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

[Eye of Ra]

Mikko Rantanen - Alexander Barkov - Mikael Granlund
Patrik Laine - Sebastian Aho - Jesse Puljujärvi
Teuvo Teräväinen - Erik Haula - Joel Armia
Joonas Donskoi - Mikko Koivu - Valteri Filppula

Lindell - Määttä
Nutivaara - Ristolainen
Vatanen - Honka

Rinne
Rask
Raanta

 

[Eye of Ra]

Voracek - Krejci - Pastrnak
Palat - Hertl - Frolik
Kase - Plekanec - Vrana
Faksa - Sobotka - Jaskin

Rutta - Kempny
Sustr - Gudas
Jerebek - Polak

Pavelec
Neuvirth
Mrazek

 

[Eye of Ra]

Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Kucherov
Panarin - Malkin - Tarasenko
Kovalchuck - Anisimov - Radulov
Buchnevich - Namestnikov - Dadonov

Sergachyov - Provorov
Orlov - Zaitsev
Kulikov - Zadorov

Vasilevsky
Bobrovski
Khudobin

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

What I would do if everyone was healthy.

Canada:

Marchand - Crosby - Bergeron
Benn - Tavares - Seguin
McDavid - Scheifele - Stamkos
Hall - Giroux - Stone
Getslaf - Carter

Vlasic - Doughty
Keith - Pietro
Giordano - Subban
Burns

Price
Holtby
Murray

 

[agent082]

Mikko Rantanen - Alexander Barkov - Mikael Granlund
Patrik Laine - Sebastian Aho - Jesse Puljujärvi
Teuvo Teräväinen - Erik Haula - Joel Armia
Joonas Donskoi - Mikko Koivu - Valteri Filppula

Lindell - Määttä
Nutivaara - Ristolainen
Vatanen - Honka

Rinne
Rask
Raanta

Like 3rd and 4th lines. Rest of it is meh but can surprice.

 

[Jablkon]

Voracek - Krejci - Pastrnak
Palat - Hertl - Frolik
Kase - Plekanec - Vrana
Faksa - Sobotka - Jaskin

Rutta - Kempny
Sustr - Gudas
Jerebek - Polak

Pavelec
Neuvirth
Mrazek

Thats horrible roster

 

[Boonk]

Team USA

Forwards:
Gaudreau - Eichel - Kessel
JVR - Matthews - Wheeler
Pacioretty - Kesler - Kane
Trochek- Pavelski - Oshie

Extras: Lee, Johnson
On the bubble: Boeser, Brown, Keller, Kreider (injured) Larkin, Miller, Stepan, Zucker

Defensemen:
Suter - McDonagh
Fowler - Jones
Leddy - Carlson

Extras: Werenski, McAvoy
On the bubble: Byfuglien, Faulk, Gostisbehere, Hanifin, Krug, Shattenkirk, Slavin, Trouba

Goaltenders:
Quick
Schneider
Gibson

On the bubble: Anderson, Bishop, Hellebyuck

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Filip Forsberg - Nicklas Bäckström - William Nylander
Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Loui Eriksson
Viktor Arvidsson - Mika Zibanejad - Rickard Rakell
Gabriel Landeskog - Henrik Zetterberg - Patric Hörnqvist

Victor Hedman - Anton Strålman
Erik Karlsson - Mattias Ekholm
Hampus Lindholm - John Klingberg

Henrik Lundqvist
Robin Lehner
Jacob Markström

Sedins are done.

 

[Boonk]

Team Sweden

Forwards:
Forsberg - Backstrom - Arvidsson
Rakell - Zibanejad - Nylander
Berglund - H. Sedin - Silfverberg
Landeskog - Zetterberg - Hornqvist

Extras: Backlund, Wennberg
On the bubble: Kempe, Lindholm, Nyquist, Steen

Defensemen:
Ekholm - Karlsson
Hedman - Stralman
Lindholm - Hjalmarsson

Extras: Klingberg, OEL
On the bubble: Brodin, Forlsing, Klefbom, Larsson

Goaltenders:
Lundqvist
Markstrom
Lehner

On the bubble: Dansk

 

[bossram]

What I would do if everyone was healthy.

Canada:

Marchand - Crosby - Bergeron
Benn - Tavares - Seguin
McDavid - Scheifele - Stamkos
Hall - Giroux - Stone
Getslaf - Carter

Vlasic - Doughty
Keith - Pietro
Giordano - Subban
Burns

Price
Holtby
Murray

What could have been....sigh. Everyone would like to watch that team.

