Olympics: Best trooper to 2022

[Iceman]

Indeed... Barkov could be on a third line in a shut down position, but if that would be the case, he shouldn't get Laine on his wing. Barkov + Laine is a stellar start to a first line.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

Finnish teams Olympics 2022 and knowledge of current talent:

Rantanen - Haula - K.Kapanen
Aho - Mi.Granlund - Teräväinen
Laine - Barkov - Donskai
Tolvanen - Borgström - Osala


J.Honka - Heiskanen
Vatanen - Nutivaara
Ristolainen - Lindell
Määttä


Koskinen
T.Rask
(Rinne)

I really don't agree with Honka being in the lineup whatsoever.

My take (with fairly balanced lines and role dependent lines):

Laine - Aho - Teräväinen
Tolvanen - Barkov - Granlund
Rantanen - Haula - Donskoi
Vesalainen - Borgström - Lehkonen
Armia
Kapanen
(Kakko, Kotkaniemi and Kupari good candidates)


Heiskanen - Vatanen
Lindell - Ristolainen
Määttä - Nutivaara
Jokiharju (hard to tell how developed he'll be)
(Saarijärvi/Juolevi)


Koskinen?
Raanta
Saros
(Korpisalo/Husso)

 

[McCoy]

I really don't agree with Honka being in the lineup whatsoever.

My take (with fairly balanced lines and role dependent lines):

Laine - Aho - Teräväinen
Tolvanen - Barkov - Granlund
Lehkonen - Haula - Rantanen
Tolvanen - Borgström - Donskoi
Armia
Vesalainen/Kapanen


Heiskanen - Vatanen
Lindell - Ristolainen
Määttä - Nutivaara
Jokiharju (hard to tell how developed he'll be)
(Saarijärvi/Juolevi)


Koskinen?
Raanta
Saros
(Korpisalo/Husso)

Goalies younger skills than me and defense like my team as known.

 

[MattiasSnall]

I really don't agree with Honka being in the lineup whatsoever.

My take (with fairly balanced lines and role dependent lines):

Laine - Aho - Teräväinen
Tolvanen - Barkov - Granlund
Lehkonen - Haula - Rantanen
Tolvanen - Borgström - Donskoi
Armia
Vesalainen/Kapanen


Heiskanen - Vatanen
Lindell - Ristolainen
Määttä - Nutivaara
Jokiharju (hard to tell how developed he'll be)
(Saarijärvi/Juolevi)


Koskinen?
Raanta
Saros
(Korpisalo/Husso)

You had Tolvanen twice, I strongly believe Kaapo Kakko will make the team because he’s 21 in 2022 and seems to be NHL ready after his draft season, or atleast the season after that.

 

[McCoy]

You had Tolvanen twice, I strongly believe Kaapo Kakko will make the team because he’s 21 in 2022 and seems to be NHL ready after his draft season, or atleast the season after that.

Kakko as Tolvanen young talent of Finnish prospects.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

You had Tolvanen twice, I strongly believe Kaapo Kakko will make the team because he’s 21 in 2022 and seems to be NHL ready after his draft season, or atleast the season after that.

Oops my bad I'll fix it.

Kakko could make the team yea, but I'm hestitant on adding future draftees since it's not uncommon for top 5 picks to either bust or take awhile to find their game and making team Finland will be a lot tougher in 2022 compared to now

 

[I Like Foolish Posts]

Canada Forwards:

Tavares-McDavid-Barzal
Marchand-Crosby-Bergeron
Hall-Scheifele-Mackinnon
Benn-Toews-Seguin

 

[McCoy]

To old lineups.

I will pickup these:

Tavares, McDavid, Crosby, Barzal, Bergeron, MacKinnon, Scheifele, Toews, Benn plus more younger player.

Oops my bad I'll fix it.

Kakko could make the team yea, but I'm hestitant on adding future draftees since it's not uncommon for top 5 picks to either bust or take awhile to find their game and making team Finland will be a lot tougher in 2022 compared to now

Kakko and Kotkaniemi in lineups.

And Haula is new of season of last season.

Center typo.

 

[jfc64]

Soweed'n:

Rikard Rakell - Mika Zibanejad - Elias Lindholm
Filip Forsberg – William Karlsson - Viktor Arvidsson
Gabriel Landeskog - Nicklas Bäckström - William Nylander
Adrian Kempe - Alexander Wennberg - Jakob Silfverberg
Jacob de la Rose - Alexander Holtz

Rasmus Dahlin - Erik Karlsson
Hampus Lindholm - John Klingberg
Oliver Ekman Larsson - Adam Larsson
Mattias Ekholm - Victor Hedman

Filip Gustavsson / Olof Lindbom
Jacob Markström
Anton Forsberg

 

[bukwas]

Canada Forwards:

Tavares-McDavid-Barzal
Marchand-Crosby-Bergeron
Hall-Scheifele-Mackinnon
Benn-Toews-Seguin

Good list but Bergeron may be on the downswing by then.

