Happy Friday everyone, hope you all had a good week. Today is the final installment of my 2022 Olympic series. I decided to focus on my roster/management predictions for the teams I picked to win Gold (Canada), Silver (Russia), and Bronze (USA). Beside each players name will be their age as of February 4th 2022, the start of the 2022 Olympics, and their current team. Each nation is allowed to carry a 25 man roster, and teams tend to bring 3 goalies, 8 defencemen, and 14 forwards.
CANADA
Goalies (3)
Jordan Binnington (28) – St. Louis Blues.
Carey Price (34) – Montreal Canadiens.
Carter Hart (23) – Philadelphia Flyers.
Defencemen (8)
Thomas Chabot (25) – Ottawa Senators.
Morgan Reilly (27) – Toronto Maple Leafs.
Alex Pietrangelo (32) – St. Louis Blues.
Cale Makar (23) – Colorado Avalanche.
Josh Morrissey (26) – Winnipeg Jets.
Shea Theodore (26) – Vegas Golden Knights.
Drew Doughty (32) – Los Angeles Kings.
Aaron Ekblad (25) – Florida Panthers.
Forwards (14)
Connor Mcdavid (25) – Edmonton Oilers.
Nathan MacKinnon (26) – Colorado Avalanche.
Sidney Crosby (34) – Pittsburgh Penguins.
Mitch Marner (24) – Toronto Maple Leafs.
Brayden Point (25) – Tampa Bay Lightning.
Brad Marchand (33) – Boston Bruins.
Patrice Bergeron (36) – Boston Bruins.
Jonathan Huberdeau (28) – Florida Panthers.
Steven Stamkos (31) – Tampa Bay Lightning.
Mark Scheifele (28) – Winnipeg Jets.
Mark Stone (29) – Vegas Golden Knights.
John Tavares (31) – Toronto Maple Leafs.
Ryan O’Reilly (30) – St. Louis Blues.
Mathew Barzal (24) – New York Islanders.
GM: Doug Armstrong (St. Louis Blues); Head Coach: Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay Lightning).
RUSSIA
Goalies (3)
Andrei Vasilevskiy (27) – Tampa Bay Lightning.
Sergei Bobrovsky (33) – Florida Panthers.
Igor Shestyorkin (26) – New York Rangers.
Defencemen (8)
Ivan Provorov (25) – Philadelphia Flyers.
Mikhail Sergachev (23) – Tampa Bay Lightning.
Dmitry Orlov (30) – Washington Capitals.
Nikita Zadorov (26) – Colorado Avalanche.
Nikita Zaitsev (30) – Ottawa Senators.
Artyom Zub (26) – Ottawa Senators.
Nikita Nesterov (28) – CSKA Moscow (KHL).
Ilya Lyubushkin (27) – Arizona Coyotes.
Forwards (14)
Alex Ovechkin (36) – Washington Capitals.
Evgeni Malkin (35) – Pittsburgh Penguins.
Nikita Kucherov (28) – Tampa Bay Lightning.
Artemi Panarin (30) – New York Rangers.
Vladimir Tarasenko (30) – St. Louis Blues.
Vladislav Namestnikov (29) – Colorado Avalanche.
Andrei Svechnikov (21) – Carolina Hurricanes.
Ivan Barbashev (26) – St. Louis Blues.
Evgenii Dadonov (32) – Florida Panthers.
Ivan Telegin (29) – CSKA Moscow (KHL).
Kirill Kaprizov (24) – CSKA Moscow (KHL).
Mikhail Grigorenko (27) – CSKA Moscow (KHL).
Vitali Kravtsov (22) – Hartford Wolfpack (AHL).
Grigori Denisenko (21) – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL).
GM: Roman Rotenberg (Russian Ice Hockey Federation); Head Coach: Valeri Bragin (SKA St. Petersburg – KHL).
USA
Goalies (3)
Connor Hellebuyck (28) – Winnipeg Jets.
John Gibson (28) – Anaheim Ducks.
Cayden Primeau (22) – Laval Rocket (AHL).
Defencemen (8)
Zach Werenski (24) – Columbus Blue Jackets.
Seth Jones (27) – Columbus Blue Jackets.
Quinn Hughes (22) – Vancouver Canucks.
John Carlson (32) – Washington Capitals.
Cam Fowler (30) – Anaheim Ducks.
Jaccob Slavin (27) – Carolina Hurricanes.
Torey Krug (30) – Boston Bruins.
Charlie McAvoy (24) – Boston Bruins.
Forwards (14)
Auston Matthews (24) – Toronto Maple Leafs.
Johnny Gaudreau (28) – Calgary Flames.
Patrick Kane (33) – Chicago Blackhawks.
Jack Eichel (25) – Buffalo Sabres.
Brock Boeser (24) – Vancouver Canucks.
Kyle Connor (25) – Winnipeg Jets.
Jake Guentzel (27) – Pittsburgh Penguins.
Dylan Larkin (25) – Detroit Red Wings.
Max Pacioretty (33) – Vegas Golden Knights.
Alex DiBrincat (24) – Chicago Blackhawks.
J.T. Miller (28) – Vancouver Canucks.
Matthew Tkachuk (24) – Calgary Flames.
Clayton Keller (23) – Arizona Coyotes.
Jack Hughes (20) – New Jersey Devils.
GM: Chris Drury (USA Hockey); Head Coach: John Tortorella (Columbus Blue Jackets).
Thank you to everyone who followed along to the 3 part Olympic series and for reading my blogs in general. I appreciate it. Keep reading and sharing!
-Cooper.