I'd probably swap out Getz and Carter for Mackinnon and Couturier, but pretty much the team I would pick too.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

What could have been....sigh. Everyone would like to watch that team.

I'd probably swap out Getz and Carter for Mackinnon and Couturier, but pretty much the team I would pick too.

Canada's centre depth is unfair.

You have like 20 centres that would be 1st or 2nd in most other nations.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Thats horrible roster

so what should it look like then?

 

[Eye of Ra]

Sedins are done.

no, they are still producing on a bad team,,,on big ice with loui they would look good.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Team Sweden

Forwards:
Forsberg - Backstrom - Arvidsson
Rakell - Zibanejad - Nylander
Berglund - H. Sedin - Silfverberg
Landeskog - Zetterberg - Hornqvist

Extras: Backlund, Wennberg
On the bubble: Kempe, Lindholm, Nyquist, Steen

Defensemen:
Ekholm - Karlsson
Hedman - Stralman
Lindholm - Hjalmarsson

Extras: Klingberg, OEL
On the bubble: Brodin, Forlsing, Klefbom, Larsson

Goaltenders:
Lundqvist
Markstrom
Lehner

On the bubble: Dansk

hjalmarsson is a decent player but i dont see what makes him better than klingberg and oel.

 

[Jablkon]

Voracek - Krejci - Pastrnak
Palat - Hertl - Frolik
Kase - Plekanec - Vrana
Faksa - Sobotka - Jaskin

Rutta - Kempny
Sustr - Gudas
Jerebek - Polak

Pavelec
Neuvirth
Mrazek

It was just evaluation of quality. Roster would unfortunately look similar.
I would let first line as you proposed.I would put second as Palat-Hanzal-Vrana, third might go as Kase-Hertl-Frolik. Fourth as you said. But this team wouldnt make anything. I add Frolik just because of PK. I didnt really like him on WC. If there should be any way to success I would consider to add Zacha as second center and bring Sedlak to add even more size to bottom six. But to be honest, maybe its good for us that this year is without NHL. Said to see roster without any Elias types of players. Hopefully Necas can bring that element one day and also Kase’s younger brother will hopefully develope to such player. Speaking about Ds, there might be Nakladal, otherwise it would be same.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Finland for me.

Patrik Laine - Aleksander Barkov - Jesse Puljujärvi
Mikael Granlund - Mikko Koivu'C' - Mikko Rantanen
Sebastian Aho - Erik Haula - Teuvo Teräväinen
Leo Komarov'A' - Valtteri Filppula'A' - Joel Armia
Markus Granlund
Joonas Donskoi

Esa Lindell - Rasmus Ristolainen
Olli Määttä - Sami Vatanen
Markus Nutivaara - Julius Honka
Sami Lepistö - Miro Heiskanen

Pekka Rinne
Tuukka Rask
Antti Raanta

 

[Boonk]

hjalmarsson is a decent player but i dont see what makes him better than klingberg and oel.

He's probably the most defensively responsible Swedish d-man next to Stralman. He plays on a tire fire Arizona team that overshadows his actual ability as a defensemen that he's been displaying his entire career, just like OEL. Ever since his departure from Chicago, the Blackhawks' blue line has been suffering. As far as Klingberg goes there already is an abundance of superior offensive defensemen on this team.

 

[Eye of Ra]

He's probably the most defensively responsible Swedish d-man next to Stralman. He plays on a tire fire Arizona team now just like OEL but ever since his departure from Chicago, the Blackhawks' blue line has been suffering. As far as Klingberg goes there already is an abundance of superior offensive defensemen on this team.

there is no need for defensive specialists like hjalmarsson. oel, lindholm, ekholm, strålman can play good defensive game + good offensive skills and some physicality, they bring more to the table.

 

[Boonk]

there is no need for defensive specialists like hjalmarsson. oel, lindholm, ekholm, strålman can play good defensive game + good offensive skills and some physicality, they bring more to the table.

That's absurd. OEL's defensive game has been ghastly so far this season and Klingberg's defensive game is just as bad. OEL and Klingberg do not bring more to the table on what so ever. Add to the fact that OEL has severely underperformed in best on best competitions.

