Team By Team Guide: 2016 World Cup Of Hockey

With the World Cup of Hockey preliminary 16 player rosters named yesterday there are some interesting facts to note. Canada is heavily favored to win the tournament that takes place this fall with even Team USA general manager Dean Lombardi stating he had to build a team that could defeat Canada.

Each NHL team is represented in the tournament except for the Carolina Hurricanes who didn’t have a single player named to the tournament at this point. There is a possibility that Eddie Lack is eventually named to Team Sweden, he’s battling for a third-string position along with the likes of another front runner Robin Lehner (Buffalo). Defenseman Justin Faulk could also crack the Team USA roster later this summer, he currently leads the Hurricanes defense in scoring with 15 goals and 34 points in 55 games.

The Tampa Bay Lightning (10), Chicago Blackhawks (9), Boston Bruins (7), Detroit Red Wings (7) and Washington Capitals (7) lead the way with the most players named per team. Within that Tampa Bay (6), Chicago (6) and Detroit (6) lead the way with the most teams in the tournament represented.

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There are two KHL members who have been named to the Czech Republic team. Forward Vladimir Sobotka who joined Avangard Omsk after turning down an arbitration offer this summer with the St. Louis Blues was named, as was his teammate defenseman Michal Kempny who’s rights currently doesn’t belong to an NHL team.

Team by team there are some notable omissions. Corey Perry (Anaheim) is yet to be named to Canada, Max Domi (Arizona) was left off the North American U-23 team thus far and the same can be said for Malcolm Subban (Boston). Breezing through the list the other big omissons are; Taylor Hall (Edmonton – Canada), John Klingberg (Dallas – Sweden), PK Subban (Montreal – Canada), Phil Kessel (Pittsburgh – USA), Kyle Okposo (NY Islanders – USA), Claude Giroux (Philadelphia – Canada), Alex Pietrangelo (St. Louis – Canada), Kevin Shattenkirk (St. Louis – USA) and Alex Edler (Vancouver – Sweden).

It’s not to think these players won’t be named to the final 23-man rosters for each of the eight teams competing at the World Cup this fall and named this June, but here is a NHL team by team list of all the players that have been named thus far:

 

Anaheim Ducks

Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE G FREDERIK ANDERSEN
Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA G JOHN GIBSON
 FINLAND D SAMI VATANEN
 CANADA F RYAN GETZLAF
 USA F RYAN KESLER

 

 

Arizona Coyotes

 SWEDEN

D OLIVER EKMAN-LARSSON

 CZECH REPUBLIC

F MARTIN HANZAL

 

 

Boston Bruins

 FINLAND

G TUUKKA RASK

Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE

D ZDENO CHARA

Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE

D DENNIS SEIDENBERG

 CANADA

F PATRICE BERGERON

 SWEDEN

F LOUI ERIKSSON

 CZECH REPUBLIC

F DAVID KREJCI

 CZECH REPUBLIC

F DAVID PASTRNAK

 

 

Buffalo Sabres

 FINLAND

D RASMUS RISTOLAINEN

Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA

F JACK EICHEL

 

Calgary Flames

 CZECH REPUBLIC

F MICHAEL FROLIK

Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA

F JOHNNY GAUDREAU

Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA

F SEAN MONAHAN

 

 

Carolina Hurricanes

No players named.

 

 

 

Chicago Blackhawks

 CANADA

G COREY CRAWFORD

 SWEDEN

D NIKLAS HJALMARSSON

 CANADA

D DUNCAN KEITH

 RUSSIA

F ARTEM ANISIMOV

Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE

F MARIAN HOSSA

 USA

F PATRICK KANE

 RUSSIA

F ARTEMI PANARIN

 FINLAND

F TEUVO TERAVAINEN

 CANADA

F JONATHAN  TOEWS

 

Colorado Avalanche

 RUSSIA

G SEMYON VARLAMOV
Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE F MIKKEL BOEDKER
 SWEDEN F GABRIEL LANDESKOG
 Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA F NATHAN MACKINNON

 

Columbus Blue Jackets

 RUSSIA G SERGEI BOBROVSKY
 Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA D SETH JONES
Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA D RYAN MURRAY
Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA F BRANDON SAAD

 

 

Dallas Stars

 FINLAND

D ESA LINDELL

 CANADA

F JAMIE BENN

 CANADA

F TYLER SEGUIN

 

  

Detroit Red Wings

 CZECH REPUBLIC G PETR MRAZEK
 SWEDEN D NIKLAS KRONWALL
 USA F JUSTIN ABDELKADER
 RUSSIA F PAVEL DATSYUK
Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA F DYLAN LARKIN
Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE F TOMAS TATAR
 SWEDEN F HENRIK ZETTERBERG

