what might your nation's team look like in 8 or 9 years

I will try Canada in no paticular order
forwards = Crosby ,Tavares ,Stamkos ,Hall ,B.Schenn ,Nash ,E.Staal ,J.Staal ,Getzlaf ,Perry ,M.Richards ,Gagner ,Turris ,Horton ,Carter ,Bergeron ,Toews
defence=
Phaneuf ,Burns ,Weber ,Coburn ,Green ,Doughty ,Pietrangelo ,M.Staal ,Alzner ,Schenn ,Cowen
goalies =
Fleury ,Price ,Bernier
:yo:

I'll make an attempt at Denmark's team in 8 years but I'm not from there, I just follow news about their program on eliteprospects and another forum.

Frans Nielsen - Peter Regin - Mikkel Bødker
Sebastian Svendsen - Lars Eller - Mark Mieritz
Morten Madsen - Nichlas Hardt - Jannik Hansen
Frederik Storm - ?? - Kirill Starkov

Simon Grønvaldt - Philip Larsen
Oliver Lauridsen - Mads Bødker
Christian Schioldan -

Sebastian Dahm
Patrick Galbraith
Peter Hirsch

By that point they could have as many as many as 10 players in the NHL but likely fewer than that.

Nielsen - Just signed a 2-3 year contract with NYI, has seen some time in the NHL the past two seasons. First Danish born and trained player in the NHL.
Hansen - Still in the Canucks plans and given how he ended last season in the AHL I wouldn't be suprised to see him up here for an extended stay when the team faces injury problems. First Dane to play in the playoffs.
Boedker - I havn't checked lately but last I heard there's a good chance he'll be playing in the NHL this season. Highest drafted Dane.

Regin - Just signed with Ottawa, will play in the AHL after a strong season in the SEL.
Eller - Moving up to the SEL and until this year he was the highest drafted player from Denmark. Should be coming over in a season or two.
Madsen - Struggled to score in his first AHL year after a strong season offensively in the QMJHL. Needs to improve this season but perhaps Minnesota will be patient with him?

Larsen - Drafted late (5th round?) but has already seen time in the SEL and aparantly he performed well. Size and injuries are a concern but he's got a long career ahead of him wherever it is.

Svendsen & Mieritz - 2009 Draft eligible and fairly highly touted. Aparantly Svendsen compares to Boedker but he's more of a goal scorer. He and Mieritz were 2 and 3 in scoring in Sweden's J20 league last year.

Hardt - Undrafted but had a strong playoffs in the SM-Liiga late last season.

Storm - One of the better young players in Denmark's home league. I think he might be going to Sweden this season but I'm not certain.

Grønvaldt - 2009 eligible?, fairly highly touted but not as much as Larsen was at his age.

Oliver Lauridsen - 6'5 beast went undrafted for the 2nd time, supposed to play for St.Cloud in the NCAA this season.

JVR-Stastny-Kane
Mueller-Kessel-Brown
Parise-Wilson-O'sullivan
Ryan-Kesler-Okposo

Erik Johnson-Zach Bogosian
Jack Johnson-Ryan Suter
Cam Fowler-Mike Komasarik

Rick Diperatro
Jimmy Howard

this will be the usa golden age.

I'll try with 10 years instead. A possible OG 2018 team. By now the rich crops of the late 80's and early 90's should be in their prime. And just by looking at the names and their projected development, this team should be the best roster Sweden has ever had. We never know if we're going to have the peaks like Forsberg and Lidstrom, but talants like Paajarvi and Hedman shouldn't be too far behind. But what is most impressive is the depth. Many players left out of the roster is just awesome. Then I probably have forgot some...
Future looks bright for Sweden!

OG 2018

Forwards:

26/195 30/200 26/210
Lander Backstrom Paajarvi

30/195 29/215 30/210
Hornqvist P. Berglund D. Axelsson

25/210 25/195 28/200
Ohman Adam Pettersson Backlund

28/190 27/210 26/195
Moller A. Gustafsson J. Josefson

27/180
Tedenby
---
André Petersson 27/185
Ullstrom 28/215
Landeskog 25/200
S. Hjalmarsson 28/190
Sjostrom 34/215
Bergfors 30/195
Liljegren 25/230
Wallen 26/170
L. Eriksson 32/195
R. Nilsson 32/185
Soderberg 32/215
Steen 33/190
Joakim Andersson 28/210
Brunnstrom 32/210
Johan Andersson 33/205

