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 |

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