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Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to welcome the 12 General Managers who have volunteered their time and effort to manage the teams for our Olympic Tournament. I would like to thank the city of Sochi for its attempt at hospitality, but, really, we're all staying in overpriced Red Roof Inns. The Olympic file, with the real-life tournament schedule, will be posted sometime on Tuesday. The first game is Thursday.

I have asked the GMs to announce their own teams, beginning with Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Sweden.

Gentleman, here is the slovakia's selection for the olympic tournament:

Center:

Michal Handzus
Joakim Nordstrom
Tomas Tatar
Peter Olvecky

RW:

Marian Hossa
Marek Svatos
Tomas Jurco
Mario Bliznak
Juraj Mikus

LW:

Marian Gaborik
Richard Panik
Lukas Cingel
Martin Sagat
Stefan Ruzicka

D-man:

Lubomis Visnovsky
Andrej Meszaros
Zdeno Chara
Vladimir Mihalik
Martin Marincin
Andrej Sekera
Milan Jurcina

Goalie:

Jaroslav Halak
Peter Budaj

Head coach:

Peter Bondra

Here is the 2014 Sweden olympic team.

Head Coach - Nicklas Sundberg
Ass Coach - Kent Forsberg, Peter Forsberg, Andreas Karlsson
Physio - Fredrik Wallberg

Captain, #40 Henrik Zeterberg
Ass. cap., #2 Mattias Ohlund
Ass. cap., #33 Henrik Sedin
Ass. cap., #22 Daniel Sedin

G- #30 Henrik Lundqvist
G- #35 Jacob Markstrom

D-#12 Patrick Nemeth
D-#23 Alex Edler
D-#3 Oliver Ekman-Larsson
D-#5 Adam Larsson
D-#8 Peter Granberg
D-#77 Victor Hedman

F-#92 Gabriel Landeskog COL
F-#9 Filip Forsberg VAN
F-#19 Nicklas Backstrom DET
F-#24 Victor Ohman BUF
F-#10 Sebastien Wannstrom DAL
F-#15 Sebastien Collberg NAS
F-#91 Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson CGY
F-#18 Mattias Tedenby NJ
F-#70 Calle Jarnkrok OTT
F-#21 Mika Zibanejad OTT
F-#93 Johan Franzen ST

Nemeth! BEAST.

The Czech Republic, the 2010 EHEC Olympic silver medalists, are proud to announce their squad for the 2014 tournament.

Head Coach: Dominik Hasek
Assistant Coaches: Vladimir Ruzicka, David Volek, and Jiri Hrdina (DAL scout)
Physio: Martin Stensel

Forwards (14)
Michael Frolik - Vancouver
David Krejci - Calgary
Ales Hemsky - Montreal
Milan Michalek - Columbus
Jakub Voracek - Tampa Bay
Tomas Hertl - Boston
Martin Hanzal - Toronto
Martin Havlat - Winnipeg
"C" Patrik Elias - UFA
Tomas Filippi - Calgary
Tomas Plekanec - UFA
Rostislav Olesz - Vancouver
Kamil Kreps - Montreal
Petr Straka - Chicago

Defense (7)
Bohumil Jank - Carolina
"A" Tomas Kaberle - Phoenix
Ladislav Smid - Winnipeg
Rostislav Klesla - Detroit
"A" Michal Rozsival - San Jose
Zbynek Michalek - Washington
Daniel Krejci - Columbus

Goalie (2)
Ondrej Pavelec - Chicago
Tomas Vokoun - UFA

Pretty pleased with Fillipi's selection here.

Good job Ninja Hertl.

Kings GM wrote:Here is the 2014 Sweden olympic team.

