The Beijing Winter Olympics are fast approaching in February, and the buzz around who may or may not be selected for their country’s national team has already begun. Rudolfs Balcers is a lock for Latvia, and Timo Meier for Switzerland, but there’s plenty of top-end talent to choose from when it comes to the North American national teams.
In my heart, Jonathan Dahlen and Erik Karlsson make Sweden’s roster (the Swedish scout has been in attendance for at least one San Jose Sharks game), but part of the fun of the Olympics is speculating who will be called up to represent their country.