Defensemen:

27/240 26/235
Hedman Myllari

25/215 32/215
Adam Larsson Grossman

31/195 30/205
Stralman N. Hjalmarsson

27/190
E. Karlsson
---
Edler 31/225
Enstrom 33/185
T. Erixon 26/200
Ekman-Larsson 26/195
Rundblad 27/210
N. Kronwall 36/195
Mangs 25/230
J. Ericsson 33/225
K. Berglund 29/185
Rahimi 30/225
Blidstrand 25/210
Junland 30/205
Motin 28/210
Torp 28/200
Urbom 27/215

Goalies:
H. Lundqvist 35/195
Markstrom 27/200
Enroth 29/185
---
J. Gustafsson 25/200
Ersberg 35/180
D. Larsson 31/185
Ridderwall 29/200
Gistedt 30/185
Lindback 29/210

im going to change usa's line up a little bit.

JVR-Stastny-Kane
Mueller-Kessel-Brown
Parise-Jacobs-O'sullivan
Oshie-Kesler-Ryan
Okposo

Erik Johnson-Zach Bogosian
Jack Johnson-Ryan Suter
Cam Fowler-Mike Komasarik

Rick Diperatro
Jimmy Howard

this will be the usa golden age.

*snip*

Defensemen:

27/240 26/235
Hedman Myllari

25/215 32/215
Adam Larsson Grossman

31/195 30/205
Stralman N. Hjalmarsson

27/190
E. Karlsson
---
Edler 31/225
Enstrom 33/185
T. Erixon 26/200
Ekman-Larsson 26/195
Rundblad 27/210
N. Kronwall 36/195
Mangs 25/230
J. Ericsson 33/225
K. Berglund 29/185
Rahimi 30/225
Blidstrand 25/210
Junland 30/205
Motin 28/210
Torp 28/200
Urbom 27/215

*snip*

Overall your list is VERY good, but D might need some revising. I agree that N. Hjalmarsson will be very good, and an important player on the national team... but I'd take Enstrom over him any day. I'd take Enstrom over Grossman too.

Also, as of yet, I wouldn't dare to put Adam Larsson above Stralman. He will probably be better, but in 10 years time Stralman should be a really experienced veteran while Larsson is just about to peak. Should be a tough call.

K. Berglund should be somewhere in there as well. :) OMG and Ekman-Larsson! :amazed: Yup, SWE looks pretty stacked. Gotta love it!

@Tb0ne: You think Hirsch will still be playing in 8 years? OK sure, he's a goalie, but... For some reason, I just don't see it happening. Now, either way Galbraith will probably be the starter, so I guess it doesn't really matter.

Overall your list is VERY good, but D might need some revising. I agree that N. Hjalmarsson will be very good, and an important player on the national team... but I'd take Enstrom over him any day. I'd take Enstrom over Grossman too.

Also, as of yet, I wouldn't dare to put Adam Larsson above Stralman. He will probably be better, but in 10 years time Stralman should be a really experienced veteran while Larsson is just about to peak. Should be a tough call.

K. Berglund should be somewhere in there as well. :) OMG and Ekman-Larsson! :amazed: Yup, SWE looks pretty stacked. Gotta love it!

@Tb0ne: You think Hirsch will still be playing in 8 years? OK sure, he's a goalie, but... For some reason, I just don't see it happening. Now, either way Galbraith will probably be the starter, so I guess it doesn't really matter.


Thanks!
Enstrom has a bigger offensive upside than Hjalmarsson and definately Grossman. But I think a team need one stay-at-home, or at least very defensively skilled, d-man in every pairing to keep it balanced. Hjalmarsson and Grossman is much more physical and better in front of their own goalie then Enstrom. Therefore I picked them.
When it comes to Adam Larsson, it's of course too early to tell how good he can be. But just looking at his numbers combined with his size and two-way play, it's hard not to project him as likely a top notch defenseman. But as you say, it's probably going to be had to choose players for this team. There are going to be too many really good players left out.

Yes, well... I suppose you have a point, it's just that with a team like this methinks one might as well charge blindly on! :D

I think a player like K. Berglund would be better to have than one of those physical players though. As long as the D-men are responsible on their own end I think that will be enough. Also, Stralman stood up pretty well for himself in the last WC! :nod:

A good TEAM always beats the all-stars though, so perhaps you're on to something.