Head Coach - Nicklas Sundberg
Ass Coach - Kent Forsberg, Peter Forsberg, Andreas Karlsson
Physio - Fredrik Wallberg

Captain, #40 Henrik Zeterberg
Ass. cap., #2 Mattias Ohlund
Ass. cap., #33 Henrik Sedin
Ass. cap., #22 Daniel Sedin

G- #30 Henrik Lundqvist
G- #35 Jacob Markstrom

D-#12 Patrick Nemeth
D-#23 Alex Edler
D-#3 Oliver Ekman-Larsson
D-#5 Adam Larsson
D-#8 Peter Granberg
D-#77 Victor Hedman

F-#92 Gabriel Landeskog COL
F-#9 Filip Forsberg VAN
F-#19 Nicklas Backstrom DET
F-#24 Victor Ohman BUF
F-#10 Sebastien Wannstrom DAL
F-#15 Sebastien Collberg NAS
F-#91 Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson CGY
F-#18 Mattias Tedenby NJ
F-#70 Calle Jarnkrok OTT
F-#21 Mika Zibanejad OTT
F-#93 Johan Franzen ST

dat defense

I admire Slovakia's confidence in running with zero goalies.

SharksGM wrote:I admire Slovakia's confidence in running with zero goalies.

And Sweden with 11 forwards. COJONES.

Any goalies for Slovakia?

5 Olympians so far, not bad.

Kreps! Great work.

2014 Austrian Olympic Team

Forwards
Matthias Iberer
Martin Ulmer
Andreas Nodl
Thomas Vanek
Thomas Raffl
Michael Raffl
Michael Grabner
Markus Pock
Konstantin Komarek
Thomas Koch (A)
Thomas Hundertpfund
Raphael Herburger
Rafael Rotter
Oliver Setzinger

Defense
Thomas Pock
Stefan Ulmer
Robert Lukas
Mario Altmann
Gerhard Unterluggauer
Florian Iberer (A)
Andre "the Giant" Lakos (C)

Goalies
Bernhard Starkbaum
Rene Swette

Coaches
Emanuel Viveiros (Head)
Rob Daum (Asst)
Christian Weber (Asst)
Arnold Schwarze ( ) (Physio)

Team Suomi 2014


Forward:
Mikko Koivu
Olli Jokinen
Tuomo Ruutu
Mikeal Granland
Joel Armia
Lauri Korpikoski
Mikeal Salmivirta
Oskar Osala
Julius Juntilla
Miikka Salomaki
Valteri Filppula
Saku Koivu(C)
Aleksander Barkov


Defense:
Olli Maatta
Kimmo Timonen(A)
Joni Pitkanen(A)
Jani Hakanpaa
Sami Vatanen
Jyrki Jokipakka
Toni Lydman

Goaltenders:
Miikka Kiprusoff
Tuuka Rask
Kari Lehtonen


Head Coach:
Jukka Koivu

Assistants:
Arvo Rahnasto
Mikko Makela
Hannu Jarvenpaa

Bub(NYR) wrote:

SharksGM wrote:I admire Slovakia's confidence in running with zero goalies.

And Sweden with 11 forwards. COJONES.

When is Russia cleared for posting?

LATVIA

G
Kristers Gudlevskis
Edgars Masalskis

D
Sandis Ozolins
Ralfs Fribergs
Krisjanis Redlihs
Georgijs Pujacs
Arvids Rekis
Oskars Bartulis
Arturs Kulda

F
Koba Jass
Ronalds Kenins
Kaspars Daugavins
Zemgus Girgensons
Martins Karsums
Andris Dzerins
Roberts Lipsbergs
Aynars Podzinsh
Raimonds Danilics
Armands Berzins
Sergejs Pecura
Roberts Bukarts
Edgars Klavins*
Juris Stals*

*Missing in current gamefile

Team Canada Roster

Goalies

Roberto Luongo, Phoenix Coyotes
Marc-Andre Fleury, Toronto Maple Leafs
Steve Mason, Los Angeles Kings

Defensemen

Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames
Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks
Alex Pietrangelo, Winnipeg Jets
Zach Bogosian, Winnipeg Jets
Drew Doughty, Colorado Avalanche
Luke Schenn, Edmonton Oilers
Brent Burns, Tampa Bay Lightning

