Olympics: 2030 Roster Predictions

[Miro4Norris]

Finland

Aho(33)-Barkov(35)-Rantanen(34)
Fugleberg(21)-Lundell(29)-Kakko(29)
Koivunen(27)-K.Helenius(24)-Kemell(26)
Hintz(34)-O.Kapanen(27)-Uronen(25)
Karjalahti(21)

Heiskanen(31)-Hatakka(29)
Heinola(29)-Jokiharju(31)
Sedoff(28)-Piiparinen(22)/Alalauri(22)
Pieniniemi(25)

Blomqvist(28)
Luukkonen(31)
Meriläinen(28)

Defense is a big question mark, since there are no Finnish defensemen born in the 2000s that have established a place in NHL currently. Some will but it's hard to say who.

Fugleberg and Karjalahti are the next top forward prospects from Finland so I predict them to be on the team. Also either Juho Piiparinen or Samu Alalauri.

Lot of more established NHL players in their prime age then: Tolvanen, Maccelli, Kotkaniemi, Luostarinen, Pärssinen, Vaakanainen, Välimäki missing and 7 non-NHL forwards just taking over? With the prospect pool We are having, don't think so. I bet Helenius and two of the Kapanen, Kemell, Koivunen, Lambert or those 3 younger guys takes places over them. Wouldn't overwrite veterans Lehkonen, Lindell and Mikkola either. Hopefully Lindell ages like Tanev/Ekholm

 

[Thefinnishchamp]

Lot of more established NHL players in their prime age then: Tolvanen, Maccelli, Kotkaniemi, Luostarinen, Pärssinen, Vaakanainen, Välimäki missing and 7 non-NHL forwards just taking over? With the prospect pool We are having, don't think so. I bet Helenius and two of the Kapanen, Kemell, Koivunen, Lambert or those 3 younger guys takes places over them. Wouldn't overwrite veterans Lehkonen, Lindell and Mikkola either. Hopefully Lindell ages like Tanev/Ekholm

I don't think we want our team full of guys in their mid 30s. That's why I didn't have guys like Lindell, Mikkola and Lehkonen there. Only the top players born in the mid 90s.

Players like Tolvanen, Maccelli and Kotkaniemi are already in their prime at 24-25 years old and they didn't make the 4 Nations team. I don't think they'll be much better at 29-30.

Finland has always had young players in these tournaments and I was trying to predict who could be young proteges at that point (Fugleberg, Karjalahti, Piiparinen, Alalauri).

 

[Czechboy]

Team Russia's roster for WCH 2028:

Kaprizov - Aimurzin - Kucherov
Marchenko - Yurov - Michkov
Buchelnikov - Svechkov - Demidov
Voronkov - Buchnevich - Nichushkin
Dorofeyev, Kantserov

Zub - Sergachev
Nikishin - Gavrikov
Provorov - Romanov
Mintyukov, any of young kids (Simashev, Silayev etc)

Shesterkin
Sorokin
Vasilevsky

Pretty solid roster I'd say. Even defense doesn't suck.

If Mint is your 7th D then that is a pretty damn good D!