallinder J/K

Henke
Lehner
Läck

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

Saad is better than Bjugstad, but I agree that a team needing a center will pick Bjugstad over Etem.

Please explain to me what Bjugstad has done, to this point, to show that he'll be a better player than Saad in four years.

You put Bjugstad on the Hawks and put Saad on the Panthers and see who's better.

 

[Reento]

Finland

Teräväinen-Barkov-Armia
Jokinen-Filppula- Mi.Granlund
Korpikoski-Koivu-Ruutu
Komarov-Haula-Hartikainen
Salomäki/Ma.Granlund

Määttä-Vatanen
Pitkänen-Ristolainen
Jokipakka-Honka
Lepistö-Järvinen

Rask
Lehtonen
Raanta

 

[heksagon]

Hmm... I just have a feeling that the Finnish team won't be quite as young in 2018 as the ones projected here.

 

[Nihiliste]

It's too impossible to say who will be playing well at that time, especially who our elite two way guys will be at the time. But there's going to be so many talented options that are going to be left off - the current core is pretty young but there are also so many younger guys that will be challenging for a spot.

Young guys that will be added to the mix for the next Olympics:

Couture (28)
Seguin (25)
Hall (25)
Mcdavid (20)
Mackinnon (22)
Drouin (22)
RNH (24)

In addition to Crosby (30), Toews (28), Benn (28), Stamkos (27), Tavares (27), Duchene (26), that could return

Add to which guys like Giroux and Neal that were left off will only be 29 and 30 respectively. Getzlaf, Perry, Bergeron, Mike Richards will be 32. Jeff Carter will be 33.

Doughty, Pietrangelo, and Subban will all return on the right side. We're going to need some guys to step up on the left side during that time. Other than Ekblad who's still to be drafted, which highly touted Canadians are coming up on the left side? I can't for the life of me remember. I could see a guy like Alzner stepping up and playing the Hamhuis/Vlasic role next time.

Goaltending will probably be a huge question mark come 2018. Price will still be 30 but I can't really think of any high impact Canadian goaltenders coming up at the moment.

 

[alko]

No Slovak team? Ok , i will do it.

Janus
Halak
Marek Ciliak

Marincin - Gernat
Sekera - Meszaros
Chara - Marek Ďaloga

+ Juraj Valach

Jurco - Andrej Stastny - Tatar
Panik - Kopecky - Reway
Libor Hudacek - Bliznak - Zaborsky
Marian Hossa - Milan Kolena - Marcel Hascak

+ David Skokan and Adam Lapsansky


But i was soooo wroong in summer of 2010 (regarding to 2014).

Goalies
Halak
Janus
Numero 3 - there i have many options like Hudacek, Kotvan, Konrad or maybe R.Stana (he will be 34, thats for a goalie nice alter). I will bet on Hudacek.

Defence
Chara - Visnovsky (they will be old, but i think, like Lidstron by Sweden, always good)
Baranka - Meszaros
Mikus - Mihalik (im still thinking, he has a bright future)
Janosik, Marincin or Ceresnak -> Ceresnak (he will be 21, big body, big talent...)

forwards
Hossa Marian - Viedensky - Gaborik
Hossa Marcel - Panik - Tatar
Jurco - Bliznak - Ruzicka
Radivojevic - Bortnak - Hrivik
Kudrna, Dravecky or Skokan

 

[MyNameIsNobody*]

It's too impossible to say who will be playing well at that time, especially who our elite two way guys will be at the time. But there's going to be so many talented options that are going to be left off - the current core is pretty young but there are also so many younger guys that will be challenging for a spot.

Young guys that will be added to the mix for the next Olympics:

Couture (28)
Seguin (25)
Hall (25)
Mcdavid (20)
Mackinnon (22)
Drouin (22)
RNH (24)

In addition to Crosby (30), Toews (28), Benn (28), Stamkos (27), Tavares (27), Duchene (26), that could return

Add to which guys like Giroux and Neal that were left off will only be 29 and 30 respectively. Getzlaf, Perry, Bergeron, Mike Richards will be 32. Jeff Carter will be 33.

