Devil Dan 56 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) Most of the 'big' countries have listed their Olympic invitees, so I figured I'd post the ones NHL.com had. Please delete if someone already posted this. The Devils only have 2 invitees that I saw from a quick scan... Cory Schneider for USA, and Volchenkov for Russia. U.S. MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ORIENTATION CAMP ROSTER FORWARDS Justin Abdelkader (Detroit) *David Backes (St. Louis) Beau Bennett (Pittsburgh) Nick Bjugstad (Florida) *Dustin Brown (Los Angeles) *Ryan Callahan (N.Y. Rangers) Alex Galchenyuk (Montreal) *Patrick Kane (Chicago) *Ryan Kesler (Vancouver) *Phil Kessel (Toronto) Trevor Lewis (Los Angeles) Kyle Okposo (N.Y. Islanders) T.J. Oshie (St. Louis) Max Pacioretty (Montreal) Kyle Palmieri (Anaheim) *Zach Parise (Minnesota) *Joe Pavelski (San Jose) *Bobby Ryan (Ottawa) Brandon Saad (Chicago) Craig Smith (Nashville) *Paul Stastny (Colorado) Derek Stepan (N.Y. Rangers) James van Riemsdyk (Toronto) Blake Wheeler (Winnipeg) DEFENSEMEN Zach Bogosian (Winnipeg) Dustin Byfuglien (Winnipeg) John Carlson (Washington) Danny DeKeyser (Detroit) Justin Faulk (Carolina) Cam Fowler (Anaheim) Jake Gardiner (Toronto) *Erik Johnson (Colorado) *Jack Johnson (Columbus) Seth Jones (Nashville) Nick Leddy (Chicago) Paul Martin (Pittsburgh) Ryan McDonagh (N.Y. Rangers) *Brooks Orpik (Pittsburgh) Kevin Shattenkirk (St. Louis) *Ryan Suter (Minnesota) Jacob Trouba (Winnipeg) Keith Yandle (Phoenix) GOALIES Craig Anderson (Ottawa) John Gibson (Anaheim) Jimmy Howard (Detroit) *Ryan Miller (Buffalo) *Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles) Cory Schneider (New Jersey) *- played on 2010 Olympic team CANADA MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ORIENTATION CAMP ROSTER FORWARDS Patrice Bergeron (Boston) Jeff Carter (Los Angeles) Logan Couture (San Jose) Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh) Matt Duchene (Colorado) Jordan Eberle (Edmonton) Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim) Claude Giroux (Philadelphia) Taylor Hall (Edmonton) Chris Kunitz (Pittsburgh) Andrew Ladd (Winnipeg) Milan Lucic (Boston) Brad Marchand (Boston) Rick Nash (NY Rangers) James Neal (Pittsburgh) Corey Perry (Anaheim) Mike Richards (Los Angeles) Patrick Sharp (Chicago) Eric Staal (Carolina) Jordan Staal (Carolina) Martin St. Louis (Tampa Bay) Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay) John Tavares (NY Islanders) Joe Thornton (San Jose) Jonathan Toews (Chicago) DEFENSEMEN Karl Alzner (Washington) Jay Bouwmeester (St. Louis) Dan Boyle (San Jose) Drew Doughty (Los Angeles) Mike Green (Washington) Dan Hamhuis (Vancouver) Travis Hamonic (NY Islanders) Duncan Keith (Chicago) Kris Letang (Pittsburgh) Marc Methot (Ottawa) Dion Phaneuf (Toronto) Alex Pietrangelo (St. Louis) Brent Seabrook (Chicago) Marc Staal (NY Rangers) P.K. Subban (Montreal) Marc-Edouard Vlasic (San Jose) Shea Weber (Nashville) GOALIES Corey Crawford (Chicago) Braden Holtby (Washington) Roberto Luongo (Vancouver) Carey Price (Montreal) Mike Smith (Phoenix) SWEDEN MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ORIENTATION CAMP ROSTER FORWARDS Patrik Berglund, St. Louis *Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Jimmie Ericsson, Skelleftea (SHL) *Loui Eriksson, Boston *Johan Franzen, Detroit Carl Hagelin, N.Y. Rangers *Patric Hornqvist, Nashville Marcus Johansson, Washington Marcus Kruger, Chicago Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Oscar Lindberg, N.Y. Rangers Joel Lundqvist, Frolunda (SHL) Gustav Nyquist, Detroit Niklas Persson, Rapperswil (Switzerland) *Daniel Sedin, Vancouver *Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Alexander Steen, St. Louis *Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit) DEFENSEMEN Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Alexander Edler, Vancouver Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Phoenix Jonathan Ericsson, Detroit Nicklas Grossmann, Philadelphia Erik Gustafsson, Philadelphia Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Niklas Hjalmarsson, Chicago Erik Karlsson, Ottawa *Niklas Kronwall, Detroit *Douglas Murray, free agent *Johnny Oduya, Chicago *Henrik Tallinder, Buffalo GOALIES Jhonas Enroth, Buffalo Viktor Fasth, Anaheim Robin Lehner, Ottawa *Henrik Lundqvist, N.Y. Rangers *- played on 2010 Olympic team RUSSIA MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ORIENTATION CAMP ROSTER FORWARDS Artem Anisimov (Columbus) *Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit) Denis Kokarev (KHL) *Ilya Kovalchuk (KHL) Nikolai Kulemin (Toronto) Evgeny Kuznetsov (KHL) *Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh) *Alex Ovechkin (Washington) Alexander Perezhogin (KHL) Alexander Popov (KHL) *Alexander Radulov (KHL) *Alexander Semin (Carolina) Vadim Shipachev (KHL) Vladimir Tarasenko (St. Louis) Alexei Tereshchenko (KHL) Viktor Tikhonov (KHL) Mikhail Varnakov (KHL) Nail Yakupov (Edmonton) DEFENSEMEN Evgeny Biryukov (KHL) Denis Denisov (KHL) Alexei Emelin (Montreal) *Sergei Gonchar (Dallas) *Andrei Markov (Montreal) Evgeny Medvedev (KHL) Nikita Nikitin (Columbus) *Ilya Nikulin (KHL) Evgeny Ryasensky (KHL) *Fedor Tyutin (Columbus) *Anton Volchenkov (New Jersey) Slava Voynov (Los Angeles) GOALIES Konstantin Barulin (KHL) Sergei Bobrovsky (Columbus) Vasily Koschechkin *Evgeni Nabokov (N.Y. Islanders) *Semyon Varlamov (Colorado) *- played on 2010 Olympic team FINLAND OLYMPIC EVALUATION CAMP ROSTER FORWARDS Juhamatti Aaltonen (free agent) Aleksander Barkov (Florida) Sean Bergenheim (Florida) *Valtteri Filppula (Tampa Bay) Mikael Granlund (Minnesota) *Niklas Hagman (free agent) Teemu Hartikainen (KHL) Juha-Pekka Hytonen (Lausanne, SUI) Jarkko Immonen (KHL) Jesse Joensuu (Edmonton) Jussi Jokinen (Pittsburgh) *Olli Jokinen (Winnipeg) *Niko Kapanen (free agent) *Mikko Koivu (Minnesota) *Saku Koivu (Anaheim) Leo Komarov (KHL) Petri Kontiola (KHL) Lauri Korpikoski (Phoenix) Jarno Koskiranta (KHL) Jori Lehtera (Sibir Novosibirsk, KHL) Ville Leino (Buffalo) *Antti Miettinen (Gotteron, SUI) Janne Pesonen (Ak Bars Kazan, KHL) Lennart Petrell (Edmonton) Antti Pihlstrom (KHL) *Jarkko Ruutu (Jokerit, SM-liiga) *Tuomo Ruutu (Carolina) Sakari Salminen (KHL) Veli-Matti Savinainen (KHL) *Teemu Selanne (Anaheim) DEFENSEMEN Juuso Hietanen (KHL) Topi Jaakola (KHL) Joonas Jarvinen (Nashville) Jere Karalahti (KHL) *Lasse Kukkonen (Karpat, SM-liiga) Teemu Laakso (KHL) *Sami Lepisto (KHL) *Toni Lydman (free agent) Tuukka Mantyla (KHL) *Janne Niskala (KHL) Petteri Nummelin (Lukko, SM-liiga) *Joni Pitkanen (Carolina) *Sami Salo (Tampa Bay) *Kimmo Timonen (Philadelphia) Sami Vatanen (Anaheim) Ossi Vaananen (Jokerit, SM-liiga) GOALIES *Niklas Backstrom (Minnesota) Kari Lehtonen (Dallas) Antti Niemi (San Jose) Antti Raanta (Chicago) Tuukka Rask (Boston) Pekka Rinne (Nashville) Karri Ramo (Calgary) Petri Vehanen (KHL) *- played on 2010 Olympic team Edited July 23, 2013 by Devil Dan 56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadevils Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I would like to see: Gold: USA Silver: CZECH Bronze: Finland 4. Sweden 12. Russia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Rattlehead18 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Canada is stacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilsrule33 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Canada is stacked. They are, but the great equalizer is always goaltending. And a lot of countries have excellent goaltenders, while Canada is really lacking. They would easily trade goalies with US, Sweden, and Finland, and you can make a case that Bobrovsky is better than anyone they could have starting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 So long as Russia gets embarrassed in their own country, I'll be happy. Also, no legacy invite for Marty. Appropriate, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Canada could literally built 2 teams who could compete with anyone else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelastonealive Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Man, throw in Elias and Jagr (Zids?) for Czech and we've still only got five potential Olympians so far. Which is probably a good thing, a well-rested team heading into the stretch run may be necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 So long as Russia gets embarrassed in their own country, I'll be happy. Also, no legacy invite for Marty. Appropriate, obviously. I'm glad they didn't. I think he really needs to accept that his elite days are gone. And I say that as a huge fan. I find Gibson to be an interesting invite for team USA. Quick has got to the man, and my guess is Crawford backing and Anderson and Schneider fighting for 3rd. I wonder if they try to rekindle Miller's magic from 2010. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibby89 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I'm not really that impressed with Russia at all. Finland is stacked in the goalie department too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derlique Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Gustafson, Murray, Tallinder and Grossmann over Larsson hahaha J Johnson, Jones, Dekeyser (!?) and Trouba over Greene and Fayne. Ooof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils731 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I'd take Tallinder over Larsson for a 1 off tournament happening this year. I honestly don't even think hard about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derlique Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I'd take Tallinder over Larsson for a 1 off tournament happening this year. I honestly don't even think hard about it. It's pretty close but I can live with that. Gustafson can barely crack Philly's D and Grossmann and Murray are really bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilsrule33 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I'm glad they didn't. I think he really needs to accept that his elite days are gone. And I say that as a huge fan. I find Gibson to be an interesting invite for team USA. Quick has got to the man, and my guess is Crawford backing and Anderson and Schneider fighting for 3rd. I wonder if they try to rekindle Miller's magic from 2010. Crawford is Canadian. I think Anderson's play this season will dictate if he is on the team. He was left off the 2010 team just because it was known he wouldn't start, and they wanted to give a younger goalie experience. I think you could see the same thing this time , if he isn't challenging for the job. But if he plays like he did last season, he has to be a lock for the team. Jimmy Howard is a goalie that I think might be there. US is loaded in nets. I don't even know if Miller makes the roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 It's pretty close but I can live with that. Gustafson can barely crack Philly's D and Grossmann and Murray are really bad Murray is unsigned but I think Grossmann is equal to Larsson at this juncture in their careers. US has already said that they are not skating at their camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Crawford is Canadian. I think Anderson's play this season will dictate if he is on the team. He was left off the 2010 team just because it was known he wouldn't start, and they wanted to give a younger goalie experience. I think you could see the same thing this time , if he isn't challenging for the job. But if he plays like he did last season, he has to be a lock for the team. Jimmy Howard is a goalie that I think might be there. US is loaded in nets. I don't even know if Miller makes the roster. Haha, my mistake, I meant Howard instead of Crawford. I was comparing Canada and the US in goal and confused myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grcenter47 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 can a GM tell a player that he cannot play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefiestygoat Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Gustafson, Murray, Tallinder and Grossmann over Larsson hahaha J Johnson, Jones, Dekeyser (!?) and Trouba over Greene and Fayne. Ooof Not surprised that Greene or Fayne didn't get an invite but I think Greene deserved it. Especially over someone like DeKeyser who hardly has NHL experience and no national team experience. Greene doesn't have much national team experience but 6 WC games is something at least. I'd take Tallinder over Larsson for a 1 off tournament happening this year. I honestly don't even