The diversity of the league has exponentially since the millennium. For the first time since the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014, the National Hockey League is allowing the players to return the ice for the 2026 and 2030 games. 2026 is in Italy and 2030 is in France.
Columbus has an abundance of players that will likely participate and represent their counties in the upcoming years. Let’s first look at 2025/2026 players before 2030.
Note: I’m not predicting where in the lineup they will be, that will be to the respective management of each country to decide.
2025 Four Nations Tournament Boston and Montreal USA - Zach Werenski | Johnny Gaudreau
Canada - Adam Fantilli
Finland - Patrik Laine
Sweden - Adam Boqvist
2026 Winter Olympics Milano, Italy USA - Zach Werenski | Johnny Gaudreau
Canada - Adam Fantilli
Finland - Patrik Laine
Sweden - Adam Boqvist
Czech Republic - David Jiricek
Latvia- Elvis Merzlikins
France - Alexandre Texier
Russia - Kirill Marchenko | Ivan Provorov
2030 Olympic Games (rumored to be France)
Canada - Adam Fantilli | Kent Johnson
Czech Republic - David Jiricek | Samuel Knazko
Latvia- Elvis Merzlikins
France - Alexandre Texier
Russia - Kirill Marchenko | Yegor Chinakov | Dmitry Voronkov |