Doughty, Pietrangelo, and Subban will all return on the right side. We're going to need some guys to step up on the left side during that time. Other than Ekblad who's still to be drafted, which highly touted Canadians are coming up on the left side? I can't for the life of me remember. I could see a guy like Alzner stepping up and playing the Hamhuis/Vlasic role next time.

Goaltending will probably be a huge question mark come 2018. Price will still be 30 but I can't really think of any high impact Canadian goaltenders coming up at the moment.

Dont forget Up Front:
Jaden Schwartz
Skinner
Jonathan Huberdeau
Dont forget RYAN JOHANSEN up front...he is only 21


Youngsters:

Ryan Strome
Sean Monahan

here are some Defense men that should be 30 or below i could think of
Veterans:
Subban
Doughty
BRAYDON COBURN
MARC-EDOUARD VLASIC
ALEX PIETRANGELO
KARL ALZNER


Youngsters
Dougie Hamilton
RYAN MURRAY
TJ BRODIE
Brenden Dillon
Justin Schultz
Aaron Ekblad
morgan rielly
SIMON DESPRES
JARED COWEN
TRAVIS HAMONIC
Darnell Nurse
Griffin Reinhart
Brandon Gormley

 

[IceDogsandLeafs]

This will be interesting to see in 4 years.......

Hall-Crosby-Stamkos
Duchene-Tavares-Seguin
Benn-Toews-mackinnon
Couture-Bergeron-Skinner
McDavid
Drouin/Nuge

Subban-Pietro
Doughty-weber
Keith-Vlasic
Ekblad

Price
Holtby
Bernier

Duchene Crosby Stamkos
Hall Tavares Seguin
Benn Toews Perry
Couture Johansen Mackinnon
Huberdeau Skinner

Keith Doughty
Subban Pietro
Murray Weber
Vlasic Hamilton

Price
Bernier
MAF

 

[Dares]

Russia:
Kulemin - Malkin - Tarasenko
Ovechkin - Grigorenko - Nichushkin
Slepyshev - Namestnikov - Kucherov
Anisimov - Yakimov - Kuznetsov
Yakupov, Burmistrov

Zadorov - Voinov
Emelin - Orlov
Kulikov - Maslov
Chudinov - Tryamkin

Vasilevskiy
Bobrovskiy
Varlamov

Anisimov on LW ? you just put down names you knew didnt you ?
As with with 2010 early russian roster predictions for 2014 half of those guys wont be there.

 

[weklof]

Gonna take a stab at all the Big8-nations and see how I fare in 4 years. Will probably be dead wrong on most, so much can happen in four year, top prospects bust, little known prospects brake out, some veterans decline suddenly and quickly, some stay young forever...

All ages as of February 1st, 2018

Team Canada:
[TABLE=head]Goalie
Carey Price, 30
Steve Mason, 29
Marc-André Fleury, 32
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Defenseman|Defenseman
Alex Pieterangelo, 28 | Drew Doughty, 28
P.K. Subban, 28 | Duncan Keith, 34
Shea Weber, 32 | Ryan Murray, 24
Aaron Ekblad, 21
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Left Wing|Center|Right Wings
Connor McDavid, 21 | Sidney Crosby, 30 | John Tavares, 27
Jamie Benn, 28 | Steven Stamkos, 27 | Tyler Seguin, 26
Taylor Hall, 26 | Nathan MacKinnon, 22 | Claude Giroux, 30
Logan Couture, 28 | Jonathan Toews, 29 | Jaden Schwartz, 25
Jeff Skinner, 25
[/TABLE]

