NHL 2025 4 Nations Tournament
Rosters
Team Canada 🇨🇦
| Â F | Sam Bennett | Florida Panthers |
| F | Anthony Cirelli | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| F | Sidney Crosby | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| F | Brandon Hagel | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| F | Seth Jarvis | Carolina Hurricanes |
| F | Travis Konecny | Philadelphia Flyers |
| F | Nathan MacKinnon | Colorado Avalanche |
| F | Brad Marchand | Boston Bruins |
| F | Mitch Marner | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| F | Connor McDavid | Edmonton Oilers |
| F | Brayden Point | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| F | Sam Reinhart | Florida Panthers |
| F | Mark Stone | Vegas Golden Knights |
| D | Drew Doughty | Los Angeles Kings |
| D | Cale Makar | Colorado Avalanche |
| D | Josh Morrissey | Winnipeg Jets |
| D | Colton Parayko | St. Louis Blues |
| D | Travis Sanheim | Philadelphia Flyers |
| D | Shea Theodore | Vegas Golden Knights |
| D | Devon Toews | Colorado Avalanche |
| G | Jordan Binnington | St. Louis Blues |
| G | Adin Hill | Vegas Golden Knights |
| G | Sam Montembeault | Montreal Canadiens |
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Team Finland 🇫🇮
| Â F | Sebastian Aho | Carolina Hurricanes |
| F | Joel Armia | Montreal Canadiens |
| F | Aleksander Barkov | Florida Panthers |
| F | Mikael Granlund | Dallas Stars |
| F | Erik Haula | New Jersey Devils |
| F | Roope Hintz | Dallas Stars |
| F | Kaapo Kakko | Seattle Kraken |
| F | Patrik Laine | Montreal Canadiens |
| F | Artturi Lehkonen | Colorado Avalanche |
| F | Anton Lundell | Florida Panthers |
| F | Eetu Luostarinen | Florida Panthers |
| F | Mikko Rantanen | Carolina Hurricanes |
| F | Teuvo Teravainen | Chicago Blackhawks |
| D | Henri Jokiharju | Buffalo Sabres |
| D | Esa Lindell | Dallas Stars |
| D | Olli Maatta | Utah Hockey Club |
| D | Niko Mokkola | Florida Panthers |
| D | Nikolas Mantipalo | Ottawa Senators |
| D | Urho Vaakanainen | New York Rangers |
| D | Juuso Valimaki | Utah Hockey Club |
| G | Kevin Lankinen | Vancouver Canucks |
| G | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | Buffalo Sabres |
| G | Juuse Saros | Nashville Predators |
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Team Sweden 🇸🇪
| Â F | Viktor Arvidsson | Edmonton Oilers |
| F | Jesper Bratt | New Jersey Devils |
| F | Leo Carlsson | Anaheim Ducks |
| F | Joel Eriksson Ek | Minnesota Wild |
| F | Filip Forsberg | Nashville Predators |
| F | Adrian Kempe | Los Angeles Kings |
| F | Elias Lindholm | Boston Bruins |
| F | William Nylander | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| F | Gustav Nyquist | Nashville Predators |
| F | Elias Pettersson | Vancouver Canucks |
| F | Lucas Raymond | Detroit Red Wings |
| F | Rickard Rakell | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| F | Mika Zibanejad | New York Rangers |
| D | Rasmus Andersson | Calgary Flames |
| D | Jonas Brodin | Minnesota Wild |
| D | Rasmus Dahlin | Buffalo Sabres |
| D | Mattias Ekholm | Edmonton Oilers |
| D | Gustav Forsling | Florida Panthers |
| D | Victor Hedman | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| D | Erik Karlsson | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| G | Samuel Ersson | Philadelphia Flyers |
| G | Filip Gustavsson | Minnesota Wild |
| G | Linus Ullmark | Ottawa Senators |
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Team USA 🇺🇸
| Â F | Matt Boldy | Minnesota Wild |
| F | Kyle Connor | Winnipeg Jets |
| F | Jack Eichel | Vegas Golden Knights |
| F | Jake Guentzel | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| F | Jack Hughes | New Jersey Devils |
| F | Chris Kreider | New York Rangers |
| F | Dylan Larkin | Detroit Red Wings |
| F | Auston Matthews | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| F | J.T. Miller | New York Rangers |
| F | Brock Nelson | New York Islanders |
| F | Brady Tkachuk | Ottawa Senators |
| F | Mattew Tkachuk | Florida Panthers |
| F | Vincent Trocheck | New York Rangers |
| D | Brock Faber | Minnesota Wild |
| D | Adam Fox | New York Rangers |
| D | Noah Hanifin | Vegas Golden Knights |
| D | Charlie McAvoy | Boston Bruins |
| D | Jake Sanderson | Ottawa Senators |
| D | Jaccob Slavin | Carolina Hurricanes |
| D | Zach Werenski | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| G | Connor Hellebuyck | Winnipeg Jets |
| G | Jake Oettinger | Dallas Stars |
| G | Jeremy Swayman | Boston Bruins |
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Winners and Losers of the Rosters
I'm no expert, just a fan who has watched a lot of hockey, so when I give my opinion, I'm not stating it as fact.