 

[Namba 17]

Russia:

Namestnikov - Malkin - Kucherov
Panarin - Kuznetsov - Tarasenko
Ovechkin - Anisimov - Radulov
Grigorenko - Andronov - Telegin
Datsyuk, Shipachev

Provorov - Zaytsev
Zadorov - Orlov
Kulikov - Voinov
Markov

Vasilevsky
Bobrovsky
Varlamov

Could have been very interesting

 

[WTFMAN99]

In this blog post I am going to go through some roster configurations for Canada, Russia, Sweden and the USA. I am going to try to account for the fact that the Olympic games will be played on a larger ice surface. I fully encourage you to comment on this post with your own lineups or maybe any nations you feel I should have included. I will also try to account for some injuries that have either kept players off the ice for the duration of the season or will likely sideline them during that time period.

Now let's dive into the most controversial part of this blog post; the rosters.

HawkeyIntangibles: Olympic 2018 Rosters - What could have been (hyperlink)

 

[CanuckCity]

Without looking at all the available players for each country it looked pretty good. I don't see how Oshie and Kessel get left off team USA though. I like an Oshie-Kesler-Saad 4th line and would slot in Kessel for Lee or Trochek. If Pavelski was comfortable at center then id go Lee-Pavelski-Kessel. I would also probably start werenski over yandle.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Han Solo:

Getzlaf over Toews for me
William Karlsson is one of the leading goal scorers in the league and he doesn't make Sweden? When did you write this?

From the NHL thread which was the wrong section.

I think Toews doesn't get a lot of love on the main board and he's considered overrated but I don't see how he's left off the roster. He suits the role he would be in much better.

In terms of Karlsson, I had actually constructed these prior to his hat trick against the Leafs. He's certainly doing well. Team Sweden was one of the toughest teams to assemble for me. Lots of very good forwards but fitting them all in and line configurations was difficult.

Without looking at all the available players for each country it looked pretty good. I don't see how Oshie and Kessel get left off team USA though. I like an Oshie-Kesler-Saad 4th line and would slot in Kessel for Lee or Trochek. If Pavelski was comfortable at center then id go Lee-Pavelski-Kessel. I would also probably start werenski over yandle.

I don't think hockey USA likes Kessel very much. and I couldn't justify putting Oshie in over Trochek or Lee, they are good players and having fantastic seasons.

 

[Boonk]

From the NHL thread which was the wrong section.

I think Toews doesn't get a lot of love on the main board and he's considered overrated but I don't see how he's left off the roster. He suits the role he would be in much better.

In terms of Karlsson, I had actually constructed these prior to his hat trick against the Leafs. He's certainly doing well. Team Sweden was one of the toughest teams to assemble for me. Lots of very good forwards but fitting them all in and line configurations was difficult.



I don't think hockey USA likes Kessel very much. and I couldn't justify putting Oshie in over Trochek or Lee, they are good players and having fantastic seasons.

As much as USA screwed up with selections at the World Cup tournament, I don't think they would leave Kessel off. He was the leading scorer at the Sochi Olympics and the most consistent forward they had, and has been in Pittsburgh's top 3 in goal scoring in the regular season and playoffs. That and other factors like what type of management and coaching staff they'd have. The US coach would more than likely be Mike Sullivan and probably have Peter Laviolette as his right hand man, a coach with back to back Stanley Cups and a coach who was in the Stanley Cup finals last year and works with the best blue line in the NHL.

 

[WTFMAN99]

As much as USA screwed up with selections at the World Cup tournament, I don't think they would leave Kessel off. He was the leading scorer at the Sochi Olympics and the most consistent forward they had, and has been in Pittsburgh's top 3 in goal scoring in the regular season and playoffs. That and other factors like what type of management and coaching staff they'd have. The US coach would more than likely be Mike Sullivan and probably have Peter Laviolette as his right hand man, a coach with back to back Stanley Cups and a coach who was in the Stanley Cup finals last year and works with the best blue line in the NHL.

I did say the rosters were the most controversial part

I had a lot of fun with the US team. They would be co-favourites with Canada for me. Lobbying for a Kessel entry on the roster is fair. I had him on my original roster but when I trimmed down he didn't make the cut.

I debated long and hard about doing a Finland entry as well in the post as well but it already seemed to long and I was unsure how they would stack up. Traditionally they punch above their weight but didn't do so well at the World Cup recently.