Team Czech Republic:
[TABLE=head]Goalie
Ondrej Pavelec, 30
Petr Mrzek, 25
Marek Mazanec, 26
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Defenseman|Defenseman
Radko Gudas, 27 | Andrej Sustr, 27
David Musil, 24 | Zbynek Michalek, 35
Ladislav Smid, 32 | Roman Polak, 31
Tomas Kundratek, 28
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Left Wing|Center|Right Wings
Ondrej Palat, 26 | Tomas Hertl, 24 | Jakub Voracek, 28
Jan Kovar, 27 | David Krejci, 31 | Dmitrij Jaskin, 27
Ondrej Roman, 28 | Martin Hanzal, 30 | David Pastrnak, 21
Vladimir Sobotka, 30 | Roman Horak, 26 | Michael Frolik, 29
Jakub Vrana, 21
[/TABLE]

Team Finland:
[TABLE=head]Goalie
Tuukka Rask, 30
Antti Raanta, 28
Jusso Saros, 22
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Defenseman|Defenseman
Joni Pitkänen, 34 | Olli Määttä, 23
Sami Vatanen, 26 | Rasmus Ristolainen, 23
Ville Pokka, 23 | Sami Lepistö, 33
Teemu Eronen, 27
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Left Wing|Center|Right Wings
Mikael Granlund, 25 | Aleksander Barkov, 22 | Markus Granlund, 24
Valtteri Filppula, 33 | Mikko Koivu, 34 | Joel Armia, 24
Erik Haula, 26 | Teuvo Terväinen, 23 | Teemu Pulkkinen, 26
Lauri Korpikoski, 31 | Miikka Salomäki, 24 | Leo Komarov, 30
Teemu Hartikainen, 27
[/TABLE]

Team Russia:
[TABLE=head]Goalie
Semyon Varlamov, 29
Sergei Bobrovski, 29
Andrei Vasilevski, 23
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Defenseman|Defenseman
Slava Voinov, 28 | Dmitry Kulikov, 27
Dmitry Orlov, 26 | Fyodor Tyutin, 34
Nikita Zadorov, 22 | Alexei Yemelin, 31
Maxim Chudinov, 27
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Left Wing|Center|Right Wings
Alexander Ovechkin, 32 | Yevgeni Malkin, 31 | Yevgeni Kuznetsov, 25
Ilya Kovalchuk, 34 | Mikhail Grigorenko, 23 | Nail Yakupov, 24
Valeri Nichushkin, 22 | Alexamder Burmistrov, 26 | Vladimir Tarasenko, 26
Nikolai Kulyomin, 31 | Artyom Anisimov, 29 | Viktor Tikhonov, 29
Nikita Kucherov, 24
[/TABLE]

Team Slovakia:
[TABLE=head]Goalie
Jaroslav Halak, 32
Jaroslav Janus, 28
Petr Budaj, 35
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Defenseman|Defenseman
Andrej Sekera, 31 | Martin Marincin, 25
Martin Gernat, 24 | Andrej Meszaros, 32
Zdeno Chara, 40 | Marek Daloga, 28
Martin Stajnoch, 27
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Left Wing|Center|Right Wings
Tomas Tatar, 27 | Marko Dano, 23 | Tomas Jurco, 25
Tomas Zaborsky, 30 | Martin Reway, 23 | Marian Gaborik, 35
Peter Cehlarik, 23 | Tomas Kopecky, 35 | Richard Panik, 26
Marek Hrivik, 26 | Tomas Marcinko, 29 | Marian Hossa, 39
Libor Hudacek, 27
[/TABLE]

Team Sweden:
[TABLE=head]Goalie
Henrik Lundqvist, 35
Robin Lehner, 26
Eddie Läck, 30
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Defenseman|Defenseman
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, 26 | Jonas Brodin, 24
Erik Karlsson, 27 | Victor Hedman, 27
Niklas Hjalmarsson, 30 | Carl Gunnarsson, 31
Hampus Lindholm, 24
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Left Wing|Center|Right Wings
Gabriel Landeskog, 25 | Nicklas Bäckström, 30 | Filip Forsberg, 23
Carl Hagelin, 29 | Elias Lindholm, 23 | Jakob Silfverberg, 27
Henrik Zetterberg, 37 | Alexander Wennberg, 23 | Mika Zibanejad, 24
Alexander Steen, 33 | Marcus Krüger, 27 | Loui Eriksson, 32
William Nylander, 21
[/TABLE]

