Pablo Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Team Sweden. Daniel-Henrik-Alfredson Zetterberg-Backstrom-Eriksson Landeskog-Johassen-Franzen Steen-Berglund-Stalberg Edler-Karlsson Enstrom-Kronwall Ekman Larsson-Hedmen Lunqvist Lindback That is a dangerous looking squad. Personally I think if anyone is gonna beat Team Canada it will be Team USA or Team Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeeterHansen Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Ovechkin, Malkin, Kovalchuk, Datsyuk...Russia is gonna be an unreal squad. Not to mention they're on home soil (ice). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwnstar Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 The Russians will be looking for revenge after getting their asses handed to them by team Canada in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Alfredsson? I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Sweden probably has one of the better defences and goaltenders, fast defenders and good puck movers excel on that open ice. However Russia looks pretty good too up front, and Canada's defence and goaltending is a bit worse than in past years. No real grey beard on the blueline anymore, and Price is not quite the big-game-goalie that Brodeur and Luongo were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I like the Swedes better in their own end. The Russians are going to have to try and outscore their mistakes, not an easy thing on the bigger ice surface. I think Canada's best chance is to go with a young, fast team. The defense should be solid, but I'm a bit worried about goaltending... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Aerosex Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Don't count out the USA or Finland...they have the best and deepest goaltending in the tournament IMO, and they're both feisty teams with huge chips on their shoulders. That'll get you far. I still think, despite some question marks, that we're the squad to beat , and Price will step up big and cement himself as one of the top goalies in the world. No real grey beard on the blueline anymore, and Price is not quite the big-game-goalie that Brodeur and Luongo were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Doughty Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 The Russian team Ovechkin-Malkin-Kovalchuck Semin-Datsyuk-Yakupov Tarasenko-Anisimov-Kulemin Markov-Kulikov Volchenkov-Gonchar Tyutin-Voynov Bryzgalov Varlamov They can score but not the greatest depth and defence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spliced Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Team Canada can be their own worst enemy sometimes, can they pick the right players and can they come together and gel. As for other teams it's so hard to say when single games mean so much. I would think Sweden probably won't have back to back bad olympics so they are probably a pretty good guess at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Team Canada can be their own worst enemy sometimes, can they pick the right players and can they come together and gel. As for other teams it's so hard to say when single games mean so much. I would think Sweden probably won't have back to back bad olympics so they are probably a pretty good guess at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxgoalie Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Team Canada V2... If only. But honestly this is stacked: Stamkos - Crosby - Neal Benn - Giroux - Nash Tavares - Toews - Perry J .Staal - E. Staal - Eberle Letang - Weber Doughty - Pietrangelo Keith - Seabrook Price Ward Luongo Biggest competition will probably be Russia, if their goal scoring gets clicking, if not USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spliced Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Don't forget the international ice size. Teams like Sweden and the Czech Republic seem to thrive on this surface, while it gives Canada and the US trouble... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Team Canada V2... If only. But honestly this is stacked: Stamkos - Crosby - Neal Benn - Giroux - Nash Tavares - Toews - Perry J .Staal - E. Staal - Eberle Letang - Weber Doughty - Pietrangelo Keith - Seabrook Price Ward Luongo Biggest competition will probably be Russia, if their goal scoring gets clicking, if not USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockhart Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Ourselves, it's ours to lose.... as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Aerosex Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Stamkos - Crosby - Eberle Neal - Tavares - Giroux Benn - Toews - Perry Nash - Bergeron - Getzlaf Letang - Weber Doughty - Pietrangelo Keith - Seabrook Price Luongo/Ward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelons Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Not liking the way those bottom lines are working. The best national teams have always had guys who could play at a high level but were effective in a 3rd or 4th line role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Burrows?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsasaki Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Don't rule out the Czechs Michalek - Krejci - Jagr Elias - Plekanec - Vrbata Havlat - Fleischmann - Hemsky Hudler - Prospal - Erat Voracek/Hejduk Zidlicky - Michalek Kuba - Hejda Smid - Kaberle Polak/Rozsival Pavalec Vokoun Neuvirth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_brightside Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 What about hall eberle or nugent Hopkins. Those three guys In a couple years will be gems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedated Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Carey Price is aight, but 'better team' doesn't = better goalie stats. While Montreal can blow offensively, in their big playoff run with Halak, they were fantastic at collapsing and blocking shots and clearing the puck. They were very good defensively, because they were mediocre offensively. They did what they had to do. Look at whatever team Ken Hitchcock is on. St. Louis plays some of the most ugly, hardcore defensive hockey you'll ever see. And their goalies THRIVE on it. He also did the same for Leclaire and Mason before he left Columbus. You can't rank a goalie against another goalie without giving a fair look at their teams. Even Schneider and Luongo ranked against Rinne, Quick, and Lundqvist last year. New York traps, Nashville had big body defensemen and played very stingy. Quick was behind a solid defense that were also very stingy. Big bodies to clear the net. Thomas has Chara. Chara = lolnonetpresence. Thomas can afford to be aggressive because you aren't getting near the rebound with someone like Chara there. Luongo however, did benefit from Vancouver the first year he got here. Vancouver trapped like hell, and played very defensive. And he looked like god. But since then, they've activated their defense to try and get more goals. We honestly suck defensively, and both of our goalies have to be great to survive the random odd man rushes or glorious scoring chances off the rush. Good team does not = good defense. You can compare Luongo when he was on Florida because his team literally did blow and he was awesome. Montreal does not suck defensively, they block a lot and collapse well most of the time. Besides, Team Canada's recent history for goalies says since he won and played last, it'll be his job to lose. Price will have to split early games and win it outright from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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