Predict WJC Rosters

See if we can get a feel for the players that could play for their respective country at the wjc.

Canada:

Phaneuf
Colburn
Seabrook
Barker
Belle
Burns
Green

Crosby
Bergeron
Carter
Richards
Stewart
Dawes
Dixon
Fehr
Perry
Bourret
Getzlaf
Chipchura
Brule

Nastiuk
Beauchemin

 

Forwards (13)
Bergeron
Crosby
Horton (There's still hope!)

Dawes
Richards
Stewart

Bernier
Stone
Fehr

Fraser
Carter
Getzlaf

Perry

Rearguards (7)

Phaneuf
Weber

Barker
Seabrook

Coburn
Green

Burns

Tenders (2)

Nastiuk
Dubnyk

 

USA:

Alvaro Montoya
Cory Schneider

Matt Hunwick
Jack Johnson
Jeff Likens
Grant Lewis
Matt Nickerson
Ryan Suter
A.J. Thelen

Chris Bourque
Mike Brown
Ryan Callahan
Jake Dowell
Robbie Earl
Dan Fritsche
Tom Fritsche
Josh Hennessy
T.J. Hensick
Phil Kessel
Patrick O'Sullivan
Adam Pineault
Robbie Schremp
Drew Stafford

 

I agree with all of your choices. What a fantastic offensive team!

 

So will Hensick be in the next draft? Will he go 1st day?

 

yes to both

 

Ovechkin - Malkin - Lisin
Voloshenko - Pestunov - Radulov
Parshin - Yunkov - Shafigulin
Chernykh - Khomutov - Shirikov
Zubov/Makarov

Lyamin - Ezhov
Kosmachev - Vorobiev
Megalinsky - Pervyshin
Nikitin

Khudobin
Borisov

Constructive criticism welcome.

 

Forwards: Malkin will play with Parshin. They had great chemistry at U-18 and in Sweden. Ovechkin will play with Pestunov for the same reason. Radulov, Yun'kov and Voloshenko will play together - don't need to explain. A. Nikulin will be with main team, I don't doubt about it. He is doing great this season and already showed that he is competitive on international level with U-18 and U-20 team. Glazachev probably would play with Khomutov and Shafigulin.

Defense: Panin and Vorobiev will play together cause they are both from Lada.
Add there Belov, Amakhin and Aksenenko. I doubt about Karetin chances. Scratch Ezhov and Nikitin.

Goalies: Khudobin will play at WJC but I doubt about Borisov cause he isn't doing well. Sidikov could be there as backup goalie.

Just my 2 cents.

 

Hensick will be in the 1st day. Hopefully, he has grown 4-6 in. If he has, he is a sure 1st rounder.

 

Team Canada

Forwards (13)

Sidney Crosby (Center)
Jeff Carter (Center)
Mike Richards (Center) [alternate]
Ryan Getzlaf (Center)
Stephen Dixon (Center) [alternate]

Corey Perry (Right Wing)
Eric Fehr (Right Wing)
Anthony Stewart (Right Wing)
Nathan Horton (Right Wing)

Patrice Bergeron (Left Wing)
Nigel Dawes (Left Wing)
Kyle Chipchura (Left Wing) [alternate]
Alexandre Picard (Left Wing)

Defensemen (7)

Dion Phaneuf [captain]
Braydon Coburn
Cameron Barker
Shea Weber
Brent Burns
Danny Syvret
Brent Seabrook

Goalies

Kevin Nastiuk
Devan Dubnyk

And here are my new lines, by the way:

Nathan Horton - Sidney Crosby - Patrice Bergeron
Nigel Dawes - Jeff Carter - Anthony Stewart
Alexandre Picard - Mike Richards - Eric Fehr
Kyle Chipchura - Stephen Dixon - Corey Perry
extra: Ryan Getzlaf

Dion Phaneuf - Shea Weber
Brent Burns - Braydon Coburn
Danny Syvret - Brent Seabrook
extra: Cameron Barker

Kevin Nastiuk
extra: Devan Dubnyk

 

markov:
I'm pretty sure Richards will be back with Stewart and Dawes this year. They're so good together.

Picard is one of my favourite prospects, as is Chipchura who I though should have gone top 10 last year, but I don't think either will make the team. Though they've both played well enough.

 

Richards' playmaking skill with Picard and Fehr scoring touch would be just... brutal.

 

Swedish lines(I hope):

1# David Fredriksson - Carl Söderberg - Linus Videll (this line is a lock, big line where all three are 6'4")

2# Loui Eriksson - Mikael Johansson - Daniel Ã…hsberg (Loui and Daniel are locks and will play together).

3# Nicklas Bergfors - Robert Nilsson - Kalle Olsson (Bergfors and Nilsson are locks and will play together)

4# Johannes Salmonsson - Mattias Hellström - Liam Lindström(Salmonsson and Hellström are locks and will play together)

On the bench: Oscar Sundh

Defensemen:

1# Johan Fransson - Oscar Hedman
2# Ola Svanberg - Nicklas Grossman
3# Anton Strålman - Mattias Karlsson
Niklas Andersson

Goalies:
Starter: Christopher Heino-Lindbergh
Backup: David Rautio

 

Is it just me or does Sweden get worse and worse every year?

 

Finland could go with:

Lauri Korpikoski - Petteri Nokelainen - Lauri Tukonen
Masi Marjamäki - Arsi Piispanen - Valtteri Tenkanen
Juhamatti Aaltonen - Kim Nabb - Aki Seitsonen
Jesse Joensuu - Petteri Wirtanen - Matti Uusivirta
Teemu Nurmi

Ville Mäntymaa - Otto Honkaheimo
Teemu Laakso - Risto Korhonen
Mikko Kuukka - Eero Hyvärinen
Juha Uotila

Tuukka Rask
Joonas Hallikainen

The worst line-up in five years.

 

As a Blues fan I'm looking forward to seeing that top line. I've heard they have great chemistry together (Soderburg and Fredriksson that is)

 

There is no way any of these forwards go ahead of center Ville-Vesa Vainiola.

Also I think Aleksis Ahlqvist will be the backup goalie.

 

I don't want to bring up anything, but this swedish team looks better than the last years. Quite good depth on all positions except at center.

 

Any chance Klimov makes the team. He has been playing for Moscow Spartak this season and apparently well.

 

The Swedish junior program has gone into a massive decline. They started teaching systems in juniors instead of working with the players and honing their skills and developing players. Therefore you get a whole bunch of players who are good enough to be drafted but not good enough to be top notch, blue chip prospects and before long will be surpassed by Switzerland's junior program, if it already hasn't happened a la USA and Slovakia.

 

Imho, all Moscow Spartak players suck a little bit Maybe except Dmitry Semin
Let count D-men who could play at WJC : Amakhin, Plehanov, Kosmachev, Lyamin, Belov, Pervyshin, Vorobiev, Megalinsky, Panin, Rylov, Aksenenko, Karetin.
I doubt about Klymov chances. Maybe someone would correct me.

 

No chance IMO cause Klimov is often dressed for the games but see very little ice-time, staying on the bench for all game.
Vorobiev, Panin (both - "Lada"), Pervyshin ("Ak Bars"), Rylov ("Dynamo"), Belov (CSKA), Megalinsky ("Lokomotiv"), should make WJC for sure.
Another players which could make the squad are Plehanov ("Neftekhimik"-"Molot"), Misharin ("Neftekhimik"), Seluyanov ("Salavat Yulaev").

 

Who could possibly be the top defenseman on the Russian team?

 

No one.

 

And where's Romanov? I thought he was 18?