Team Switzerland:
[TABLE=head]Goalie
Jonas Hiller, 35
Reto Berra, 31
Benjamin Conz, 26
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Defenseman|Defenseman
Roman Josi, 27 | Luca Sbisa, 28
Raphael Diaz, 32 | Mirco Müller, 22
Yannik Weber, 29 | Patrick Geering, 27
Christian Matri, 24
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Left Wing|Center|Right Wings
Nino Niederreiter, 25 | Luca i, 28 | Damien Brunner, 31
Sven Bärtschi, 25 | Christoph Bertschy, 23 | Inti Pestoni, 26
Dennis Hollenstein, 28 | Kevin Romy, 32 | Sven Andrighetto, 24
Simon Moser, 28 | Morris Trachsler, 33 | Reto Suri, 28
Kevin Fiala, 21
[/TABLE]

Team USA:
[TABLE=head]Goalie
Jonathan Quick, 32
John Gibson, 24
Corey Schneider, 31
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Defenseman|Defenseman
Ryan Suter, 33 | Seth Jones, 23
Jacob Trouba, 23 | Just Faulk, 25
Cam Fowler, 26 | Ryan McDonagh, 28
Erik Johnson, 29
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]Left Wing|Center|Right Wings
Brandon Saad, 25 | Alex Galchenyuk, 23 | Pat Kane, 29
Chris Kreider, 26 | Derek Stepan, 27 | Phil Kessel, 30
James van Riemsdyk, 28 | Nick Bjugstad, 25 | Bobby Ryan, 30
Zach Parise, 33 | David Backes, 33 | Ryan Callahan, 32
Jason Zucker, 26
[/TABLE]

 

[Cypher]

None of my predictions matches anyone's on here, as I do not believe NHL players will be going to South Korea in 2018.

 

[that is unfortunate]

Pastrnak - Krejci - Voracek
Vrana - Hertl - Jaskin
Sobotka - Hanzal - Palat
Elias - Plekanec - Jagr

Michalek - Gudas
Sustr - Kostalek
Kostalek - Polak

Mrazek
Pavelec
Neuvirth

OR

Rucinsky (46) - Straka (45) - Jagr (45)
Elias (41) - Nedved (46) - Ton (44)
Bednar (41) - Hlinka (41) - Dvorak (40)
Tenkrat (40) - Bonk (42) - Peterek (46)

Slegr (46) - Zidlicky (40)
Hejda (39) - Rozsival (39)
Kaberle (39) - Pilar (40)

Vokoun (41)

 

[joey16]

Pastrnak - Krejci - Voracek
Vrana - Hertl - Jaskin
Sobotka - Hanzal - Palat
Elias - Plekanec - Jagr

Michalek - Gudas
Sustr - Kostalek
Kostalek - Polak

Mrazek
Pavelec
Neuvirth

4th line that is 121 years old overall? No, I don't think so
Anyway, I wouldn't write off neither Elias nor Jagr for 2018 although I don't think their chances are very high (I'd say it's around 25% for each of them). Plekanec will still be at least 3rd line center IMO.
Otherwise it looks good. I'm praying for those young guys, we really need them to develop well. Still missing elite defensman though.

 

[joey16]

OR

Rucinsky (46) - Straka (45) - Jagr (45)
Elias (41) - Nedved (46) - Ton (44)
Bednar (41) - Hlinka (41) - Dvorak (40)
Tenkrat (40) - Bonk (42) - Peterek (46)

Slegr (46) - Zidlicky (40)
Hejda (39) - Rozsival (39)
Kaberle (39) - Pilar (40)

Vokoun (41)

Soo Hadamczik is still head coach by that time right?
You forgot Barinka then

 

[Gaps]

Hmm... I just have a feeling that the Finnish team won't be quite as young in 2018 as the ones projected here.

