Olympics: Team lines predictions

[RebelMe]

The task is simple - try to guess how the top 2 lines of your team would look like at the Vancouver Olympics.

For Czech Republic my wild prediction looks like this:
Elias - Cajanek - Jagr
Fleischmann - Plekanec - Havlat

How is it with Canada for example - who will be on the top line? Three Sharks or Crosby?

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[LannysStach]

on team selection day, asst. GM Ken Holland specified the 4 centers as: Croz, Joe, Getzlaf, Toews.

using that as the base, I'm assuming it's:

Nash — Crosby — Bergeron
Heater — Thornton — Marleau
Staal — Getzlaf — Perry
Morrow — Toews — Iggy

 

[Elvs]

According to Swedish papers:

Forsberg - Backstrom - Hornqvist
D. Sedin - H. Sedin - Weinhandl
Eriksson - Zetterberg - Alfredsson
Modin - Pahlsson - Holmstrom

However, I'd rather like:

Forsberg - Backstrom - Alfredsson
D. Sedin - H. Sedin - Weinhandl
Holmstrom - Zetterberg - Eriksson
Modin - Pahlsson - Hornqvist

 

[Corto]

The task is simple - try to guess how the top 2 lines of your team would look like at the Vancouver Olympics.

For Czech Republic my wild prediction looks like this:
Elias - Cajanek - Jagr
Fleischmann - Plekanec - Havlat

How is it with Canada for example - who will be on the top line? Three Sharks or Crosby?

Is Elias even gonna be fit after his concussion?

Looking at the roster, I can't imagine Cajanek is gonna get to center Jagr's line ahead of say, Krejci.

Even then, the Czechs are weaker down the middle than any other of the big-7 nations, outside of maybe Slovakia.

 

[RebelMe]

Is Elias even gonna be fit after his concussion?

Looking at the roster, I can't imagine Cajanek is gonna get to center Jagr's line ahead of say, Krejci.

Even then, the Czechs are weaker down the middle than any other of the big-7 nations, outside of maybe Slovakia.

Last news are that he should be completely OK (but who knows with concussions). Cajanek has some great chemistry with Jagr...

 

[Sentinel]

Starting lineups in Game 1:

Ovechkin-Fedorov-Semin, Kovalchuk-Malkin-Afinogenov
Nash-Crosby-Iginla, Sharx
Sedin-Sedin-Weinhandl, Eriksson-Zetterberg-Alfredsson
Elias-Cajanek-Jagr, Erat-Plekanec-Havlat
Lehtinen-Koivu-Selanne, Hagman-Koivu-Miettinen
Parise-Stasny-Kane, Kessel-Kesler-Ryan

 

[FiLe]

Lehtinen-Koivu-Selanne, Hagman-Koivu-Miettinen

Replace Hagman with T.Ruutu and you've likely got it.

 

[DougieSmash]

on team selection day, asst. GM Ken Holland specified the 4 centers as: Croz, Joe, Getzlaf, Toews.

using that as the base, I'm assuming it's:

Nash — Crosby — Bergeron
Heater — Thornton — Marleau
Staal — Getzlaf — Perry
Morrow — Toews — Iggy

Good choices. I would love to see Staal with Crosby but this Anaheim duo with Eric will be huge for Canada team.

 

[86Habs]

Starting lineups in Game 1:

Ovechkin-Fedorov-Semin, Kovalchuk-Malkin-Afinogenov
Nash-Crosby-Iginla, Sharx
Sedin-Sedin-Weinhandl, Eriksson-Zetterberg-Alfredsson
Elias-Cajanek-Jagr, Erat-Plekanec-Havlat
Lehtinen-Koivu-Selanne, Hagman-Koivu-Miettinen
Parise-Stasny-Kane, Kessel-Kesler-Ryan

I believe Canada will at least start the tournament with Bergeron on Crosby's right side. Iginla will likely play on the "4th" line with Morrow and Toews/Richards. This makes sense in the context of Babcock's philosophy of rolling 4 strong 2-way lines. Of course, as the tournament progresses, the bench will get a bit shorter and the lines shuffled.

In terms of our #2 line - I see the Sharks line and Getz-Perry-Staal as #2a and #2b to start, and should see relatively equal even-strength ice time.

 

[mattihp]

5 of 6 of Finland's first two line players are easy...

1a - Lehtinen - S.Koivu - Selänne
1b Miettinen(?) - M.Koivu - T.Ruutu

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Ovechkin-Datsyuk-Semin, Kovalchuk-Malkin-Radulov
Parise-Stastny-Kane, Booth-Pavelski-Langenbrunner
Nash-Crosby-Bergeron, Marleau-Thornton-Heatley
Sedin-Sedin-Alfredsson, Eriksson-Backstrom-Forsberg
Elias-Plekanec-Havlat, Fleischmann-Krecji-Jagr
Lehtinen-Koivu-Selanne, Hagman-Koivu-Jokinen
Hossa-Demitra-Gaborik, Radivojevic-Cibak-Hossa

 

[AVSfan2daMAX]

on team selection day, asst. GM Ken Holland specified the 4 centers as: Croz, Joe, Getzlaf, Toews.

using that as the base, I'm assuming it's:

Nash — Crosby — Bergeron
Heater — Thornton — Marleau
Staal — Getzlaf — Perry
Morrow — Toews — Iggy

Very good predictions in my opinion. If Bergeron's healthy I can see him playing with Crosby and Nash. Yzerman hinted that he would possibly play with them and seems to make sense. A very responsible two-way player, one of the best play makers in Crosby and a great sniper in Nash.

I could see Staal and Iginla flipping, but aside that I think your projections seem very good.

I also believe Canada's offensive success will lie with the San Jose line. They play together and I can't really see many teams with the ability to stop Crosby's line, then the cycling game of Getzlaf's line and still have the ability to stop Joe Thornton and co.

 

[Kamzik]

SVK
Hossa-Demitra-Hossa
Gaborik-Stumpel-Palffy

 

[FiLe]

T.Ruutu - M.Koivu - Miettinen
Hagman - Jokinen - Filppula
Lehtinen - S.Koivu - Selänne
J.Ruutu - Kapanen - Peltonen

or

T.Ruutu - M.Koivu - Filppula
Hagman - Jokinen - Peltonen
Lehtinen - S.Koivu - Selänne
J.Ruutu - Kapanen - Miettinen

are pretty much the only possibilities for Finland, and you can quote me on this. If it's going to be anything else, it'll be a huge surprise.

 

[mattihp]

T.Ruutu - M.Koivu - Miettinen
Hagman - Jokinen - Filppula
Lehtinen - S.Koivu - Selänne
J.Ruutu - Kapanen - Peltonen

or

T.Ruutu - M.Koivu - Filppula
Hagman - Jokinen - Peltonen
Lehtinen - S.Koivu - Selänne
J.Ruutu - Kapanen - Miettinen

are pretty much the only possibilities for Finland, and you can quote me on this. If it's going to be anything else, it'll be a huge surprise.

I don't think there is any chance at all that the Olli-line will get more icetime than Jere-Saku-Teemu.

 

[FiLe]

I don't think there is any chance at all that the Olli-line will get more icetime than Jere-Saku-Teemu.

Reducing younger, more energetic and less injury-prone players who are top-six talent to lesser minutes - at least what comes to even strength - would be idiocy from any coach. Unless they play bad enough.

The Legend line will likely be our top PP unit, but on ES I predict the line centered by Jokinen will likely be the namely second line. Though I don't think there'll be that big a difference in TOI between the three top lines. Save for special teams, that is.