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Olympic Hockey 2010

I cant wait to see some great Hockey this Olympics. I doubt the US will get too far but it would be fun to see.

Canada projections :



Goaltenders
# Martin Brodeur, 37 (New Jersey Devils)
# Roberto Luongo, 30 (Vancouver Canucks)
# Marc-Andre Fleury, 25 (Pittsburgh Penguins)

#

Defense
# Scott Niedermayer, 36 (Anaheim Ducks)
# Chris Pronger, 35 (Philadelphia Flyers)
# Duncan Keith 26 (Chicago Blackhawks)
# Shea Weber, 24 (Nashville Predators)
# Jay Bouwmeester, 26 (Calgary Flames)
# Dan Boyle, 33 (San Jose Sharks)
# Robyn Regehr, 29 (Calgary Flames)

#

Forwards
# Rick Nash, 25 (Columbus Blue Jackets)
# Sidney Crosby, 21 (Pittsburgh Penguins)
# Jarome Iginla, 32 (Calgary Flames)
# Simon Gagne, 29 (Philadelphia Flyers)
# Brenden Morrow, 31 (Dallas Stars)
# Joe Thornton, 30 (San Jose Sharks)
# Shane Doan, 33 (Phoenix Coyotes)
# Mike Richards, 25 (Philadelphia Flyers)
# Ryan Getzlaf, 24 (Anaheim Ducks)
# Jeff Carter, 25 (Philadelphia Flyers)
# Dany Heatley, 29 (Ottawa Senators)
# Vincent Lecavalier, 29 (Tampa Bay Lightning)
# Eric Staal, 25 (Carolina Hurricanes)

Russia




Forwards

First Line

C Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins

LW Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals

RW Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta Thrashers



Second Line

C Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings

LW Alexander Semin, Washington Capitals

RW Alexander Radulov, Salavat Yulaev Ufa


Third Line

C Sergei Fedorov, Washington Capitals

LW Alexei Kovalev, Montreal Canadiens

RW Aleksay Morosov, Ak Bars Kazan


Fourth Line

C Alexei Yashin, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

LW Sergey Mozyakin, Atlant Moscow

RW Nikolai Zherdev, New York Rangers

Defensemen

First Pairing

LD Sergei Gonchar, Pittsburgh Penguins

RD Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens



Second Pairing

LD Sergei Zubov, Dallas Stars

RD Fedor Tyutin, Columbus Blue Jackets



Third Pairing

LD Anton Volchenkov, Ottawa Senators

RD Vitaly Atyushov, Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Starter

G Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose Sharks



Backup

G Ilya Bryzgalov, Phoenix Coyotes
Backup option

Nikolai Khabibulin, Chicago Blackhawks



Coaching

Head coach

Vyacheslav Bykov

Feel free to add to it! Its going to be great hockey I feel!

The Russian team is going to be pure beast-mode in 2010. Canada's gonna need to bust a few ankles to get past that thing.

I don't like your picks for Canada, especially since I know you just copy and pasted them from proicehockey.com. They clearly just listed who they think the most skilled players are, without any regard to the roles that will have to be filled for the team to be succesful. Guys like Jordan Staal and Dan Cleary are dark horses that could be integral parts to Canada's success. Lecavalier and Heatley should both be left off the list for a good 2 week vacation.

Anyway the goalie trio should include Cam Ward, he's the most consistent goalie at the training camp, even if the team in front of him weaken his numbers. It's not often you see a softie float by this guy. Brodeur and Luongo, on the other hand, can carry a team to a win, but often let a poor goal slide past, and that can't happen in an Olympic tournament.

Goalies:

Brodeur
Ward
Fleury

Defence:

Pronger
Niedermayer
Beauchemin
Phaneuf
Keith
Seabrook


Forwards:

Crosby
Nash
Cleary

Iginla
Carter
Getzlaf

Eric Staal
Jordan Staal
Richards

Sharp
Toews
Doan

Is something closer to what I'd like to see.

if canada does not win at home it will be an epic self anal.

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Originally posted by lenazi if canada does not win at home it will be an epic self anal.

does your mom know you're posting this?

Canada wont win.

Russia all the way!

Canada and Russia are clear favorites, but I think that Sweden, Finland and USA also has chances to win this one. Though maybe with the case of Finland, we maybe should already say GO FOR THE SILVER...

Finland will probably look something like this:

Goalies:
Niklas B�ckstr�m, Minnesota Wild
Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames
Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators

Defenders:
Lasse Kukkonen, Avangard Omsk
Sami Lepist�, Phoenix Coyotes
Toni Lydman, Buffalo Sabres
Joni Pitk�nen, Carolina Hurricanes
Sami Salo, Vancouver Canucks
Kimmo Timonen, Philadelphia Flyers
Ossi V��n�nen, Dinamo Minsk

Forwards:
Valtteri Filppula, Detroit Red Wings
Niklas Hagman, Toronto Maple Leafs
Jussi Jokinen, Carolina Hurricanes
Olli Jokinen, Calgary Flames
Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Wild
Saku Koivu, Anaheim Ducks
Jere Lehtinen, Dallas Stars
Ville Leino, Detroit Red Wings
Antti Miettinen, Minnesota Wild
Petteri Nokelainen, Anaheim Ducks
Jarkko Ruutu, Ottawa Senators
Tuomo Ruutu, Carolina Hurricanes
Teemu Sel�nne, Anaheim Ducks

Evgeny Grachev is trying to earn himself a spot on the Russian roster.

Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators

Lasse Kukkonen, Avangard Omsk
Sami Lepist�, Phoenix Coyotes
Ossi V��n�nen, Dinamo Minsk

Jussi Jokinen, Carolina Hurricanes
Antti Miettinen, Minnesota Wild
Petteri Nokelainen, Anaheim Ducks

meh



MG! MG! MG!

quote:

Originally posted by bamski Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators Lasse Kukkonen, Avangard Omsk Sami Lepist�, Phoenix Coyotes Ossi V��n�nen, Dinamo Minsk Jussi Jokinen, Carolina Hurricanes Antti Miettinen, Minnesota Wild Petteri Nokelainen, Anaheim Ducks meh MG! MG! MG!

Better suggestions?

And this isn't 2014 olympics-topic where Mikael Granlund is one of the star players

Sami Kapanen

Niko Kapanen (+ Hentunen?)

Petteri Nummelin

Karalahti (you know I'm right, admit it).

Kontiola

J. Immonen (?)

Leo fucking Komarov

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Originally posted by Vlad Canada wont win. Russia all the way!

canada could probably put 3 different teams in and have a chance at sweeping the medals

i'm not saying that we will win, but after the shitstacle of turin and playing on home ice there is no way you can't call them favourites.

As amazing as Russia's been, I just can't see Canada lose, not given the circumstances.

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Originally posted by lenazi canada could probably put 3 different teams in and have a chance at sweeping the medals i'm not saying that we will win, but after the shitstacle of turin and playing on home ice there is no way you can't call them favourites.

Sure Canada will come in the favorites, and they definitely have as good a chance as Russia to win, however, I think Russia will win regardless.

As much as Canada wants to win on home ice, Russia is coming in there to spoil their party and want to show that Russian hockey is better/stronger then Canadian hockey.

On top of that, the Russian team plays together ALOT more then the Canadian team. The Russian team already has a sick chemistry.

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Originally posted by Vlad Sure Canada will come in the favorites, and they definitely have as good a chance as Russia to win, however, I think Russia will win regardless. As much as Canada wants to win on home ice, Russia is coming in there to spoil their party and want to show that Russian hockey is better/stronger then Canadian hockey. On top of that, the Russian team plays together ALOT more then the Canadian team. The Russian team already has a sick chemistry.

Ya, and the two best players in the league.

I don't even care that your 3rd and 4th lines are teh sux. When Ovechkin and Malkin are each scoring a pair every game, and Semin's skatin around deking our entire defense, I'ma be bitching like a madman at home watching Canada lose their game against Russia.

The third line isnt that bad either... federov, kovalev and either morozov or radulov.

I think morozov will actually be on the second line because he is the #1 superstar of the russian super league.

And as much as Yashin has done for russian hockey, I think he should seriously step down and let someone younger and more productive take his spot.

Russians will have the most dynamic top line, that's for sure. What they won't have, at least as much, is young, physical players on the blue line and overall depth. I also feel that Canadians finally did their coaching staff selection right.

The last two IIHF world championships were won by Russia, however the Olympics is a different animal.

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Originally posted by xtr3m Russians will have the most dynamic top line, that's for sure. What they won't have, at least as much, is young, physical players on the blue line and overall depth. I also feel that Canadians finally did their coaching staff selection right. The last two IIHF world championships were won by Russia, however the Olympics is a different animal.

The Russian Defense corps is a sexy monster too. And with Ovechkin skating around shoulder-first into every Canadian he can see, they won't need to be physical either

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Originally posted by xtr3m The last two IIHF world championships were won by Russia, however the Olympics is a different animal.

Thats exactly why the Russians have the edge, they play together more often and have developed a good chemistry.

The Russians can be physical if they want to.

So heatley for Mihaleke and cheechoo.

Makalele is football/soccer.

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Originally posted by Vlad Makalele is football/soccer.

Thats a real name? I was drunk typing in the wrong topic....sorry.





Possible US team

Goaltender

No. 1: Tim Thomas


No. 2: Ryan Miller

No. 3: Jonathan Quick

Defensemen


First pair: Ryan Suter (left) and Brian Rafalski (right)

Second pair: Ryan Whitney (left) and Mike Komisarek (right)


Third pair: Paul Martin (left) and Jack Johnson (right)


Taxi squad: Johnson/Liles and Matt Niskanen.

Forwards


First line (left to right): Zach Parise, Paul Statsny, Phil Kessel

Second line: Dustin Brown, Scott Gomez, Patrick Kane


Third line: David Booth, Chris Drury, Brian Gionta

Fourth line: Jason Blake/Pominville, Ryan Kesler, Jamie Langenbrunner

Taxi squad: Blake Wheeler and Blake/Pominville.

luongo

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Originally posted by L.E.N. So heatley for Mihaleke and cheechoo.

Not really Olympics talk.


Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger
Dan Boyle, Mike Green
Jay Bouwmeester, Shea Weber

vs

Andrei Markov, Sergei Gonchar
Anton Volchenkov, Sergei Zubov
Fedor Tyutin, Denis Grebeshkov

The difference is substantial. Age, size, offensive potential. That is, of course, if both Gonchar and Zubov can recover from their injuries/surgeries well enough.

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Originally posted by xtr3m Not really Olympics talk.

Dude I was so hammered when I did that.

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Originally posted by xtr3m Not really Olympics talk. Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger Dan Boyle, Mike Green Jay Bouwmeester, Shea Weber vs Andrei Markov, Sergei Gonchar Anton Volchenkov, Sergei Zubov Fedor Tyutin, Denis Grebeshkov The difference is substantial. Age, size, offensive potential. That is, of course, if both Gonchar and Zubov can recover from their injuries/surgeries well enough.

Mike Green will not be making the Olympic team, he is a HUGE defensive liability.

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