Forwards

Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
Rick Nash, New York Islanders
Jarome Iginla, Pittsburgh Penguins
Tyler Seguin, Tampa Bay Lightning
Taylor Hall, Toronto Maple Leafs
Steven Stamkos, New Jersey Devils
Mike Richards, Phoenix Coyotes
Cody Hodgson, Pittsburgh Penguins
Ryan Getzlaf, San Jose Sharks
Jordan Staal, Phoenix Coyotes
Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators
Brandon Sutter, Carolina Hurricanes
Shane Doan, Phoenix Coyotes
Milan Lucic, Boston Bruins

Staff

GM Glen Ramsden, Phoenix Coyotes
Head Coach Bill Barber, Phoenix Coyotes
Assistant Coach Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning
Assistant Coach Dave Andreychuk, Tampa Bay Lightning
Assistant Coach Brendan Shanahan, Nashville Predators
Physio Andy Lustig, Boston Bruins
Physio Bastien Mainville, Phoenix Coyotes

Parker wrote:Assistant Coach Robert Svehla, Florida Panthers

... wha?

I think EHEc's 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th scorers need to go start Team Canada B.

Parker wrote:Assistant Coach Robert Svehla, Florida Panthers

SharksGM wrote:... wha?

I think EHEc's 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th scorers need to go start Team Canada B.

Oh wait, I guess Svehla isn't Canadian huh. I never actually checked.

Dave Andreychuk will take his spot instead.

And yeah, big scorers are fine, but I built the team mostly for physical play and two-way ability. Feel free to criticize if Team Canada doesn't win.

SharksGM wrote:

Parker wrote:Assistant Coach Robert Svehla, Florida Panthers

... wha?

I think EHEc's 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th scorers need to go start Team Canada B.

This would make for a fun summer series. 20 teams, and make Russia/Canada/USA b-teams and c-teams from players not chosen.

Bruins_GM wrote:This would make for a fun summer series. 20 teams, and make Russia/Canada/USA b-teams and c-teams from players not chosen.

Reunite Czechoslovakia and the USSR, merge the three German-speaking countries and this could be very interesting. I'm not sure Russia alone has enough depth for a c-team in EHEC or reality, though.

Or you could split up Canada regionally. Last time I checked, PEI almost had enough pro players for a full team.

Parker wrote:And yeah, big scorers are fine, but I built the team mostly for physical play and two-way ability. Feel free to criticize if Team Canada doesn't win.

No Kunitz is a travesty.

I've sent 6 of my players so far - Please don't break them.

CapsGM wrote:No Kunitz is a travesty.

Not sure if serious. There are about two dozen players I would've picked before Kunitz.

No Ryan Murray? I'd take him over Schenn, Bogo, and Dion anyday.

Tampa Bay GM wrote:No Ryan Murray? I'd take him over Schenn, Bogo, and Dion anyday.

You are out of your mind.

FORWARDS

ANISIMOV, Artem, New Jersey Devils
BURMISTROV, Alexander, Calgary Flames
DATSYUK, Pavel, Washington Capitals
FILATOV, Nikita, Calgary Flames
FROLOV, Alexander, Montreal Canadiens
GRIGORENKO, Mikhail, Dallas Stars
KABANOV, Kirill, Minneosta Wild
KOVALCHUK, Ilya, New Jersey Devils
KUZNETSOV, Evgeni, Nashville Predators
MALKIN, Evgeni, New Jersey Devils
OVECHKIN, Alex, Detroit Red Wings
RADULOV, Alexander, San Jose Sharks
YAKUPOV, Nail, Minnesota Wild
ZHERDEV, Nikolai, Anaheim Ducks

DEFENSEMEN

ANIKEYENKO, Vitaly, Los Angeles Kings
GONCHAR, Sergei, UFA
KULIKOV, Dmitri, St. Louis Blues
MARKOV, Andrei, Washington Capitals
SAVELIEV, Anton, Calgary Flames
TYUTIN, Fedor, Pittsburgh Penguins
VOLCHENKOV, Anton, Ottawa Senators

GOALTENDERS

VARLAMOV, Sergei, Washington Capitals
VASILEVSKI, Andrei, San Jose Sharks

Head Coach: Vladislav Tretiak
Assistant Coach: Slava Fetisov
Assistant Coach: Zinutela Bilyaletdinov
Physio: Pavel Nasemnov

Never noticed before, but some of you guys really like your Russians.

