Based on current players and prospective draft talent, which country will be the favorite in the 2030 Winter Olympics?

[bert]

Key word: 3C. At best.

Yeah behind McDavid and Mackinnon. Are you new? He'd be USA's number 1 center.

Still no reply about McDavid only being 33 or the fact Canada has way more elite talent now and coming.

 

[wetcoast]

None of those Canadians will be very relevant in 2030. Hughes meanwhile will be 29.

Crosby won't be as he will be 42 years old but McDavid will be 33 and Mack 34 and Bedard and other centers will take over as there is a ton of talent in Canada coming up just look at the drafts and current young guys.

 

[Xspyrit]

Pick any 33-year-old of your liking. It's the Bedards, Celebrinis and McKennas that will be the stars of 2030 if Canada is to dominate. With a bunch of old-timers they can still run up the score against Norway, but the top teams are going to be better than that.

McDavid will still be the best player in the world at 33 y/o... if he stays healthy

He's already in the Top-5 hockey players of all time (Lemieux, Gretzky, Orr, Howe, McDavid)

 

[Albatros]

Yeah behind McDavid and Mackinnon. Are you new? He'd be USA's number 1 center.

Still no reply about McDavid only being 33 or the fact Canada has way more elite talent now and coming.

Sure, with Bedard, Celebrini, McKenna etc. the future looks fine. But still relying on the old guard in 2030 against Hagens, Hughes, even Matthews still, would not look that way. Even Gretzky would have been better off not joining Team Canada in his mid-to-late 30s anymore.

 

[nucks88]

Canada is always the favorite

favourite....