The 4 Nations Face-Off starts next Wednesday, and though most of the rosters are set, last-minute replacements for injury are still being made and will be until Monday.
So, it’s time to get down to brass tacks and figure out line combinations, defense pairs and goalie depth charts for Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden.
Practices start Monday and the first game for each country is Wednesday or Thursday, so much of the roster construction will need be figured out ahead of time.
With that in mind, a team of three NHL.com writers and editors will take a stab at the lineup for each country.
Here, NHL.com Editor-in-Chief Bill Price, staff writer Derek Van Diest and LNH.com staff writer Nicolas Ducharme present how they believe Canada should look when it opens the tournament against Sweden on Feb. 12 (8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS).
The 4 Nations Face-Off will be held from Feb. 12-20 at Bell Centre in Montreal and TD Garden in Boston. Tickets for each site are on sale now.