2026 Olympic men's ice hockey rosters

[Mathgod]

nvm

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

Men's isn't much better but at least there are four good teams, five if Russia were there. Denmark and Italy are hardly going to give much of a fight.

Those top teams often lose to the "minnows" on the world stage. At the very least the games are competitive, with the goalies keeping the games close. The Women's tournament is unfortunately much different. I remember the Americans lost once to the Swedes... otherwise Canada/US have won every single game. It's a lock they'll meet each other in the finals every Olympics. It doesn't appear like the other countries are improving in their programs.

[Tbull8]

Insane “good goal” call…

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by sa226

My guess on the goaltending is that the thinking is that these guys don't have the luxury of time to get "hot" or get into any sort of rhythm, so they need vets that have experience in big game situations or just the best goalies available.

Binnington wasn't great last year either, but in the 4 nations he was huge. So he's got a Cup and a 4 Nations title under his belt so the net is his.

But much like we saw in Salt Lake, I think Pat Quinn's intention was to give the net to Curtis Joseph, but Cujo wasn't that great so they pivoted to Brodeur and the rest was history.

It would be equally unsurprising if Binnington is the main starter for the entirety of the tournament, or if he craps the bed and they pivot to Thompson.


My hope if that if there are warning signs that Binnington just doesn't have it this tournament, Cooper doesn't stubbornly stick with him out of some recency bias from the 4 Nations.

It’s not highschool football. Play the best player at the time.