Which 4 Nations Roster is the Best?

[pegcity]

Lines according to Friedman

Canada
Stone - Crosby - MacKinnon
Reinhart-McDavid-Marner
Marchard-Point-Jarvis
Bennett-Cirelii-Hagel

Toews-Makar
Morrissey-Parayko
Theodore-Doughty
Sanheim

Binnington
Hill
Montembeault


USA
Connor-Eichel-M.Tkachuk
Guentzel-Matthews-Hughes
B.Tkachuk-Miller-Boldy
Nelson-Trochek-Kreider
Larkin

Slavin-Fox
Werenski-McAvoy
Hanifin-Faber
Sanderson

Hellebuyck
Oettinger
Swayman


Sweden
Nylander-Zibanejad-Rakell
Kempe-Pettersson-Forsberg
Bratt-Eriksson Ek-Raymond
Nyquist-Lindholm-Arvidsson
Carlsson

Hedman-Brodin
Ekholm-Karlsson
Dahlin-Andersson
Forsling (sick)

Ullmark
Markstrom
Gustavsson


Finland (line combinations not yet available)
Teuvo Teräväinen – Aleksander Barkov – Patrik Laine
Lehkonen – Sebastian Aho – Mikko Rantanen
Kaapo Kakko – Roope Hintz – Mikael Granlund
Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Joel Armia
Erik Haula

Defensemen

Esa Lindell – Olli Määttä
Jusso Välimäki – Urho Vaakanainen
Niko Mikkola – Henri Jokiharju
Nikolas Matinpalo

Saros
Lankinen
Luukkonen

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[authentic]

Honestly it’s Canada easily. The states are close but really McDavid and MacKinnon put them over the top.

 

[LevelingSolo]

I'm Canadian and I have to say it's America f*** yeah

That defence and goaltending is better

 

[Crow]

If Quinn Hughes were playing I’d give it to them by a nose. Instead it’s Canada, very close.

 

[SillyRabbit]

No Hughes pushes this over to Canada.

Better hope their goaltending holds up though.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

The blatant drop off in net for Canada negates the boost from McDavid.

US has the top end forwards and easily the best D group and G

 

[Regal]

Canada and the US are pretty close, especially with Hughes out. I’d say McDavid and MacKinnon push Canada slightly ahead despite the goaltending assuming whomever they start doesn’t shit the bed. Having Thompson would have been huge

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

Missed opportunity to play Marchand with MacKinnon & Crosby

Also, Matthews & M. Tkachuk would be incredible

 

[Caps8112]

canadas team is ridiculous but they might as well play with 6 skaters. on the other hand teams have won the cup recently with bargain bin goaltending. shame hughes isnt playing

 

[Evergreen]

Honestly it’s Canada easily. The states are close but really McDavid and MacKinnon put them over the top.

I was thinking the same until I looked at the difference in goaltending.

 

[authentic]

I was thinking the same until I looked at the difference in goaltending.

I think Binnington will be decent enough with a team like that. I could be wrong though. Should be fun to watch anyway.

Canada and the US are pretty close, especially with Hughes out. I’d say McDavid and MacKinnon push Canada slightly ahead despite the goaltending assuming whomever they start doesn’t shit the bed. Having Thompson would have been huge

Would they not still be pretty close with Hughes playing though? I would still take team Canada if Hughes was on the team. It seems like HF is the only place that thinks team USA is the favourite here.

 

[Regal]

I think Binnington will be decent enough with a team like that. I could be wrong though. Should be fun to watch anyway.



Would they not still be pretty close with Hughes playing though? I would still take team Canada if Hughes was on the team. It seems like HF is the only place that thinks team USA is the favourite here.

Yea, but I think the drop from Hughes to Hanifin is pretty major. If MacKinnon was out and replaced with Scheifele, I’d still say it was close, but it’d be a pretty major blow to Canada. I do agree that this place seems to overrate the US a bit, but I do think their healthy defense is a bit better and the forwards aren’t far off, with a large goalie advantage.

 

[PuckG]

I understand the hype around the USA’s goaltending and defence, but I don’t think it matters when you’re facing off against game breaking talent like McDavid, MacKinnon, Makar, Crosby..

 

[pegcity]

Fun fact:

If you look at the goalie stats on Money Puck (not that they're perfect), the top 3 Canadian goalies this year are Logan Thompson, Darcy Kuemper and Mackenzie Blackwood.


...then Cam Tablot, Adin Hill, Sam M and Binnington.

Again, this is just this season and that stat isn't perfect.

 

[Kingfan1967]

Yea, but I think the drop from Hughes to Hanifin is pretty major. If MacKinnon was out and replaced with Scheifele, I’d still say it was close, but it’d be a pretty major blow to Canada. I do agree that this place seems to overrate the US a bit, but I do think their healthy defense is a bit better and the forwards aren’t far off, with a large goalie advantage.

your not replacing Hughes with Hanifin, every D-man just moves up a spot, so Slavin replaces Hughes, Werenski replaces Slavin, Hanifin replaces Werenski , Sanderson replaces Hanifin as the 7th. It's a small downgrade for each pair and not a massive downgrade for 1 pair

 

[Regal]

your not replacing Hughes with Hanifin, every D-man just moves up a spot, so Slavin replaces Hughes, Werenski replaces Slavin, Hanifin replaces Werenski , Sanderson replaces Hanifin as the 7th. It's a small downgrade for each pair and not a massive downgrade for 1 pair

I get Hughes’ minutes won’t be fully allocated to Hanifin, but you’re still ostensibly replacing him with him in the lineup. I think you’re underrating the downgrade. It’s still probably 18 minutes or so of Hanifin replacing Hughes