WC: Captains & Alternates

[Systemfel]

News, speculations, guesses? Let's complete the list.

Belarus
C - Ruslan Salei
A - Alexei Kalyuzhny
A - Viktor Kostyuchenok

Canada
C - Ryan Smyth
A - François Beauchemin / Corey Perry (Set 1)
A - Steven Stamkos / Ray Whitney (Set 2)

Czech Republic
C - Tomáš Rolinek
A - Petr Čáslava
A - Jaromír Jágr

Denmark
C - Jesper Damgaard
A - Morten Green
A - Frans Nielsen (reserve?)
A - Kim Staal

Finland
C - Sami Kapanen
A - Lasse Kukkonen
A - Petteri Nummelin

France
C - Laurent Meunier
A - Baptiste Amar
A - Vincent Bachet

Germany
C - Marcel Goc
A - Sven Felski
A - Michael Wolf

Italy
C - Ronald Ramoser
A - Christian Borgatello
A - Michele Strazzabosco

Kazakhstan
C - Alexander Koreshkov
A - Dmitri Dudarev
A - Maxim Semenov

Latvia
C - Herberts Vasiļjevs
A - Aleksandrs Ņiživijs
A - Jānis Sprukts

Norway
C - Tommy Jakobsen
A - Anders Bastiansen
A - Patrick Thoresen

Russia
C - Ilya Kovalchuk
A - Sergei Fedorov
A - Alexander Ovechkin

Slovakia
C - Richard Lintner
A - Milan Bartovič
A - Ivan Majeský

Sweden
C - Magnus Johansson
A - Niklas Persson
A - Rickard Wallin

Switzerland
C - Mathias Seger
A - Thibaut Monnet
A - Ivo Rüthemann

United States
C - Jack Johnson
A - Matt Greene / Kyle Okposo (Set 1)
A - Nick Foligno / Eric Nystrom (Set 2)

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[Superpest]

Johnson, Yandle or Matt Greene would be my picks for the Americans.

 

[Jesus Christ Horburn]

Ryan Smyth is more than likely, but I wouldn't mind seeing Ray Whitney wear the "C".

 

[William H Bonney]

My best guess:

United States:

C - Jack Johnson
A - Matt Greene
A - Kyle Okposo

 

[Maverick41]

I'm pretty sure that Sven Felski will at least be an Alternate for Germany.

 

[zorz]

Czech captain will be probably Rolinek. Im not sure about alternates, but I guess Caslava and Jagr. We´ll see on Thursday.

 

[Muscle Bob]

Czech captain will be probably Rolinek. Im not sure about alternates, but I guess Caslava and Jagr. We´ll see on Thursday.

Wow, Rolinek? Really, a captain?

 

[zorz]

Wow, Rolinek? Really, a captain?

Yes, I´d say probability is about 80%.

 

[begbeee]

SLOVAKIA
Probably Richard Lintner (ex-Penguin) or Ivan Majeský (ex-Capital).

Coach Glen Hanlon will make nomination on Wendesday.

 

[Muuri]

Probably

C - Petteri Nummelin
A - Sami Kapanen
A - Riku Hahl

 

[FiLe]

Probably

Kapanen was captain at LG over Nummelin, as he was in last year's WHC as well.

So with 99% certainty:

C - Kapanen
A - Nummelin
A - Hahl

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Richard Lintner was the C for Slovakia in all exhibition games and I´m about 100% sure that he will be the captain in Germany as well.

 

[Grabovski]

Captain Canada - Ryan Smyth
A - Whitney
A - Myers?

 

[mattihp]

Kapanen was captain at LG over Nummelin, as he was in last year's WHC as well.

So with 99% certainty:

C - Kapanen
A - Nummelin
A - Hahl

Hahl? Now that he thinks he's got bigtime offensive skills he doesn't hustle as hard and seems a bit more stupid defensively... I hope he is the 13th forward.

 

[joe89]

I'd love to see an A on one of our juniors over Wallin. We know they'll be captaining in a few years anyways.

 

[jonas2244]

Switzerland

C: Mathias Seger

The A's are not yet known.

 

[Belak Attack]

I'd love to see Stamkos get an "A". I think he's deserving.

 

[v-man]

Latvia
C - Herberts Vasiļjevs?
A - Aleksandrs Ņiživijs?

I assumed this as well, but in yesterday's exhibition game, Janis Sprukts was wearing the C, which would mean that both Vasiljevs and Nizivijs would be A's.

 

[FiLe]

Hahl? Now that he thinks he's got bigtime offensive skills he doesn't hustle as hard and seems a bit more stupid defensively... I hope he is the 13th forward.

He had it on LG games. And I trust Hahl tons more than I trust Santala or Hytönen.

At least he's got something to show his defensive game is adequate for top level. Those other two have nada. Age doesn't exactly play a factor either since they're all around thirty, give or take a year.

Besides, what does it matter if Hahl's been trying to play offensive game in his club team? It's not exactly the first time either when his role between club and NT duties differ. In the latter his role has always been to anchor the defensive game in the 4th line with no extra tricks thrown in, and he's yet to fail to deliver.


But eh, I guess this is the wrong topic for this discussion. Anyway, he's carried a letter quite a few times before, even 'C' occasionally. Out of the players who weren't on LG games, the only one I could see it on is Immonen. We'll see.

 

[Maverick41]

I'm pretty sure that Sven Felski will at least be an Alternate for Germany.

So Felski is wearing an A in the game against Canada right now. I haven't yet seen who's wearing the other letters.

 

[SirKillalot]

Norway
C - Tommy Jakobsen?
A - Anders Bastiansen?

C - Tommy Jakobsen. - That's a lock
A - Patrick Thoresen. - Most likely I suppose
A - Anders Bastiansen? - I think so.

There are a couple of guys that can smell on it, but I think these are the ones getting it.

 

[Other Little Mikey]

I'd love to see Stamkos get an "A". I think he's deserving.

Canada often likes to rotate between 4 or more As so I wouldn't be surprised if a young guy or two got one. I'd pick Perry first though, more experience.

 

[smitty10]

If he plays, Antropov will likely be captain of Kazakhstan.

 

[HemskyToHall*]

C - Smyth
A - Perry
A - Whitney

 

[jonas2244]

So, complete list for the Swiss.

C: Mathias Seger
A: Martin Plüss
A: Ivo Rüthemann
A: Thibaut Monnet