 

[Atas2000]

I still hope, World Cup of Hockey will happen before the next Olympics.

As to Russian roster (for 2020 year)... Well,

Panarin - Malkin - Kucherov
Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Tarasenko
Gusev - Anisimov - Kaprizov
Radulov - don't-know-who (hope, Khovanov will become a player, but not sure at all) - Svechnikov
Dadonov, Buchnevich

Zaitsev - Provorov
Tryamkin - Zadorov (Big Bang Pair)
Gavrikov - Sergachev
Kiselevich

Bob
Vasya
Shesterkin or Sorokin

I don't care about NHL Cup of Hockey. If you do, you support Gary's destroying of international hockey.

 

[Atas2000]

Team Russia 2022:

Datsyuk - Datsyuk - Datsyuk's geriatrist.

Realistically and seriously it's too early to tell.

Obvious choices are obvious:

Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Tarasenko
Panarin - Malkin - Kucherov
Gusev - x - Kaprizov/Svechnikov

Provorov - Sergachyov
Orlov - Zaytsev
Zadorov

Bobrovskiy
Vasilevskiy

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Granlund-Barkov-Rantanen
Laine-Aho-Puljujärvi
Tolvanen-Kotkaniemi-Kakko
Vesalainen-Borgström-Armia

Heiskanen-Ristolainen
Määttä-Vatanen
(Nutivaara, Jokiharju, Juolevi, Lindell, Niku,)

Saros

 

[Baxterman]

I don't care about NHL Cup of Hockey. If you do, you support Gary's destroying of international hockey.

LOL

Gary did nothing to destroy international hockey.

The worst part of international hockey has been and will always be the IIHF but really international hockey hasn't really been destroyed at all.

 

[Atas2000]

LOL

Gary did nothing to destroy international hockey.

The worst part of international hockey has been and will always be the IIHF but really international hockey hasn't really been destroyed at all.

If you don't let you pay for this weird BS by Gary&Friends you are missing out on income. Just saying. If you are good at cheap propaganda, don't do it for free.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Also Blake Wheeler.

He's aging extremely well, but in 2022 he's going to be 36. It's pretty rare for players to age so well that they'd make one of the better Olympic teams at that point in their careers.

 

[DrJustice]

He's aging extremely well, but in 2022 he's going to be 36. It's pretty rare for players to age so well that they'd make one of the better Olympic teams at that point in their careers.

He'll still be 6'5 and one of the better passing wingers in the league IMO but you are right it's not a lock.

I'm not one to pretend to know when a guy's career is going to end (not saying you are) so if people are still putting Patrick Kane on the team then I see no reason Wheeler couldn't make it.

 

[QJL]

Jack Hughes - Auston Matthews - Patrick Kane
Johnny Gaudreau - Jack Eichel - Brock Boeser
Clayton Keller - Casey Mittelstadt - Blake Wheeler
Anders Lee - Dylan Larkin - Vincent Trochek
Kyle Connor
Chris Kreider

Quinn Hughes - Seth Jones
Jaccob Slavin - John Carlson
Ryan McDonagh - Charlie McAvoy
Zach Werenski

Connor Hellebuyck
John Gibson
Spencer Knight

 

[Erikfromfin]

Patrik Laine - Aleksander Barkov - Mikael Granlund
Sebastian Aho - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Mikko Rantanen
Eeli Tolvanen - Henrik Borgström - Kaapo Kakko
Kristian Vesalainen - Erik Haula - Jesse Puljujärvi
Teuvo Teräväinen
Rasmus Kupari

Miro Heiskanen - Rasmus Ristolainen
Esa Lindell - Sami Vatanen
Olli Juolevi - Olli Määttä
Sami Niku - Urho Vaakanainen

Juuse Saros
Antti Raanta
Tuukka Rask

 

[ikzu]

Laine - Barkov - Rantanen
Puljujärvi - Aho - Teräväinen
Mi. Granlund - Borgström - Tolvanen
Lehkonen - Haula - Kapanen
Kotkaniemi, Kakko, Armia, Hintz, Vesalainen...

Lindell - Heiskanen
Määttä - Ristolainen
Vatanen - Jokiharju
Juolevi - Välimäki
Vaakanainen, Nutivaara, Honka, Niku...

Saros
Raanta
Rask


Offence looks really good and so does the goalies. Defence is a little worrying.

