Team Europe Vs Team Canada Vs Team USA

[Mitch nylander]

Not Gonna make line combos, more so list of players, as lines normally make convo arguments.

Europe
Centers (6): Malkin, Draisaitl, Barkov, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, Kopitar
Wingers (10) : Kucherov, Ovechkin, Pastrnak, Panarin, Rantanen, Tarasenko, Laine, Teravainen, Radulov, Forsberg
Defence (10) : Hedman, E. Karlsson, Josi, Ekman-Larsson, Lindholm, Dahlin, Klingberg, Ekholm, Heiskanen, Provorov
Goalies (4) : Vasilevskiy, Bobrovsky, Rask, Andersen

Canada
Centers: Mcdavid, Crosby, MacKinnon, Scheifele, Bergeron, Tavares + Point/Seguin/Couturier/O'Rielly
Wingers: Marchand, Hall, Stone, Marner, Giroux, Stamkos, Huberdeau, Domi, Skinner, Benn,
Defence: Burns, Doughty, Giordano, Pietrangelo, Rielly, Letang, Subban, Weber, Parayko, Chabot
Goalies: Price, Fleury, Holtby, Murray

USA
Centers: Matthews, Eichel, Larkin, Trocheck, Keller, Pavleski
Wingers: Kane, Gaudreau, Wheeler, Tkachuk, Connor, Debrincat, Kessel, Boeser, Guentzel, Lee
Defence: Jones, Carlson, Slavin, Suter, Yandle, Trouba, Mcavoy, Krug, Werenski, Mcdonagh,
Goalies: Gibson, Bishop, Hellebuyck, Quick

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[ThatsSoSlavin]

I mean combining all European countries makes this them AINEC.

Sweden, Russia and Finland all are competitive on their own so combining them makes this so favourable.

 

[koyvoo]

Why not do Europe vs North America?

 

[Bouboumaster]

Canada via Center Depth and Carey Price

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Was tempted to vote Canada due to their centers but the overall European depth is too good. And Canada defense and goaltending is not as good as they used to be (relatively) in previous generations.

 

[Baxterman]

Canada

AINEC

 

[Lambo]

In this poll are Canada and particular USA are overrated. Russia, Sweden and Finland as single could be competitive and they are to be
able to beat USA of course(vs CAN they need a very good day) ). Or to reach a better Rang in a best on best tournament(Looking to last 20 Years).

A right poll should be Europe vs North America.

 

[AnThGrt]

Seeing as individual EU countries have won it all combing them? Makes this an easy choice

 

[Regal]

I think the idea that "Russia, Finland and Sweden are competitive on their own so it's clearly Europe" is flawed. Yes, they're competitive because they have good talent and in a short tournament anything can happen. Their rosters are still lacking compared to Canada and over a bigger sample this would be more clear. Just looking at the rosters, it's clearly close between Europe and Canada, and combining countries hurts the chemistry and national pride that are factors in those countries' success, particularly Finland. I think it's a toss up but would probably give a slight edge to Europe. The States are a clear third.

 

[biturbo19]

I mean combining all European countries makes this them AINEC.

Sweden, Russia and Finland all are competitive on their own so combining them makes this so favourable.

Yeah. Sweden, Russia, and Finland all have some kinda weak links individually...but you combine the strengths of each, and it's an unstoppable superteam. Legitimately not even close. Canada is probably the closest competitor and i guess in the real world, they might have a bit of an ace in the hole in that they regularly play together at international events and coming up through the junior tournaments. But i don't think it's enough to swing the result.

 

[Trap Jesus]

You can never beat Canadian centers, but Europe beats them everywhere else.

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

This is not fair lol. At least make it Team NA vs europe.
700+million
360+million
37million

 

[Ivo]

I voted Canada because of the center depth, but on second thought it might be Europe. I mean, in the last best-on-best tournament a team made up of lesser European hockey countries made it to finals and Canada barely beat them in both games. Maybe two players on that team would make team Europe that also includes Swedish, Russian, Finnish and Czech players.

 

[c3z4r]

Those wingers for Canada (Domi, Skinner, Benn (??) and Mantha) look very suspect and have no place on the roster. I would much rather get a couple more C and let them play on the wing (Stamkos, Point, Monahan, Toews, ROR, Seguin, etc.)

