Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[hckošice 15,598]

2 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

 Team France 

 

Goaltenders:

 

Julian Junca (HK Dukla Trencin, Slovakia, )

Antoine Keller (HC Ajoie, NL, )

Martin Neckar (SCL Young Tigers U21, Swiss U21-Elit, )

 

Defencers:

 

Yohann Auvitu (Black Wings Linz, ICEHL, )

Jules Boscq (HPK, Liiga, )

Enzo Cantagallo (Marseille, Ligue Magnus, )

Florian Chakiachvili (Rouen, Ligue Magnus, )

Pierre Crinon (Grenoble, Ligue Magnus, )

Hugo Gallet (KalPa, Liiga, )

Enzo Guebey (HC Davos, NL, )

Thomas Thiry (HC Ajoie, NL, )

 

Forwards:

 

Justin Addamo (Jukurit, Liiga, )

Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (HC Ajoie, NL, )

Charles Bertrand (Sport, Liiga, )

Louie Boudon (Atlanta Gladiators, ECHL, )

Kevin Bozon (HC Ajoie, NL, )

Stéphane da Costa (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, KHL, )

Aurélien Dair (Grenoble, Ligue Magnus, )

Floran Douay (Lausanne HC, NL, )

Dylan Fabre (Ässät, Liiga, )

Jordann Perret (Mountfield HK, Czechia, )

Anthony Rech (Rouen, Ligue Magnus, )

Nicolas Ritz (Angers, Ligue Magnus, )

Alexandre Texier (Montréal Canadiens, NHL, )

Sacha Treille (Grenoble, Ligue Magnus, )

Decent team, on european level ofc. In a normal tournament would certainly be a Quarterfinal contender.

 

In a NHL level gonna be, hard slash impossible, to keep the rhythm for the guys though, but definitely a nice roster on a WCh level for sure.

 

Nice satisfaction for Bellemare, one great last dance for this huge hockey legend. Fully deserved. He and Da Costa + Texier have possibilities to provide something and surprise some defences also in Milano.

Edited December 24, 2025 by hckošice

[Topicmaster1010 5,511]

 TEAM CANADA 

 

 

Goaltenders:

 

Jordan Binnington (St. Louis Blues, NHL, )

Darcy Kuemper (Los Angeles Kings, NHL, )

Logan Thompson (Washington Capitals, NHL, )

 

Defencemen:

 

Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings, NHL, )

Thomas Harley (Dallas Stars, NHL, ) 

Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche, NHL, )

Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg Jets, NHL, ) 

Colton Parayko (St. Louis Blues, NHL, ) 

Travis Sanheim (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL, )

Shea Theodore (Vegas Golden Knights, NHL, )

Devon Toews (Colorado Avalanche, NHL,  )

 

Forwards:

 

Macklin Celebrini (San Jose Sharks, NHL, )

Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, )

Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, )

Brandon Hagel (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, )

Bo Horvat (New York Islanders, NHL, )

Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche, NHL, )

Brad Marchand (Florida Panthers, NHL, )

Mitch Marner (Vegas Golden Knights, NHL, )

Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers, NHL, )

Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, )

Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers, NHL, )

Mark Stone (Vegas Golden Knights, NHL, )

Nick Suzuki (Montréal Canadiens, NHL, )

Tom Wilson (Washington Capitals, NHL, )

[hckošice 15,598]

35 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

 TEAM CANADA 

 

 

Goaltenders:

 

Jordan Binnington (St. Louis Blues, NHL, )

Darcy Kuemper (Los Angeles Kings, NHL, )

Logan Thompson (Washington Capitals, NHL, )

 

Defencemen:

 

Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings, NHL, )

Thomas Harley (Dallas Stars, NHL, ) 

Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche, NHL, )

Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg Jets, NHL, ) 

Colton Parayko (St. Louis Blues, NHL, ) 

Travis Sanheim (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL, )

Shea Theodore (Vegas Golden Knights, NHL, )