 

[KingTux]

Soweed'n:

Rikard Rakell - Mika Zibanejad - Elias Lindholm
Filip Forsberg – William Karlsson - Viktor Arvidsson
Gabriel Landeskog - Nicklas Bäckström - William Nylander
Adrian Kempe - Alexander Wennberg - Jakob Silfverberg
Jacob de la Rose - Alexander Holtz

Rasmus Dahlin - Erik Karlsson
Hampus Lindholm - John Klingberg
Oliver Ekman Larsson - Adam Larsson
Mattias Ekholm - Victor Hedman

Filip Gustavsson / Olof Lindbom
Jacob Markström
Anton Forsberg

No way Hedman is scratched

 

[BBKers]

Soweed'n:

Rikard Rakell - Mika Zibanejad - Elias Lindholm
Filip Forsberg – William Karlsson - Viktor Arvidsson
Gabriel Landeskog - Nicklas Bäckström - William Nylander
Adrian Kempe - Alexander Wennberg - Jakob Silfverberg
Jacob de la Rose - Alexander Holtz

Rasmus Dahlin - Erik Karlsson
Hampus Lindholm - John Klingberg
Oliver Ekman Larsson - Adam Larsson
Mattias Ekholm - Victor Hedman

Filip Gustavsson / Olof Lindbom
Jacob Markström
Anton Forsberg

Pretty certain that in 2022 both Elias Pettersson and Lias Andersson will be on a theoretical Swedish Olympic squad. Time will tell

 

[heilongjetsfan]

Finnish teams Olympics 2022 and knowledge of current talent:

Rantanen - Haula - K.Kapanen
Aho - Mi.Granlund - Teräväinen
Laine - Barkov - Donskai
Tolvanen - Borgström - Osala


J.Honka - Heiskanen
Vatanen - Nutivaara
Ristolainen - Lindell
Määttä


Koskinen
T.Rask
(Rinne)


USA teams Olympics 2022 of current talent:

Johnny Gaudreau - Auston Matthews - Patrick Kane
Phil Kessel - Clayton Keller - Chris Kreider
Brock Nelson - Vincent Trocheck - Anders Lee
J.T. Miller - Casey Mittelstadt - Brandon Saad

Shayne Gostisbehere - Seth Jones
Ryan Suter - John Carlson
Nate Schmidt - Charlie McAvoy
(Justin Faulk)

John Gibson
Jonathan Quick
(Connor Hellebuyck)

As a homer, Laine is too low. Where are Vesalainen and Niku for Finland?

Also, please explain the absences of Trouba, Connor and Wheeler. Hellebuyck just had the most wins ever by an American goaltender. You wanna put him in the press box?

 

[kelsier]

Finnish teams Olympics 2022 and knowledge of current talent:

Rantanen - Haula - K.Kapanen
Aho - Mi.Granlund - Teräväinen
Laine - Barkov - Donskai
Tolvanen - Borgström - Osala


J.Honka - Heiskanen
Vatanen - Nutivaara
Ristolainen - Lindell
Määttä


Koskinen
T.Rask
(Rinne)


USA teams Olympics 2022 of current talent:

Johnny Gaudreau - Auston Matthews - Patrick Kane
Phil Kessel - Clayton Keller - Chris Kreider
Brock Nelson - Vincent Trocheck - Anders Lee
J.T. Miller - Casey Mittelstadt - Brandon Saad

Shayne Gostisbehere - Seth Jones
Ryan Suter - John Carlson
Nate Schmidt - Charlie McAvoy
(Justin Faulk)

John Gibson
Jonathan Quick
(Connor Hellebuyck)

Haula might have a chance to crack that roster but it's not given. He certainly won't be centering the first line (Barkov and Aho are both already better players than him). You can probably drop out Kapanen (unless he becomes absurdly good two way player) due to depth in the winger pool, Donskoi and most definitely Osala.

I'm not sure if your referring to actual talent or actual current ability. Heiskanen should be the #1D by then but he isn't one now, yet you have him ahead of Ristolainen (who by the way is RHD).

Anyhow, this roster and the lines particularly aren't even close to reality looking long term and you might not even have guessed the goalkeepers correct, because Saros will overtake Rinne by 2022 and possibly outplay the rest as well.

 

[Maestro84]

Canada:

Forwards:
Hall - McDavid - Seguin
Marchand - Crosby - MacKinnon (Nova Scotia trio)
Giroux - Stamkos - Scheifele
Benn - Tavares - Barzal/Marner

Defencemen:
Doughty - Burns
Ekblad - Reilly
Pietrangelo - Subban/Hamilton

Goalies:
Holtby
Price
Murray