I'd still go with Canada considering their C depth.

x-McDavid-x
x-Crosby-x
x-Mackinnon-x
x-Bergeron-x

would be hard to match up against

 

[Signupnow]

Should have made team NA. Having USA there who hasn't won anything since idk, I am over 30 years old and I don't think I was even born yet.. What I am trying to say is that they may look good on paper but they are not so good at playing when medals is on the line, and I think it's worth taking into consideration.. In my eyes, as a swede, I always felt playing USA is like playing Slovakia, they win some fluke game once In a while. I want to remember they getting humiliated 6 to 0 last time they met.

 

[NyQuil]

I voted Canada because of the center depth, but on second thought it might be Europe. I mean, in the last best-on-best tournament a team made up of lesser European hockey countries made it to finals and Canada barely beat them in both games. Maybe two players on that team would make team Europe that also includes Swedish, Russian, Finnish and Czech players.

How was it a best-on-best tournament when Connor McDavid was ineligible to play for Team Canada?

The US were even harder hit.

 

[jetsforever]

Canada wins on centres, Europe wins on wingers, defence is a toss-up between the two, goalies change day to day

 

[sparxx87]

You can never beat Canadian centers, but Europe beats them everywhere else.

Carey Price?

 

[ProspectsSTC]

Wing isn't really Domi's normal position anymore

 

[Snippit]

Canada has the 3 best centres (arguably players) in the world...in a 7-game series I think I'd take them over Team World

Giroux-McDavid-Stamkos
Marchand-Crosby-Bergeron
Scheifele-Mackinnon-Marner
Tavares-O'Reilly-Stone
Hall, Seguin

 

[Merrrlin]

Yeah. Sweden, Russia, and Finland all have some kinda weak links individually...but you combine the strengths of each, and it's an unstoppable superteam. Legitimately not even close. Canada is probably the closest competitor and i guess in the real world, they might have a bit of an ace in the hole in that they regularly play together at international events and coming up through the junior tournaments. But i don't think it's enough to swing the result.

Honestly, I think it would still be close.

However, add USA and now we're cookin with fire. Those would be some deadly lineups.

 

[Addison Rae]

Hall / McDavid / Mackinnon
Marchand / Crosby / Bergeron
Giroux / Tavares / Marner
Point / O’Reilly / Stone
Stamkos, Seguin

Giordano / Doughty
Rielly / Burns
Chabot / Pietrangelo
Morrisey / Parayko

Price
Nazeem “the dream” Kadri


Ovechkin / Kuznetsov / Kucherov
Draisaitl / Malkin / Pastarnak
Panarin / Barkov / Rantanen
Forsberg / Kopitar / Tarasenko

Hedman / Karlsson
Josi / OEL
Dahlin / Ekholm

Vasilevsky
Bobrovsky

I’m going with Europe

 

[Connor McConnor]

Europe but it's close. Their wingers are too elite and most/all of their forwards play an excellent two way game. They also have the better defense and goalie depth.

 

[Mitch nylander]

I voted Europe because of it's star power but it's close between them and canada. I thought North america would be too stacked.

Canada
Marchand - Crosby - Bergeron
Hall - Mcdavid - Mackinnon
Giroux - Tavares - Marner
Stamkos - Point - Stone
Huberderau - Scheifele - O'Reilly
Benn - Seguin - Couturier
Domi - Duchene - Mantha
Couture- Barzal - Gallagher

Giordano - Doughty
Rielly - Burns
Parayko - Pietrangelo
Subban - Letang
Chabot - Weber
Morrissey - Hamilton
Keith - Ellis

Price
Fleury
Holtby
Murray

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Europe

Ovechkin - Backstrom - Kucherov
Draisaitl - Malkin - Pastrnak
Panarin - Barkov - Rantanen
Teravainen - Kopitar - Aho
Pettersson - Kuznetsov - Tarasenko
Forsberg - Zibanejad - Arvidsson
Laine - W. Karlsson - Dadonov
Meier - Nylander- Voracek

Hedman - Karlsson
Josi - OEL
Heiskanen - Klingberg
Dahlin - Ekholm
Lindholm- Provorov
Sergachev - Edler
Gustafsson - Orlov

Vasilevskiy
Bobrovsky
Rask
Andersen