Devon Toews (Colorado Avalanche, NHL,  )

 

Forwards:

 

Macklin Celebrini (San Jose Sharks, NHL, )

Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, )

Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, )

Brandon Hagel (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, )

Bo Horvat (New York Islanders, NHL, )

Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche, NHL, )

Brad Marchand (Florida Panthers, NHL, )

Mitch Marner (Vegas Golden Knights, NHL, )

Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers, NHL, )

Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, )

Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers, NHL, )

Mark Stone (Vegas Golden Knights, NHL, )

Nick Suzuki (Montréal Canadiens, NHL, )

Tom Wilson (Washington Capitals, NHL, )

Other teams will be like

 

[Topicmaster1010 5,511]

4 hours ago, hckošice said:

Other teams will be like

 

Definitely excited about the forwards and defencemen. It'll be fun to watch the likes of McDavid, Crosby, MacKinnon, Makar and Celebrini all on the same team.

 

The goaltending is a bit sketchy though. Gone are the days of the likes of Brodeur, Luongo and Price.

 

Binnington has been awful this year and was only selected because of his history of being clutch in big games. I'm expecting he'll be the starter but I'm hoping that he's on a short leash and that the coaches will got to Thompson if need be.

[NearPup 3,558]

4 hours ago, hckošice said:

Other teams will be like

I mean I hope so :P

 

To me this looks like a weaker group than 2014 (though to be fair that was a *stacked* roster)

[hckošice 15,598]

5 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Definitely excited about the forwards and defencemen. It'll be fun to watch the likes of McDavid, Crosby, MacKinnon, Makar and Celebrini all on the same team.

 

The goaltending is a bit sketchy though. Gone are the days of the likes of Brodeur, Luongo and Price.

 

Binnington has been awful this year and was only selected because of his history of being clutch in big games. I'm expecting he'll be the starter but I'm hoping that he's on a short leash and that the coaches will got to Thompson if need be.

I would not be worried being Canadian  This is just too strong and unfair roster :D

 

Goaltending is generally weaker everywhere lately than what we used to admire in the past, so it´s not just Canadian issue, plus just like you wrote the defence looks very strong on paper, so I would definitely not being too worried.

 

The question is more who will be yur gold medal game opponent this time  Sweden or USA ?

[hckošice 15,598]

5 hours ago, NearPup said:

I mean I hope so :P

 

To me this looks like a weaker group than 2014 (though to be fair that was a *stacked* roster)

That was one hell of a team, but personally I liked more the 2010 group, was a pleasure to watch them handling with ease the home pressure

[phelps 8,336]

2 hours ago, hckošice said:

The question is more who will be yur gold medal game opponent this time  Sweden or USA ?

❤️

 

ps my favourite team was 2006 

 

[orangeman 2,300]

8 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Definitely excited about the forwards and defencemen. It'll be fun to watch the likes of McDavid, Crosby, MacKinnon, Makar and Celebrini all on the same team.

 

The goaltending is a bit sketchy though. Gone are the days of the likes of Brodeur, Luongo and Price.

 

Binnington has been awful this year and was only selected because of his history of being clutch in big games. I'm expecting he'll be the starter but I'm hoping that he's on a short leash and that the coaches will got to Thompson if need be.

Just looking back, Canada gave up THREE goals total in 6 games in Sochi. And 2 of them were against Norway and Latvia (one more against Finland, none against Austria, USA and Sweden). But, at the same time, they had difficulty scoring (17 goals in 6 games, 6 against Austria). The only two Canadians in the top-10 of scoring were Weber and Doughty, both defencemen. I think this time around scoring won't be an issue, but goals against might be. It's not just the goalies, the defence could have been better, too. 

 

Also crazy that Price was by far the best goalie, named best goalie, too. But Lundquist was the All Star goalie of the tournament. 

[hckošice 15,598]

Jason Robertson not picked by USA is quite unexpected

Edited January 2 by hckošice