Goalies
First off, I'm not sure many would argue with me on this one, but Team USA won the goaltending trio. With Hellebuyck having another dominant year and the favorite by a mile to win his third Vezina trophy, that alone gives them the advantage. The 2nd and 3rd are nothing to look over either, Oettinger and Swayman are both top goalies in the league as well. Team Canada definitely has the weakest goalie lineup. I, among others, question the decision to leave Logan Thompson off the roster when he's been the best-performing Canadian goalie this season.
Forwards
In my eyes, this category doesn't have such a clear winner. I think the U.S. and Sweden are leading the way here with Canada and Finland not far off. This is probably the closest balance of the rosters for this tournament. Team Canada might have the most dominant power play unit ever imagined with Crosby, MacKinnon, McDavid, Reinhart, and Makar, I'm really not sure how they will be able to be stopped.
Defense
I really don't think I could give you an advantage to the defense for this tournament. I might give Sweden a slight advantage. Having players like Hedman, Forsling, and Andersson give the team a lot of confidence to make plays knowing that the defense will shut down the opposition. Canada might have the second spot for me, although I don't like the decision to add Doughty in place of Pietrangelo as opposed to guys like Tanev or Weegar. Doughty has been injured all season and has had his moments to play and help Team Canada win. I just feel like Chris Tanev would have helped give Canada more confidence with the lacking goaltending for the team.
Best Jerseys
Here's my ranking for the design of the Four Nation jerseys
- Canada
- Sweden
- Finland
- USA
USA has had really poorly designed jerseys over the past few years. Canada has been very hit-and-miss, but I do think they did well with this one. Sweden and Finland have deviated from the designs that we all expect.
Rules
On the recent 32 Thoughts podcast, it was confirmed that players currently under discipline in the NHL will not be affected for the 4 Nations tournament and likewise players to be disciplined in the tournament will not have their NHL eligibility affected. To me, I think this was a bad idea by the league. Late in the tournament, I could definitely see players take advantage of this rule to benefit their NHL team in making a run for the cup this season. It is especially likely for a team that has already been eliminated from the title game in the tournament. If the league would have even been careful to say, "Players won't see disciplinary actions from the tournament in the NHL following the tournament on a case-by-case basis". This just protects NHL teams currently in playoff contention from having star players injured late in the season, ruining a potential cup run. I can only imagine owners and GMs sweating when they think about this possibility.
Game Schedule
| Feb 12 | Montreal | Canada | Sweden | 20:00 ET |
| Feb 13 | Montreal | USA | Finland | 20:00 ET |
| Feb 15 | Montreal | Finland | Sweden | 13:00 ET |
| Feb 15 | Montreal | USA | Canada | 20:00 ET |
| Feb 17 | Boston | Canada | Finland | 13:00 ET |
| Feb 17 | Boston | Sweden | USA | 20:00 ET |
| Feb 20 | Boston | Champion | Champion | 20:00 ET |
Leave A Comment
These are my thoughts and opinions on the upcoming tournament. I would love to hear the thoughts of others. How do you think it will play out. Who would you have dropped or added? Who are you rooting for?