FYI, Zherdev plays for Anaheim and Saveliev for Calgary.
You are so not up to speed, man!

Tampa Bay GM wrote:LATVIA

G
Kristers Gudlevskis
Edgars Masalskis

D
Sandis Ozolins
Ralfs Fribergs
Krisjanis Redlihs
Georgijs Pujacs
Arvids Rekis
Oskars Bartulis
Arturs Kulda

F
Koba Jass
Ronalds Kenins
Kaspars Daugavins
Zemgus Girgensons
Martins Karsums
Andris Dzerins
Roberts Lipsbergs
Aynars Podzinsh
Raimonds Danilics
Armands Berzins
Sergejs Pecura
Roberts Bukarts
Edgars Klavins*
Juris Stals*

*Missing in current gamefile

Stals isn't on the team. I remember that I overwrote Stals to add an Austrian before I did your roster. Klavins is in the file.

Looks like you're short a player. I'll add Stals back to the file.

Phillip Danault isn't even good enough to play for Team Canada. Incredible.

I've sent 6 of my players so far - Please don't break them.

Injuries don't carry over. Nothing will carry over from the Olympic file.

Calgary.Flames wrote:FYI, Zherdev plays for Anaheim and Saveliev for Calgary.
You are so not up to speed, man!

1 more word outta you and Burmistrov is cut!

Montreal Canadiens wrote:

Calgary.Flames wrote:FYI, Zherdev plays for Anaheim and Saveliev for Calgary.
You are so not up to speed, man!

1 more word outta you and Burmistrov is cut!

Tarasenko's ready to take his spot if that happens.

CapsGM wrote:Tarasenko's ready to take his spot if that happens.

Namestnikov!

Parker wrote:

CapsGM wrote:Tarasenko's ready to take his spot if that happens.

Namestnikov!

He'd get hurt taking his bag out of the overhead compartment.

Commissioner (CBJ) wrote:He'd get hurt taking his bag out of the overhead compartment.

Pfft, like any Olympic hockey player has to carry his own luggage.

Les Suisses:

Goalies

Jonas Hiller, CGY
Tobias Stephan, UFA
Benjamin Conz, CAR

Defence

Luca Sbisa, MTL
Rafael Diaz , UFA
Roman Josi, EDM
Mark Streit, NYR
Yannick Weber, MTL
Cedric Hachler, SJ
Samuel Guerra, CHI
Dean Kukan, OTT

Forward

Gregory Hofmann, WSH
Nino Niederreiter, NJ
Damien Brunner, UFA
Sandro Zangger, LA
Alessio Bertaggia, BOS
Samuel Walser, NYR
Gaetan Haas, COL
Mauro Jorg, WSH
Julien Sprunger, UFA
Julian Walker, UFA
Andreas Ambuhl, UFA
Ryan Gardner, UFA
Roman Wick, UFA
Luca Cunti, STL

The Corpse/Ghost of Sven Baertschi will watch from the press box, longingly.

Oh, staff:

Head Coach: Ralph Krueger, since Germany's not in the tournament.
Ass Coach: Mark Hardy (LA)
Ass Coach: Luca Cereda (doesn't exist yet, best Leaf bust ever)
Physio: Prof. Dr. Butterscotch

Jordan Staal on Team Canada boooooooooo doesn't deserve it.

Commissioner (CBJ) wrote:Phillip Danault isn't even good enough to play for Team Canada. Incredible.

There are quite a few players who would've made the cut if their strength was more developed.

Penguin wrote:Jordan Staal on Team Canada boooooooooo doesn't deserve it.

When you're running the team, you can select all the offense-first players you like.

Ya I'll take John Tavares any day before someone with 67 shooting!