As for Adam Larsson. Mainly it's just that I don't know much about him, so I don't want to be a homer and pretend he's going to be super-awesome. I mean the kid is 15 years old at the moment, he might as well bust just as oh so many other highly touted players. I'll give it some time before I make up my mind about him.

@Tb0ne: You think Hirsch will still be playing in 8 years? OK sure, he's a goalie, but... For some reason, I just don't see it happening. Now, either way Galbraith will probably be the starter, so I guess it doesn't really matter.

Honestly I had no idea Hirsch was even that old.

I suppose I should have put Mattias Horan there instead but unfortunately his move to France probably isn't going to help him make it to the NHL. From what I've heard from Danish hockey fans he looked like he was on track to be the best goalie prospect that Denmark had ever produced at age 16.

im going to change usa's line up a little bit.

JVR-Stastny-Kane
Mueller-Kessel-Brown
Parise-Jacobs-O'sullivan
Oshie-Kesler-Ryan
Okposo

Erik Johnson-Zach Bogosian
Jack Johnson-Ryan Suter
Cam Fowler-Mike Komasarik

Rick Diperatro
Jimmy Howard

this will be the usa golden age.
Agreed.

im going to change usa's line up a little bit.

JVR-Stastny-Kane
Mueller-Kessel-Brown
Parise-Jacobs-O'sullivan
Oshie-Kesler-Ryan
Okposo

Erik Johnson-Zach Bogosian
Jack Johnson-Ryan Suter
Cam Fowler-Mike Komasarik

Rick Diperatro
Jimmy Howard

this will be the usa golden age.

I doubt it. I have a hard time seeing them repeating what Team USA did in '96. For better or worse, USA will always be a few steps behind Canada and Russia will have a better roster as well for the next several years

I will try Canada in no paticular order
forwards = Crosby ,Tavares ,Stamkos ,Hall ,B.Schenn ,Nash ,E.Staal ,J.Staal ,Getzlaf ,Perry ,M.Richards ,Gagner ,Turris ,Horton ,Carter ,Bergeron ,Toews
defence=
Phaneuf ,Burns ,Weber ,Coburn ,Green ,Doughty ,Pietrangelo ,M.Staal ,Alzner ,Schenn ,Cowen
goalies =
Fleury ,Price ,Bernier
:yo:

Just to throw a few more names out there,

Forwards: Pominville, Boyes, Roy, and Stastny also Vinny and Heater will be in there mid 30s
Defence: Letang, Keith, Vlasic

looks like a pretty good talent pool

Just to throw a few more names out there,

Forwards: Pominville, Boyes, Roy, and Stastny also Vinny and Heater will be in there mid 30s
Defence: Letang, Keith, Vlasic

looks like a pretty good talent pool

Pominville, Stasny will be playing for the U.S

Pominville, Stasny will be playing for the U.S

Since when? I thought they were both from Quebec?

Apparently Stastny's reason was to be able to play internationally with his borther Yan? when will that chance ever occur?

Kinda sucks that they both chose to play for the States

Finland is hard... Because we don't have an enormous number of early 20yos in the NHL

Finland is hard... Because we don't have an enormous number of early 20yos in the NHL

pillu will still rock in 10 years! :yo:

Thanks!
Enstrom has a bigger offensive upside than Hjalmarsson and definately Grossman. But I think a team need one stay-at-home, or at least very defensively skilled, d-man in every pairing to keep it balanced. Hjalmarsson and Grossman is much more physical and better in front of their own goalie then Enstrom. Therefore I picked them.
When it comes to Adam Larsson, it's of course too early to tell how good he can be. But just looking at his numbers combined with his size and two-way play, it's hard not to project him as likely a top notch defenseman. But as you say, it's probably going to be had to choose players for this team. There are going to be too many really good players left out.

I actually think that guys like Collberg and K.Lilja can be on the roster, they will be 24.

pillu will still rock in 10 years! :yo:

True. But as weak as Finland's ranks on scoring line wingers look... He might have to play first line... Granted he will look great against other team's first lines though...

Mikko Koivu, Tuomo Ruutu (if he's not retired by then...), Antti Pihlström, Sean Bergenheim, Joni Pitkänen (if he's "still" committed to hockey), Kari Lehtonen (if he's not in a wheelchair by then) and maybe Valtteri Filppula will be key players...

