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

[JoshMartini007 2,780]

On 1/16/2026 at 1:16 AM, phelps said:

no, it's hockey!

and it doesn't work that way

you can even field Bobrovsky in the net, Makar and Josi on D and McDavid, Draisaitl and Crosby on offence and they wouldn't win a single match all alone

a good Hockey team needs at least a great goalie and 3 blocks (2 d-men and 3 forwards each) to be competitive at this level

2 or 3 stars paired with amateurs can do absolutely nothing

 

and as I wrote many times, you can't be on top of every sport...this one is not made for the Italian people: we simply don't have infrastructures, players, money and media/popular interest 

hockey in Italy (intended as a whole Country) just doesn't exist, any speculation about Italy and hockey is only a big waste of time

Pretty much. Hockey relies more on the team aspect than any other Olympic team sport IMO. The best players rarely play half the game, even more than 40% is a lot of ice time and not sustainable long term. Goalies can only do so much if they are facing 50 shots at decent angles.

 

I'd much rather have a team of NHL 3rd liners than a team with 1-2 superstars and the rest from the AHL.

[hckošice 15,703]

All Rosters in the 2nd post of this thread HERE

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[phelps 8,343]

God save us! 

[Josh 11,659]

Larkin is so good that he made two Olympic teams instead of once