think hard about it. I agree 100%. Larsson's still very young and I think Tallinder and the other Swedes are more suited for this at this moment in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefiestygoat Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Interesting to see the US invited Jones, Trouba, Galchenyuk, and Gibson. Long shots to make it but I think it's great since those 4 have won Gold for the US at multiple age levels in recent years. Also, Jones, Trouba, and Galchenyuk are still elgible for the WJC.For Finland, I really think Barkov is going to make that team and contribute.Devils could potentially have these players in:USA - SchneiderRussia - VolchenkovCzech Republic - Elias, Jagr, Zidlicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils Pride 26 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 It might have been a long shot, but I was really hoping Carter would get a look on the fourth line. Speed, can kill penalties, and is just such a scrappy player. Oh well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas0nMacIsaac Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I'd take Tallinder over Larsson for a 1 off tournament happening this year. I honestly don't even think hard about it. Today I agree, in 5 months it may not even be close. This should be Larsson's breakout season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils731 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Today I agree, in 5 months it may not even be close. This should be Larsson's breakout season. Hopefully, I like Larsson and think he can be an impact 2 way player but I understand not inviting him to the national camp based on where he was at when we last saw him play. He has a good chance to play on the next 3 or 4 Olympic teams after this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njdevsftw Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I don't get it.. Why do people keep saying Luongo is not good anymore? He's top 5 in the world imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 I don't get it.. Why do people keep saying Luongo is not good anymore? He's top 5 in the world imo. Mainly because people view him as not being able to win the big games in the NHL. I know he won the gold in 2010, and that was a huge win for him. But even if you watch that, Miller outplayed him big time. Luongo's defense helped him on some real terrible rebounds. He was a big part of it, but that was a team win. He got a reputation as a 'choke artist' when he was on some Vancouver teams that collapsed in the playoffs, and the blame shouldn't all go on him at all. But that's the way it goes in hockey. People are always looking for one specific guy to make the hero or goat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derlique Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Hopefully, I like Larsson and think he can be an impact 2 way player but I understand not inviting him to the national camp based on where he was at when we last saw him play. He has a good chance to play on the next 3 or 4 Olympic teams after this one. What exactly has Gustafsson proven! There's a reason why Murray hasn't been picked up yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils731 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 What exactly has Gustafsson proven! There's a reason why Murray hasn't been picked up yet Gustaffson has 4 more years of experience than Larsson and likely won't make their team. Murray is a veteran that likely won't make the team. Murray was also on the last Olympic team so may be a bit of a legacy invite. Point is, those guys have experience and a track record. If Larsson was 20 and destroying the leagues he was playing in then he'd probably be invited. Instead Larsson is 20 and like most 20 year olds suffers with inconsistency, he's ranged from looking pretty good to looking awful at times. If I'm putting together a team for a short tournament I can't gamble on getting pretty good when the downside is I may get awful, not when I have more proven and consistent commodities I can look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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