This is so tough to do... cause in 8 years guys who are 16 and just entering major junior right now will be 24 and knocking on the door of the lineup

In 10 years we are looking at 14 year olds and trying to project which of them could be knocking on the door at that age...

never mind the fact we get phenoms like crosby who should've been on the 2006 team at 18.

For me, i'm not even gonna hazard too many guesses cause there are just too many names we don't know about YET to make a full 20 man roster. You can give a core 10 guys... but 20 guys seems like there are too many variables to me.... and we haven't even started to talk about injuries and draft day busts over that time period.

That all said... as a habs fan I hope to see McDonagh and Paccioretty crack into those golden age of USA hockey lineups that the bruins fans posted earlier.

Parise-Stastny-Kane
Ryan-Mueller-Kessel
Brown-Kesler-Schoreder
Oshie-Wilson-JVR

Erik Johnson-Zach Bogosian
Jack Johnson-Ryan Suter
Cam Fowler-Mike Komasarik

John Quick
Jimmy Howard

VanRiemsdyk, Parise, Kane
B. Ryan, Stastny, Kessel
Booth, Wilson, Wheeler
Brown, McCoglan, Okposo
ex:Oshie, Pacioretty, Schroeder, Jacobs

E. Johnson, J. Johnson
Bogosian, Suter
Komisarek, Fowler
Blum
ex:Carlson, Niskanen, Gilbert, and Chelios!

Schnieder
Quick
McCullum

more kids will step up from now until then, but not too shabby.

Obviously won't look anything like this, but it's fun to guess based on potential:

Kovalchuk(83) - Malkin(86) - Kabanov(92)
Ovechkin(85) - Grigorenko(94) - Semin(84)
Filatov(90) - Kuznetsov(92) - Zherdev(84)
Radulov(86) - Khokhlachev(93) - Yakupov(93)
ex: Galiev(92), Grachev(90)

Zotov(92) - Tyutin(83)
Goncharov(89) - Grebeshkov(83)
Voinov(90) - Kulikov(90)
ex: Vasiliev(94)

Varlamov(88)
Demchenko(94)
ex: Brashkin(92)

Crosby
Tavares
Toews
M Richards

Down the middle that's pretty insane. Add Stamkos and Hall to the wings.

Throw Brayden Schenn with Richards for the ultimate 4th line.

I'll try with 10 years instead. A possible OG 2018 team. By now the rich crops of the late 80's and early 90's should be in their prime. And just by looking at the names and their projected development, this team should be the best roster Sweden has ever had. We never know if we're going to have the peaks like Forsberg and Lidstrom, but talants like Paajarvi and Hedman shouldn't be too far behind. But what is most impressive is the depth. Many players left out of the roster is just awesome. Then I probably have forgot some...
Future looks bright for Sweden!

OG 2018

Forwards:

26/195 30/200 26/210
Lander Backstrom Paajarvi

30/195 29/215 30/210
Hornqvist P. Berglund D. Axelsson

25/210 25/195 28/200
Ohman Adam Pettersson Backlund

28/190 27/210 26/195
Moller A. Gustafsson J. Josefson

27/180
Tedenby
---
André Petersson 27/185
Ullstrom 28/215
Landeskog 25/200
S. Hjalmarsson 28/190
Sjostrom 34/215
Bergfors 30/195
Liljegren 25/230
Wallen 26/170
L. Eriksson 32/195
R. Nilsson 32/185
Soderberg 32/215
Steen 33/190
Joakim Andersson 28/210
Brunnstrom 32/210
Johan Andersson 33/205

Defensemen:

27/240 26/235
Hedman Myllari

25/215 32/215
Adam Larsson Grossman

31/195 30/205
Stralman N. Hjalmarsson

27/190
E. Karlsson
---
Edler 31/225
Enstrom 33/185
T. Erixon 26/200
Ekman-Larsson 26/195
Rundblad 27/210
N. Kronwall 36/195
Mangs 25/230
J. Ericsson 33/225
K. Berglund 29/185
Rahimi 30/225
Blidstrand 25/210
Junland 30/205
Motin 28/210
Torp 28/200
Urbom 27/215

Goalies:
H. Lundqvist 35/195
Markstrom 27/200
Enroth 29/185
---
J. Gustafsson 25/200
Ersberg 35/180
D. Larsson 31/185
Ridderwall 29/200
Gistedt 30/185
Lindback 29/210

I'm pretty confident Loui Eriksson will be a lock for that tournament. Well as confident you can be so far in advance.