Men’s Olympic hockey preview (Part 1) | Full Episode

NHL players are set to play Olympic ice hockey for the first time in 12 years as the men’s tournament gets underway on Wednesday. Today, in the first of our two-part men’s Olympic hockey preview, the guys break down Team USA, Sweden, Czechia, Switzerland, Latvia, and Denmark, and make their medal picks and predict who will be tournament MVP and best goalie.
0:00 Intro
1:35 Team USA preview
2:20 What to make of early US practice lines
11:41 Quinn Hughes, Brock Faber on different D pairings during first practice
12:41 Should there be a debate about who starts in goal for the Americans?
15:40 Is it a concern that Team USA’s stars haven’t been in top form this season?
19:53 Team Sweden preview
21:09 Can Sweden’s defense elevate its forward group?
22:23 Joel Eriksson Ek will be a crucial player for the Swedes
25:27 What will we see from Elias Petersson and Mika Zibanejad?
27:11 Who should be Sweden’s starting goaltender?
28:42 Team Czechia preview
29:42 Lukas Dostal is built for this kind of hockey
30:51 Czechia’s overall strength from their goalies
31:40 Assessing the Czech forward group
35:30 Team Switzerland preview
37:21 Team Latvia preview
40:38 Team Denmark preview
43:12 The guys make their picks for medals, MVP, and best goalie

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