Agreed. I think these players could be said to be safe bets to make the team:

Barkov
Mi. Granlund
M. Koivu
Määttä
J. Jokinen
Filppula
Vatanen
(Ruutu and Pitkänen would be here as well, but as far as I know, Pitkänen will never play again and I doubt Ruutu will still be able to play on a high level in 2018)

The goaltending situation is a wash. It's not worrying at all because we have goaltenders who should still be decent NHL starters in 4 years as well as a bunch of good younger netminders. There should be some decent competition for the spots. My own guess is that at least 1 of Rask/Lehtonen will make that team.

I was tempted to put Ristolainen as a safe bet as well, but decided against it. The outlook for him is very good at the moment though.

The rest of the team is anybody's guess at this point. We should see within the next 2-3 years which kids will make it.

 

[Erikfromfin]

And we still have uncapped potential in say guys like Jori Lehterä. His only 26 year old and turned down NHL to be Best center in KHL. He has chance to be in the mix for years to come and he will get his chances in world championships if stays healthy and will be key guys to look for.

 

[Xokkeu]

You put Bjugstad on the Hawks and put Saad on the Panthers and see who's better.

Meanwhile outside of NHL 14 fantasies, Saad is still a better player right now than Bjugstad.

 

[dan1el]

My Canada:

Duchene-Crosby-Hall
Couture-Stamkos-Seguin
MacDavid-Tavares-Mackinnon
Benn-Toews-Giroux
Huberdeau/Skinner

Keith-Weber
Ekblad-Pietrangelo
Vlasic-Doughty
Hamilton-Murray

Price

Who knows? Fleury? Bernier? Luongo?

 

[jgoud*]

Duchene - Crosby - Stamkos
Hall - Tavares - Giroux
E. Kane - Toews - Seguin
Mackinnon - McDavid - Johansen
Benn, Couture, Drouin

Pietrangelo - Weber
Murray - Keith
Subban - Doughty
Sean Day, Vlasic

Price
Fucale

 

[IceDogsandLeafs]

Duchene - Crosby - Stamkos
Hall - Tavares - Giroux
E. Kane - Toews - Seguin
Mackinnon - McDavid - Johansen
Benn, Couture, Drouin

Pietrangelo - Weber
Murray - Keith
Subban - Doughty
Sean Day, Vlasic

Price
Fucale

No way will the aristocracy that pick this team allow Day and Fucale. Both will be way too young. I'm not even sure McDavid will make it

 

[jgoud*]

No way will the aristocracy that pick this team allow Day and Fucale. Both will be way too young. I'm not even sure McDavid will make it

Day is a bit of a stretch but the kid is 15 years old and already has 10 points in 30 games in the CHL. He'll be one of the best defencemen in the league by his second year in the NHL but yeah i agree with all the politics that it's very unlikely. I hope he gets an invite to the world juniors camp this summer.

 

[jgoud*]

Russia:
Kulemin - Malkin - Tarasenko
Ovechkin - Grigorenko - Nichushkin
Slepyshev - Namestnikov - Kucherov
Anisimov - Yakimov - Kuznetsov
Yakupov, Burmistrov

Zadorov - Voinov
Emelin - Orlov
Kulikov - Maslov
Chudinov - Tryamkin

Vasilevskiy
Bobrovskiy
Varlamov

I god damn hope that the oilers have 3 guys playing for russia. I think in 4 years Yak will prove he belongs in the top 9

 

[HC Bienne]

This will be interesting to see in 4 years.......

Hall-Crosby-Stamkos
Duchene-Tavares-Seguin
Benn-Toews-mackinnon
Couture-Bergeron-Skinner
McDavid
Drouin/Nuge

Subban-Pietro
Doughty-weber
Keith-Vlasic
Ekblad

Price
Holtby
Bernier

Giroux?