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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Nov 22, 2009 19:35:24 GMT -5
Well its getting to be that time of year. Will Canada grab their sixth straight tourny win? Will the USA crumble on the international stage again? Will Russia be able to get over the hump? Save for playoff hockey and the draft, this is my favorite event of the year. I love watching these games. I figured I'd try to do a little speculation as to the rosters before we get the official announcements. The groups stack up as follows... GROUP A: Canada Latvia Slovakia Switzerland United States GROUP B: Austria Czech Republic Finland Russia Sweden Link to the schedule - hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/61090/la_id/1.htm
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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Nov 22, 2009 21:19:54 GMT -5
So I'll take a stab at some of the team rosters. I'll guess I'll start with those punks from Canada. I guess I'll throw the USA in there also. For the sake of these guesses on my part I will sticking with 2 goalies, 6 defensemen and 12 forwards. I know there will be more than that for each country. TEAM CANADA G Jake Allen G Matt Hackett D Ryan Ellis D Colten Teubert D Jared Cowan D Calvin de Haan D Travis Hamonic D Patrick Wiercioch F Patrice Cormier F Jordan Eberle F Cody Hodgson F Joe Colborne F Philippe Cornet F Scott Glennie F Taylor Hall F Adam Henrique F Nazem Kadri F Brandon Kozun F Cody Eakin F Brayden Schenn TEAM USA G Jack Campbell G Mike Lee D John Carlson D John Moore D Cam Fowler D Jake Gardiner D David Warsofsky D Chris Wideman F Jordan Schroeder F Phil McRae F Mitch Wahl F Danny Kristo F Derek Stepan F A.J. Jenks F Jeremy Morin F Kyle Palmieri F Kenny Ryan F Ryan Bourque F Jerry D'Amigo F Vinny Saponari Feel free to disagree!
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Post by Detroit Cherni on Nov 22, 2009 22:35:06 GMT -5
Good call on the roster Gorbs. I see Canada making it six in a row.
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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Nov 23, 2009 11:19:30 GMT -5
Today I'll take a stab at the team that will once again challenge Canada for gold, Sweden...and I'll do Finland too just for kicks.
TEAM SWEDEN
G Jacob Markstrom G Anders Nilsson
D Erik Karlsson D Tim Erixon D David Rundblad D Oliver Ekman-Larsson D Adam Larsson D Alexander Urbom
F Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson F Jacob Josefson F Marcus Kruger F Mattias Tedenby F Marcus Johansson F Carl Klingberg F Anton Rodin F Anton Lander F Andre Pettersson F Jakob Silfverberg F William Wallen F Patrick Cehlin
TEAM FINLAND
G Joni Ortio G Petteri Simila
D Jyri Niemi D Sami Vatanen D Kristian Nakyva D Tommi Kivisto D Veli-Matti Vittasmaki D Mikko Niemela
F Teemu Hartikainen F Mikael Granlund F Toni Rajala F Eero Elo F Joonas Rask F Erik Haula F Joonas Nattinen F Sami Blomqvist F Ilmari Pitkanen F Matias Myttynen F Iiro Pakarinen F Joonas Donskoi
(assuming F Teemu Pulkkinen won't be able to play)
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Post by SJSharks on Nov 26, 2009 11:50:13 GMT -5
Canada's going for 6!!!! Hopefully I don't scare the crap out of my kid this year. LOL. I was holding my son when Canada tied up that game vs. Russia and I screamed "YESSSS!!" and scared him. LOL.
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Post by FlyersGM on Nov 27, 2009 19:51:27 GMT -5
Off Topic here, but with the NsHL season two days away I am just curious if ESN will be releasing the annual season preview soon?
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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Nov 30, 2009 18:43:00 GMT -5
www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/is-this-the-year-for-sweden.html?tx_ttnewsTEAM SWEDEN G Jacob Markstrom G Anders Nilsson D Erik Karlsson D Tim Erixon D David Rundblad D Oliver Ekman-Larsson D Adam Larsson D Alexander UrbomF Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson F Jacob Josefson F Marcus Kruger F Mattias Tedenby F Marcus Johansson F Carl Klingberg F Anton Rodin F Anton Lander F Andre Pettersson F Jakob Silfverberg F William WallenF Patrick CehlinWe can add D Lukas Kilstrom, D Mattias Ekholm, F Dennis Rasmussen, F Daniel Brodin and F Martin Lundberg to the official roster. I have no clue how Alexander Urbom didn't make this team. Well I do, but I think that is the wrong decision. We'll see though. Looks like another solid group from Sweden.
