Olympic 2018 Possible Rosters (25 man) if nhl players going

[Silver Tuna]

Some decent players for the US but you can still see how much far ahead Canada is when you look at the bottom 6 for the state's
Guys like stamkos, Tavares and toews are getting tossed into those bottom 6 roles because of the abundance of top tier players for Canada

 

[ismelofhockey]

Just for comparison's sake:

Marchand - Crosby - Bergeron
Benn - McDavid - Seguin
Tavares - Getzlaf - Stamkos
Toews - O'Reilly - Stone
Giroux, MacKinnon, Carter, Scheifele, Drouin, Schwartz...

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Can't believe Kreider has yet to be named.

 

[djpatm]

Gaudreau would be top line with Kane and Matthews for sure the way he's playing.

That line would destroy. Especially on big ice.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

I’d still find a way to get Pavelski and, if not injured, Kesler on team USA. Wouldn’t leave them off and let them play some games.

 

[amnesiac]

Tavares-McDavid-MacKinnon
Marchand- Crosby-Bergeron
Benn-Scheifele-Stamkos
Schwartz-Toews-Stone
Couturier

Keith-Doughty
Rielly-Pietrangelo
Vlasic-Parayko
Subban

Price-Crawford
Murray


missing: Getzlaf, Seguin, Giroux, Hall, Perry, ROR, Couture, Carter, Burns, Weber, Letang, Brodie, Giordano, Holtby
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My potential team USA:

Kane-Matthews-Wheeler
Gaudreau-Eichel-Kessel
Pacioretty-Pavelski-Oshie
JVR-Kesler-Saad
Miller

Suter-McDonagh
Jones-Shattenkirk
Slavin-Werenski
Buff

Quick-Gibson-Hellebuyck

 

[Quiet Jack]

But they aren't playing

 

[DFAC]

Rielly ahead of Giordano?

Parayko ahead of Subban?

I would also swap Stamkos with MacK and put in Couts in for Stone

 

[boyko10]

But they aren't playing

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Crosby on the second line???

 

[nbwingsfan]

Other than Rielly it's a pretty spot on list.

 

[Golden_Jet]

So many better players than Reilly.
Ekblad, Weber, Keith to name a few.

 

[Ainec]

so everyone points at Rielly but not Parayko (another top 20 dmen)

Rielly is for sure better than Ekblad right now
He's been better than Keith this season

Can't comment on Shea Weber

 

[LeafFever]

Rielly ahead of Giordano?

Parayko ahead of Subban?

I would also swap Stamkos with MacK and put in Couts in for Stone

Rielly is better than Gio right now.

 

[JackSlater]

It's pretty close. I doubt that Parayko would be there. I doubt that Couturier would make it even with his great start. Schwartz vs. O'Reilly might depend on who the GM would have been.

 

[LeafFever]

So many better players than Reilly.
Ekblad, Weber, Keith to name a few.

Right now? No, You guys need to stop underrating him. He's a top 10 D this season.

 

[Morlu]

Right now? No, You guys need to stop underrating him. He's a top 10 D this season.

He’s been really solid and he’s on pace for 60+ points. He’s only 23... HFboards just hates on Reilly for some reason.

 

[LeafFever]

He’s been really solid and he’s on pace for 60+ points. He’s only 23... HFboards just hates on Reilly for some reason.

He's incredibly underrated on HF. He would be very deserving of being on Team Canada.

 

[Rob]

This is depressing.

 

[Karl Prime]

As a Sens fan, I would have loved to see Stone make Team Canada. Sad that it won't happen.

 

[Bures Elbow]

F U Olympic committee and NHL

What could have been...we would have rocked it.

 

[Morlu]

Team USA looks terrifying lol. Maybe a bit weak on defense but man would that be fun too watch.

 

[canuck2010]

The Matthews thread made me think about how scary good of forwards the Americans would've had had they gone to the Olympics. Dare I say, better than Canada?

Here are the list of the top US scorers so far this year:

1		Auston Matthews
2		Johnny Gaudreau
3		Clayton Keller
4		Anders Lee
5		Phil Kessel
6		Blake Wheeler
7		Vincent Trocheck
8		Dustin Brown
9		Patrick Kane
10		Jack Eichel
11		Dylan Larkin
13		Jason Pominville
14		Paul Stastny
15		J.T. Miller
18		T.J. Oshie
19		James van Riemsdyk
20		Ryan Hartman
21		Brandon Saad
22		Patrick Maroon
23		Matthew Tkachuk
25		Brock Boeser
26		Bryan Rust
29		Brock Nelson
30		Nick Foligno

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Anything can happen in a win or go home game but I think you need to pump the brakes a bit with that lineup. Maybe the next Olympics but I think with full participation this time around Canada would have a stronger squad overall than in Sochi.

 

[LeafChief]

US isn't exactly flush with center options after Matthews.

Eichel?

 

[Hivemind]

Eichel?

Read the post I was responding to.