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2016 NHL World Cup of Hockey Preview/Projected Rosters

By Ryan Ritchie

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Oct 27, 2015; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar (11) chases a loose puck during the third period against the Winnipeg Jets at MTS Centre. Los Angeles Kings win 4-1. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Fedyck-USA TODAY Sports

Team Europe

Team Europe will consist of any player who’s countries nationality isn’t being represented (Austria, Denmark, Germany, Slovakia, etc). There’s a few wild-cards with players such as Oliver Bjorkstrand, Daniel Sprong, Marko Dano, Kevin Fiala, and Timo Meier that could make a name for themselves before roster deadlines. With the plethora of players to choose from, Team Europe should be very competitive in group A.

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    • Coaching Staff

    Franz Reindl, President/Team Leader

    An ex-German hockey player who has been the general manager for Germany in several past World Championships and Olympic games.

    Miroslav Satan, General Manager

    Had 735 points in 1050 Career NHL Games. Spent most of his career with Buffalo and NY Islanders, adding one season with Pittsburgh and Boston.  Satan hasn’t played hockey since 2013-14 with KHL’s HC Slovan Bratislava.

    Ralph Krueger, Head Coach

    Canadian-born in Winnipeg but is of German decent.  Played professional hockey in Germany as a player.  Went on to coach in Austria, followed by coaching Switzerland several times on the international stage.  He also spent two seasons as Edmonton Oilers assistant coach, and one year as coach.

    Forwards

    Nikolaj Ehlers WPG Anze Kopitar LA Marian Hossa CHI
    Thomas Vanek MIN Leon Draisaitl EDM Marian Gaborik LA
    Tomas Tatar DET Frans Nielsen NYI Mats Zuccarello NYR
    Michael Raffl PHI Mikkel Boedker ARZ Michael Grabner TOR
      Antoine Roussel DAL

    Defense

    Roman Josi NAS Mark Streit PHI  
      Zdeno Chara BOS Andrej Sekera EDM  
      Christian Ehrhoff LA Luca Sbisa VAN  
        Mirco Mueller SJ

    Goalies

    Frederik Andersen ANA Jaroslav Halak NYI Jonas Hiller CAL

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    Honorable Mentions

    Nino Niederreiter MIN Tobias Reider ARZ Jannik Hansen VAN
    Lars Eller MON Zemgus Girgensons BUF Daniel Sprong PIT
    Marko Dano CHI Tomas Jurco DET Oliver Bjorkstrand CLB
    Kevin Fiala NAS Timo Meier SJ
    Yannick Weber VAN Korbinian Holzer ANA  
      Martin Marincin TOR
    Reto Berra COL Philip Grubauer WAS Thomas Greiss NYI

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    It’s tough keeping players such as Niederreiter, Girgensons, Reider, and Jurco off the list but guys like Grabner and Roussel have specialty skills. The captaincy should fall to one of Anze Kopitar or Marian Gaborik, although Chara may end up wearing the “C”.

    Team Europe could have an underrated defensive core with Josi, Streit, Chara, and Sekera likely in the top two pairings. Andersen and Halak could share the starter’s role to open the tournament, then they may go with the hot-hand after.

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