OT: Hockey World Cup 2016

[Lapa]

Have other countries announced their rosters yet?

Teams:

Finland:

Goalies:

Tuukka Rask
Pekka Rinne

Defense:

Esa Lindell
Olli Määttä
Rasmus Ristolainen
Sami Vatanen

Forwards:

Aleksander Barkov
Joonas Donskoi
Valtteri Filppula
Mikael Granlund
Jussi Jokinen
Mikko Koivu
Leo Komarov
Lauri Korpikoski
Jori Lehterä
Teuvo Teräväinen

No Haula yet, but there will still be additions.

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[Jesus comma Brodin]

 

[jackouu]

Huh team Russia looks absolutely ridiculous! Crazy talent

 

[Lapa]

Wonder if Kovalchuk will play in this tournament after his incident with his KHL team.

 

[Sharppi]

Ovechkin-Malkin-Tarasenko is an "okay" line.

Panarin-Kuznetsov-Kucherov is also "ok"

Defense will be their weakest link, just like Finlands too.

 

[57special]

Selfishly hope Haula doesn't play. That hit by Malkin was bad...don't need a repeat of that.

Only 4 D?

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

There are still six more players each team needs to add before September or something like that.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Haula
Rantanen
Pulkkinen

My guess as to the remaining 3 forwards.

No clue on the D.

 

[jackouu]

Sweden:

Goalies

Henrik Lundqvist (New York Rangers)
Jacob Markström (Vancouver Canucks)

Defense:

Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Arizona Coyotes)
Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Niklas Hjalmarsson (Chicago Blackhawks)
Erik Karlsson (Ottawa Senators)
Niklas Kronwall (Detroit Red Wings)
Anton Strålman (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Forwards:

Nicklas Bäckström (Washington Capitals)
Loui Eriksson (Boston Bruins)
Filip Forsberg (Nashville Predators)
Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche)
Daniel Sedin (Vancouver Canucks)
Henrik Sedin (Vancouver Canucks)
Alexander Steen (St. Louis Blues)
Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit Red Wings)

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No Brodin and Klingberg

 

[Minnesota]

Ovechkin-Malkin-Tarasenko is an "okay" line.

Panarin-Kuznetsov-Kucherov is also "ok"

Defense will be their weakest link, just like Finlands too.

On paper, those would be top-5 lines in the NHL.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Klingberg should be added later. Can't really justify Brodin over any of them.

OEL - Karlsson
Hedman - Stralman (they play on a pair together, don't they?)
Kronwall/Hjalmarsson/Klingberg

 

[HollaHaula]

I honestly don't think Kronwall is that good anymore. Would go with Hjalmarsson and Klingberg.

 

[TwiztedHeat]

You guys think Dumba makes it on the under 23 team? It should be very close.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

You guys think Dumba makes it on the under 23 team? It should be very close.

He has Ekblad, Jones, Trouba, Ceci, Parayko and Hamilton to contend with on the right side. I'd say that it's doubtful.

 

[TwiztedHeat]

He has Ekblad, Jones, Trouba, Ceci, Parayko and Hamilton to contend with on the right side. I'd say that it's doubtful.

Hamilton (insanely overrated), Parayko and Ceci are not better than Dumba. Trouba is even par with him.

 

[Engebretson]

USA Roster announced:

G Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Lightning
G Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings
G Cory Schneider, New Jersey Devils

D Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets
D John Carlson, Washington Capitals
D Ryan McDonagh, New York Rangers
D Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild

F Justin Abdelkader, Detroit Red Wings
F Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
F Ryan Kesler, Anaheim Ducks
F T.J. Oshie, Washington Capitals
F Max Pacioretty, Montreal Canadiens
F Zach Parise, Minnesota Wild
F Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks
F Derek Stepan, New York Rangers
F Blake Wheeler, Winnipeg Jets

Oh, and you have to love this gem from Scott Burnside:

Among the forwards already named Blake Wheeler, T.J. Oshie and the league's leading scorer Patrick Kane are right-hand shots.

Top notch hockey analysis there, Scotty...

 

[MuckOG]

Named to Team Europe are: (country of birth in parentheses)

G Frederik Andersen, Anaheim Ducks (Denmark)
G Jaroslav Halak, New York Islanders (Slovakia)

D Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins (Slovakia)
D Roman Josi, Nashville Predators (Switzerland)
D Dennis Seidenberg, Boston Bruins (Germany)
D Andrej Sekera, Edmonton Oilers (Slovakia)
D Mark Streit, Philadelphia Flyers (Switzerland)

F Mikkel Boedker, Colorado Avalanche (Denmark)
F Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers (Germany)
F Jannik Hansen, Vancouver Canucks (Denmark)
F Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks (Slovakia)
F Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings (Slovenia)
F Frans Nielsen, New York Islanders (Denmark)
F Tomas Tatar, Detroit Red Wings (Slovakia)
F Thomas Vanek, Minnesota Wild (Austria)
F Mats Zuccarello, New York Rangers (Norway)

...room for Vanek but not Nino?

 

[Wild11MN]

What do I not know about this tourney where we only have 4 defensemen and 9 forwards?

 

[tomgilbertfan]

What do I not know about this tourney where we only have 4 defensemen and 9 forwards?

It's initial rosters now. Full ones in June or July I think.

 

[TwiztedHeat]

How Boedker is on that team over Nino is upsetting. Boedker is not good. Nino will probably be added later though.

 

[Minnesota]

Jersey photos were released.



Love Team Canada: https://instagram.com/p/BCeAhndqHw_/

Love Team USA: https://instagram.com/p/BCeExriKH38/

Hate Team North America: https://instagram.com/p/BCd7E2aqH4C/

Team Sweden is pretty good: https://instagram.com/p/BCd4xTsKH0V/

Team Russia is pretty good: https://instagram.com/p/BCd2aUJqH_X/

Hate Team Europe: https://instagram.com/p/BCd1PYCKH9R/

Team Finland is boring: https://instagram.com/p/BCd0PaKqH7p/

Team Czech is pretty good: https://instagram.com/p/BCd0H4-KH7W/

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Team North America looks real evil.

 

[Minnesota]

Team North America's roster... Makes me wonder how CBJ's doing so terribly.

 

[57special]

Hamilton (insanely overrated), Parayko and Ceci are not better than Dumba. Trouba is even par with him.

I'd take Parayko over him anyday.

 

[Lapa]

Team North America's logo looks like it was designed in Mordor.