2018 Roster Predictions

[Big Phil]

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

Not bad. Still a pretty young team to be honest. Letang is on there somewhere I would think especially if the Pens have a great next 4 years. Maybe Crawford as a goalie too if the Hawks continue to thrive. I'd like to think Fleury will have settled down by then and become more consistent and would have a veteran presence.

What's funny is that Bergeron would be the grizzled old veteran by then. Most of the members of the 2005 World Juniors will be considered too old by then, but I think there could be room for Getzlaf or Perry somewhere in there. They wouldn't even be 33 yet. Toews wouldn't even be 30. Crosby would be 30.

And I agree, based on projection McDavid is on this team.

 

[waitin425]

I'd swap skinner for Groux. Sure. That looks good too.

Oh well. Totally a shot in the dark. I had a look at the first page of 2014 roster predictions. Wow you've gotta see some of the names on their. Lots of people were predicting Luke Schenn. Hahaha. Oh well it will be fun to look back on my roster and realize how wrong I was

 

[Mantis]

Team Canada

Tavares Crosby Stamkos
Duchene Toews Giroux
Hall Getzlaf Perry
Benn Bergeron Lucic
Seguin/RNH

Doughty Weber
Keith Pietrangelo
Vlasic Hamilton
Murray

Hopefully we have some better goalies in 4 years.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

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

Saad doesn't bring anything to the table that Bjugstad doesn't except playing for the Hawks. I would hate to lose in the Olympics because we picked players on better teams and not necessarily the better players.

 

[Mantis]

I would definately take Bjugstad over Saad

 

[WaltWhitman]

I thought I saw somebody mention Brock Nelson in this thread, but I couldn't find it.

Anyway, it's his destiny to be an Olympian. There was a member of his family on both gold-medal winning Team USA olympic squads, so far.

Roger and Bill Christian in 1960

Dave Christian in 1980

Brock Nelson in 2018?

 

[Hedning]

Can't wait to see the Swedish D in 2018 if they continue to develop.

OEL-Brodin
Hedman-Karlsson
Lindholm-Hjalmarsson
A Larsson
Edler
Klefbom (stuck in the Swedish graveyard up north tho)
Some out of the blue, like Olofsson, Hägg, etc...

This top-6 wouldn't had looked bad this year either.

(At least Brodin & Lindholm can play on either side as well)

 

[Malakian#13]

Prohorkin - Malkin - Radulov !

 

[rduck1]

Can't wait to see the Swedish D in 2018 if they continue to develop.

OEL-Brodin
Hedman-Karlsson
Lindholm-Hjalmarsson
A Larsson
Edler
Klefbom (stuck in the Swedish graveyard up north tho)
Some out of the blue, like Olofsson, Hägg, etc...

This top-6 wouldn't had looked bad this year either.

(At least Brodin & Lindholm can play on either side as well)

Guys like Edler, Enström and Gunnarsson will still be good then too, and there a handful of prospects like Rundblad, Urbom and Erixon pushing themselves into NHL rosters... Thankfully our pipeline is starting to look good on the blueline as well .

 

[Hedning]

Guys like Edler, Enström and Gunnarsson will still be good then too, and there a handful of prospects like Rundblad, Urbom and Erixon pushing themselves into NHL rosters... Thankfully our pipeline is starting to look good on the blueline as well .

Yeah it's a guessing game, just took those with the highest potential, ATM. But it could easily be some other names that's on the roster instead.

 

[Kranix]

Kunitz-Crosby(A)-Nash
Marleau-Monahan(C)-Reinhart(A)

and what ever the heck else you wanna do with it!

 

[Westcoasthabsfan]

Forsberg - Backstrom - Landeskog
D. Sedin - H. Sedin - Eriksson
Zetterberg - Wennberg - Zibanejad
Hagelin - Kruger - Steen

Brodin - Ekman-Larsson
Hjalmarsson - Karlsson
Kronwall - Lindholm

Lehner
Lundqvist

No way the Sedin sisters are there in four years....

 

[Kale Makar]

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]

You think Duchene is gonna be left off for guys who didn't make it this year and Schwartz?

 

[MaximusT]

It's impossible to predict these, because it's never simply "best players available".
Though if 2014 is any indicator for the Russian squad, then 2018 will be guaranteed to have 3-4 unknown 4th liners.....

 

[nobuddy]

Needs more Jack Eichel.