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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Dec 3, 2009 19:19:40 GMT -5
Couple more roster predictions today...Russia and Slovakia. I'm gonna have to tell on myself here. I made this prediction for Russia before finding out the Rangers would not be releasing Evgeny Grachev to play but the Panthers would be releasing Dmitry Kulikov...which is great for Russia (well, the Kulikov part...not the Grachev part). Anyway...
TEAM RUSSIA
G Igor Bobkov G Alexander Zalivin
D Vyacheslav Voinov D Anton Klementyev D Dmitri Orlov D Maxim Chudinov D Dmitri Kostromitin D Nikita Pivtsakin
F Nikita Filatov
F Evgeny Grachev F Alexander Burmistrov F Vladimir Tarasenko F Maxim Kitsyn F Maxim Trunev F Evgeny Konstantinov F Vyacheslav Kulemin F Kirill Petrov F Dmitry Kugryshev F Sergei Plotnikov F Evgeny Timkin
TEAM SLOVAKIA
G Marek Ciliak G Tomas Halasz
D Martin Stajnoch D Adam Janosik D Martin Marincin D Michal Siska D Peter Hrasko D Ivan Jankovic
F Tomas Tatar F Richard Panik F Marek Hrivik F Jakub Gasparovic F Frantisek Gerhat F Libor Hudacek F Radoslav Illo F Andrej Kudrna F Adam Lapsansky F Andrej Stastny F Jan Sykora F Marek Viedensky
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Post by floridagm on Dec 3, 2009 21:32:52 GMT -5
*Update on Team Canada*
Cody Hodgson has not played a game this season. He is practicing with the Battalion ... but NO return date has been established.
Cody was injured (back) and didn't get a fair shake with the Canucks this season. He was sent back to the OHL ... but as stated before ... he has yet to play a game.
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Post by CapitalsGM on Dec 3, 2009 22:15:02 GMT -5
I always find it interesting when players are injured, but still are given a roster spot based on their past performance. I am not saying I disagree with the selection because Hodgson was absolutely phenomenal last year, but how effective can he really be if he has to play a game this year?
Here's to a speedy recovery and continued progress for Cody Hodgson. Canada has depth up and down the roster, but it is clear that Hodgson is going to be the leader on this team if healthy.
Go Canada Go!!
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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Dec 3, 2009 22:38:14 GMT -5
I'm going to have to assume that Hockey Canada will not take Hodgson if he isn't 100% ready to go. If he doesn't look good at their camp then he doesn't go. If he looks and feels 100% he'll be there. And apparently Alex Pietrangelo will be made available for Canada as well. Like they need the help.
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Post by CapitalsGM on Dec 4, 2009 10:17:21 GMT -5
Yeah, Pietrangelo will be made available to Hockey Canada. That is great news for the squad.
I understand that Cody Hodgson will not be given a roster spot unless he is 100% ready to go, but the point I was trying to get across was I am kind of skeptical about his health and his ability to contribute if he has yet to play a game in the OHL this year. Don't get me wrong, I love this kid - he is a gamer, and I am hoping that he is healthy and ready to go for Team Canada, but I am skeptical about the chances of him playing.
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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Dec 5, 2009 19:25:45 GMT -5
Last of the roster predictions for me, the Czech Republic.
TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC
G Dominic Furch G Jakub Sedlacek
D Radko Gudas D Michal Jordan D Adam Sedlak D Milan Doczy D Jaroslav Kruzik D Tomas Voracek
F Michal Hlinka F Roman Horak F Jan Kana F Tomas Knotek F Tomas Kubalik F Andrej Nestrasil F Stepan Novotny F Ondrej Palat F Dominik Pacovsky F Tomas Rachunek F Tomas Vincour F Jan Kovar
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Post by Anaheim GM on Dec 6, 2009 0:35:18 GMT -5
I hope you are right on these, Roger:
If so, I could have 8 forwards to look forward to watching:
Jordan Eberle (CAN) Nazem Kadri (CAN) Derek Stepan (USA) Kyle Palmeiri (USA) Richard Panik (SLO) Tomas Vincour (CZE) Andrej Nestrasil (CZE) Kirill Petrov (RUS)
Zero defensemen and goaltenders, though....OUCH!!!
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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Dec 8, 2009 10:55:01 GMT -5
Hodgson is out. Hopefully he gets over his back issues. It's never easy for anyone to deal with a bad back.
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