Edmonton Oilers

Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE D ANDREJ SEKERA
Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE F LEON DRAISAITL
 FINLAND F LAURI KORPIKOSKI
Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA F CONNOR MCDAVID

 

Florida Panthers

Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA D AARON EKBLAD
 RUSSIA D DMITRY KULIKOV
 FINLAND F ALEKSANDER BARKOV
 FINLAND F JUSSI JOKINEN

 

Los Angeles Kings

 USA G JONATHAN QUICK
 CANADA D DREW DOUGHTY
 CANADA F JEFF CARTER
Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE F ANZE KOPITAR

 

 

Minnesota Wild

 USA D RYAN SUTER
 FINLAND F MIKAEL GRANLUND
 FINLAND F MIKKO KOIVU
 USA F ZACH PARISE
Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE F THOMAS VANEK

Montreal Canadiens

 CANADA G CAREY PRICE
 RUSSIA D ANDREI MARKOV
 USA F MAX PACIORETTY
  CZECH REPUBLIC F TOMAS PLEKANEC

 

Nashville Predators

 FINLAND

G PEKKA RINNE
Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE D ROMAN JOSI
 CANADA D SHEA WEBER
  SWEDEN F FILIP FORSBERG

 

 

New Jersey Devils

 USA

G CORY SCHNEIDER

 

New York Islanders

Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE G JAROSLAV HALAK
 RUSSIA F NIKOLAI KULEMIN
Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE F FRANS NIELSEN
 CANADA F JOHN TAVARES

 

 

New York Rangers

 SWEDEN G HENRIK LUNDQVIST
 USA D RYAN MCDONAGH
Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA F JT MILLER
 USA F DEREK STEPAN
Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE F MATS ZUCCARELLO

 

 

Ottawa Senators

 SWEDEN

D ERIK KARLSSON

 

 

Philadelphia Flyers

 CZECH REPUBLIC G MICHAL NEUVIRTH
 CZECH REPUBLIC D RADKO GUDAS
Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE D MARK STREIT
Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA F SEAN COUTURIER
 CZECH REPUBLIC F JAKUB VORACEK

 

Pittsburgh Penguins

Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA G MATT MURRAY
 FINLAND D OLLI MAATTA
 CANADA F SIDNEY CROSBY
 RUSSIA F EVGENI MALKIN

 

 

San Jose Sharks

 CZECH REPUBLIC D ROMAN POLAK
 CANADA D MARC-EDOUARD VLASIC
 FINLAND F JOONAS DONSKOI
 CZECH REPUBLIC F TOMAS HERTL
 USA F JOE PAVELSKI

 

St. Louis Blues

 SWEDEN

F ALEXANDER STEEN
 FINLAND F JORI LEHTERA
 CZECH REPUBLIC F VLADIMIR SOBOTKA (KHL AVANGARD OMSK)
 RUSSIA F VLADIMIR TARASENKO

 

Tampa Bay Lightning

 USA G BEN BISHOP
 RUSSIA G ANDREI VASILEVSKIY
 SWEDEN D VICTOR HEDMAN
 SWEDEN D ANTON STRALMAN
 CZECH REPUBLIC D ANDREJ SUSTR
 FINLAND F VALTTERI FILPPULA
 RUSSIA F NIKITA KUCHEROV
 RUSSIA F VLADISLAV NAMESTNIKOV
 CZECH REPUBLIC F ONDREJ PALAT
 CANADA F  STEVEN STAMKOS

 

 

Toronto Maple Leafs

Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA

D MORGAN REILLY

 FINLAND

F LEO KOMAROV

 

 

Vancouver Canucks

 SWEDEN G JACOB MARKSTROM
Flag of Europe.svg EUROPE F JANNIK HANSEN
 SWEDEN F DANIEL SEDIN
 SWEDEN F HENRIK SEDIN

 

 

Washington Capitals

 CANADA G BRADEN HOLTBY
 USA D JOHN CARLSON
 RUSSIA D DMITRY ORLOV
 SWEDEN F NICKLAS BACKSTROM
 RUSSIA F EVGENY KUZNETSOV
 USA F TJ OSHIE
 RUSSIA F ALEXANDER OVECHKIN

 

Winnipeg Jets

Flags of Canada and the United States.svg NORTH AMERICA

G CONNOR HELLEBUYCK
  CZECH REPUBLIC G ONDREJ PAVELEC
  USA D DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN
 USA F BLAKE WHEELER