 

[crunchyblack*]

attempt at canada forwards, assuming it is back on the small NA ice too

Duchene-Crosby-Stamkos
Mcdavid-Tavares-Eberle
E kane - Toews - Mackinnon
Couturier - Cizikas (yes, I'm being completely serious and not just a homer) - Bergeron
getzlaf, Drouin/Strome/RNH

No offense, but this is brutal lol.

 

[jgoud*]

Kunitz-Crosby(A)-Nash
Marleau-Monahan(C)-Reinhart(A)

and what ever the heck else you wanna do with it!

That's a joke right? Marleau, Nash and Kunitz barely made it this year, and making team canada doesn't get easier... Reinhart will be in Hall and Seguin's position right now in 4 years so i doubt he makes it. And I doubt Monahan goes either.

 

[xxxx]

MY TEAM CANADA - 2016 WORLD CUP


[TABLE=head]Goaltenders
Carey Price
Marc André Fleury
Jonathan Bernier
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]LD|RD
Alex Pietrangelo | P.K. Subban
Dion Phaneuf | Drew Doughty
Kris Letang | Shea Weber
Duncan Keith | Brent Seabrook
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=head]LW|C|RW

Nathan MacKinnon | Sidney Crosby | Steven Stamkos
Matt Duchene | John Tavares | Claude Giroux
Taylor Hall | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Corey Perry
Jonathan Toews | Ryan Getzlaf | James Neal
Jamie Benn| Connor McDavid | Tyler Seguin
Jeff Skinner | Logan Couture | Jordan Eberle​

[/TABLE]​

That team should be absolutely stacked, and it could be one of the best teams we have EVER iced at the World / Canada Cup. Unbelievable.

 

[joe89]

No way the Sedin sisters are there in four years....

At 37, I think we'll see Zetterberg and the Sedins there. But I'm more certain about Zetterberg. Are they the leading players? Probably not. Instead I'm gonna predict Eriksson has fallen off by then, or is simply outnumbered.

Landeskog(25)-Bäckström(30)-Forsberg(23)
Zetterberg(37)-Lindholm(23)-Zibanejad(24)
Sedin(37)-Sedin(37)-Silfverberg(27)
Hagelin(29)-Berglund(29)-de la Rose(22)
Nylander(21), Steen(33)

OEL(26)-Hedman(27)
Brodin(24)-Karlsson(27)
Kronwall(37)-Lindholm(24)
Hjalmarsson(30)-Erixon(26)

Lehner(26)
Lundqvist(35)
Läck(30)

 

[King 88]

Armia - Barkov - Mi Granlund
Pulkkinen - Teräväinen - Lehkonen
Filppula - Koivu - Korpikoski
Hartikainen - Salomäki - Komarov
Hm: Kapanen, Ma Granlund, Haula

Määttä - Vatanen
Ristolainen - Pokka
Honka - Melart
Hm: Järvinen, Jokipakka, Eronen, Lindell

Rask
Ortio
Saros
Hm: Raanta, Husso

But the true 1st line

Selänne - S Koivu - OJokinen
Timonen - Salo
Kipprusoff in the goal

 

[wej20]

I assume 2018 is on international ice again?

 

[Stud Muffin]

Just cause where Canadian

Hall - Crosby - Tavares
Mackkinon - Nugent-Hopkins - Stamkos
Duchene - Seguin - Drouin
Couture - McDavid - Eberle
Reinhart Toews

Subban - Pietrangelo
Keith - Doughty
Ekblad - Weber
Schultz Nurse

Price
Bernier
Subban

 

[Mr Forever]

attempt at canada forwards, assuming it is back on the small NA ice too

Duchene-Crosby-Stamkos
Mcdavid-Tavares-Eberle
E kane - Toews - Mackinnon
Couturier - Cizikas (yes, I'm being completely serious and not just a homer) - Bergeron
getzlaf, Drouin/Strome/RNH

This is just awful

Just awful

 

[xxxx]

I assume 2018 is on international ice again?

I don't know why people think there will be olympics in 2018.....isn't it almost sure that we're gonna see World Cup in 2015/16 instead? Or at least no olympics in 2018....in Korea, come on. I really doubt NHL will participate.

 

[Erikfromfin]

I don't know why people think there will be olympics in 2018.....isn't it almost sure that we're gonna see World Cup in 2015/16 instead? Or at least no olympics in 2018....in Korea, come on. I really doubt NHL will participate.

yea might be olympics will be replaced with world cup. Theres no ovechkin saying his going to Korea in 2018. If they had refused to go into sochi there would be no russians left playing in nhl today.