I know its three years away still, but the World Cup of Hockey my be only 2 years and a few months, but it is worth noting that we are about to see the the first time in memory that Team USA will surpass Teams Canada in overall team skill. At least that is my opinion…
If any of you don’t agree with me, lets look at my projected lineups…along with the age the players will be for the 2026 Olympics…
Team USA
Offense:
Line 1
Team USA:
Matthews 27, Jason Robertson 25, Johnny Gaudreau 31
Team Canada:
McDavid 28, MacKinnon, Marner 27
Line 2.
Team USA:
Jack Hughes 23, Cole Caufield 25, Tage Thompson 27
Team Canada:
Mark Stone 33, Brayden Point 27, Connor Brown 30
Line 3
Team USA:
Jack Eichel 28, Brady Tkachuk 25, Matthew Tkachuk 27
Team Canada:
Connor Bedard 21, Mason MacTavish 22, Robert Thomas 25
Line 4
Team USA:
Matthew Berniers 23, Patrick Kane 36, JT Miller 31
Team Canada:
Crosby 37, Marchand 36, Tavares 34
Extra Forwards
Team USA :
Kyle Conner 28, Trevor Zegras 23, Jake Guentzal 30, Matt Boldy 24, Dylan Larkin 28, Troy Terry 27, Kreider 33, Pavelski 40
Team Canada:
Reinhart 29, Matthew Barzal 27, Jordan Kyrou 26, Nick Suzuki 25, PL Dubois 26, Mangiapane 28, Shayne Wright 21, Seth Jarvis 23, Adam Fantilli 21, Mason MacTavish 22
Defense:
Pairing 1
Team USA:
Adam Fox, 26,Chris McAvoy 27,
Team Canada:
Cal Makar 27, Alex Pietrangelo 34
Defense:
Pairing 2
Team USA:
Quinn Hughes 25, Jacob Trouba 31 (so much want to put Luke Hughes with Quinn!)
Team Canada:
Thomas Chabot 27, Aaron Ekblad 27
Defense:
Pairing 3
Team USA:
Seth Jones 30, Zach Werenski 27
Team Canada:
Owen Powers 21, Morgan Rielly 30
Extra D:
Team USA:
John Carlsson 34, Shane Gostisbehere, 31. K’Andre Miller 25, Jacob Trouba 31,
Team Canada:
Dobson 26, Theodore 30, Weegar 30. Hamilton 33 Chychrun 27
Goalies
Team USA:
Hellebuyck 33, Jake Oettinger 26, Spencer Knight 24, Gibson 33
Team Canada
Carter Hart 27, Sebastion Cossa 23, Matt Murray, Tristan Jarry
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