1) Rantanen - 91 points (FIN)
2) Barkov - 88 points (FIN) - Missed ~10 games
3) Forsberg - 80 points (SWE) - Missed ~10 games
4) Lindholm - 80 points (SWE)
5) Zibanejad - 80 points (SWE)
6) Aho - 79 points (FIN)
7) Nylander - 76 points (SWE)
8) Hintz - 70 points (FIN)
9) Pettersson - 66 points (SWE)
10) Teräväinen - 63 points (FIN)
11) Landeskog - 59 points (SWE) - Missed ~25 games
12) Granlund - 58 points (FIN)
13) Laine - 56 points (FIN) - Missed ~20 games
14) Backstrom - 31 points (SWE) - Missed ~30 games
It's close. I'd lean Finland for this poll based on how their top 7 players are performing this season.
But Sweden is deeper and I'd probably want a team of Sweden's forwards over a team of Finland's forwards.
Agreed. I think Finland has better top end but Sweden is deeper overall.
I'd take this
Forsberg- Pettersson - Lindholm
Landeskog - Zibanejad - Nylander
Bratt - Backstrom - Raymond
Olofsson - Eriksson Ek - Arvidsson
Rakell/Kempe/Burakovsky/Nyquist/W. Karlsson/Backlund
over
Laine - Barkov - Rantanen
Teravainen - Aho - Granlund
Lundell - Hintz - Kapanen
Lehkonen - Kotkaniemi - Puljujarvi
Haula/Tolvanen/Donskoi/Luotsarinen
As a roster it's not close.