Parker wrote:Team Canada Roster

Goalies

Roberto Luongo, Phoenix Coyotes
Marc-Andre Fleury, Toronto Maple Leafs
Steve Mason, Los Angeles Kings

Defensemen

Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames
Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks
Alex Pietrangelo, Winnipeg Jets
Zach Bogosian, Winnipeg Jets
Drew Doughty, Colorado Avalanche
Luke Schenn, Edmonton Oilers
Brent Burns, Tampa Bay Lightning

Forwards

Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
Rick Nash, New York Islanders
Jarome Iginla, Pittsburgh Penguins
Tyler Seguin, Tampa Bay Lightning
Taylor Hall, Toronto Maple Leafs
Steven Stamkos, New Jersey Devils
Mike Richards, Phoenix Coyotes
Cody Hodgson, Pittsburgh Penguins
Ryan Getzlaf, San Jose Sharks
Jordan Staal, Phoenix Coyotes
Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators
Brandon Sutter, Carolina Hurricanes
Shane Doan, Phoenix Coyotes
Milan Lucic, Boston Bruins

Staff

GM Glen Ramsden, Phoenix Coyotes
Head Coach Bill Barber, Phoenix Coyotes
Assistant Coach Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning
Assistant Coach Dave Andreychuk, Tampa Bay Lightning
Assistant Coach Brendan Shanahan, Nashville Predators
Physio Andy Lustig, Boston Bruins
Physio Bastien Mainville, Phoenix Coyotes

Zach Bogosian is on Team USA not Team Canada.......

Singin the BLUES wrote:Zach Bogosian is on Team USA not Team Canada.......

He's listed as Canadian in the file. I guess I'll find someone to replace him this evening.

Penguin wrote:Ya I'll take John Tavares any day before someone with 67 shooting!

Crosby and Toews probably would've gone before Tavares anyway. You hate on 67 shooting, I'll hate on 67 hitting.

Parker wrote:

Penguin wrote:Ya I'll take John Tavares any day before someone with 67 shooting!

Crosby and Toews probably would've gone before Tavares anyway. You hate on 67 shooting, I'll hate on 67 hitting.

Murray for Bogo's spot!

And I hope Dalton Smith was at least in the discussion for a F spot. 27 goals this year with Seguin!

Remember there's no H&G in the Olympics. So there's that...

Plus, Crosby and Toews have just become Austrian citizens. Crazy!

Alexander Semin is very disappointed.

Congrats to Taylor and Marc on making team Canada!

Parker wrote:

Singin the BLUES wrote:Zach Bogosian is on Team USA not Team Canada.......

He's listed as Canadian in the file. I guess I'll find someone to replace him this evening.

I talked to Adam about it already.....he said he was gonna fix Bogo......but he is American

Parker wrote:Team Canada Roster

Goalies

Roberto Luongo, Phoenix Coyotes
Marc-Andre Fleury, Toronto Maple Leafs
Steve Mason, Los Angeles Kings

Defensemen

Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames
Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks
Alex Pietrangelo, Winnipeg Jets
Zach Bogosian, Winnipeg Jets
Drew Doughty, Colorado Avalanche
Luke Schenn, Edmonton Oilers
Brent Burns, Tampa Bay Lightning

Forwards

Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
Rick Nash, New York Islanders
Jarome Iginla, Pittsburgh Penguins
Tyler Seguin, Tampa Bay Lightning
Taylor Hall, Toronto Maple Leafs
Steven Stamkos, New Jersey Devils
Mike Richards, Phoenix Coyotes
Cody Hodgson, Pittsburgh Penguins
Ryan Getzlaf, San Jose Sharks
Jordan Staal, Phoenix Coyotes
Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators
Brandon Sutter, Carolina Hurricanes
Shane Doan, Phoenix Coyotes
Milan Lucic, Boston Bruins

Staff

GM Glen Ramsden, Phoenix Coyotes
Head Coach Bill Barber, Phoenix Coyotes
Assistant Coach Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning
Assistant Coach Dave Andreychuk, Tampa Bay Lightning
Assistant Coach Brendan Shanahan, Nashville Predators
Physio Andy Lustig, Boston Bruins
Physio Bastien Mainville, Phoenix Coyotes

Marty St Louis gets snubbed again? WTF? Lol