The rosters for Finland and Sweden have been announced for the 4 Nations Face-Off. (That's the official name because sticking in a hyphen and a number makes for a name everyone will use correctly.) They can't call it the World Cup for obvious reasons that might have stopped some people from even doing this, but not the NHL.

What is it?

It's a tournament run by the NHL in February from the 15th to the 20th. Half the games are in Montréal and half in Boston, so the entire tournament is actually bad if you think about it.

Note that this is not an IIHF national team competition, so the rules will be NHL rules. Four teams compete: Canada, USA, Finland, Sweden.

Who is on the teams?

To try to build up hype and to create an industry of projected rosters, the teams released six players each earlier in the autumn. Now the final rosters are being revealed.

All that really matters is Leafs, though.

Auston Matthews and William Nylander were both part of the initial announcement. Mitch Marner is expected to be named to Team Canada later today, but not Morgan Rielly or John Tavares (they get some kid time, and I'm happy for them).

Anyone could make a case for Anthony Stolarz for Team USA, but it seems likely that after the blindingly obvious Connor Hellebuyck, the expected names are Jake Oettinger and Jeremy Swayman. Contract over current results, it's the NHL way. Stollie the best goalie also gets some time off to sit on the couch and watch golf.

For the European teams, they both have Leafs, but will Jani Hakanpää actually play? (Apologies for the wrong spellings below, I copied them from NHL.com.)

Sweden

Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils
Leo Carlsson, Anaheim Ducks
Joel Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild
Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators*
William Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights
Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings
Elias Lindholm, Boston Bruins
William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs*
Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks
Gustav Nyquist, Nashville Predators
Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings
Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers*
Viktor Arvidsson, Edmonton Oilers

Rasmus Andersson, Calgary Flames
Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres
Mattias Ekholm, Edmonton Oilers
Gustav Forsling, Florida Panthers*
Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning*
Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins*
Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Wild

Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild
Jacob Markstrom, New Jersey Devils
Linus Ullmark, Ottawa Senators

Finland

Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes*
Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers*
Mikael Granlund, San Jose Sharks
Erik Haula, New Jersey Devils
Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars
Kaapo Kakko, New York Rangers
Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado Avalanche
Anton Lundell, Florida Panthers
Eetu Luostarinen, Florida Panthers
Mikko Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche*
Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Blackhawks
Joel Armia, Montréal Canadiens
Patrik Laine, Montréal Canadiens

Miro Heiskanen, Dallas Stars*
Esa Lindell, Dallas Stars*
Niko Mikkola, Florida Panthers
Olli Maatta, Utah Hockey Club
Rasmus Ristolainen, Philadelphia Flyers
Juuso Valimaki, Utah Hockey Club
Jani Hakanpaa, Toronto Maple Leafs

Kevin Lankinen, Vancouver Canucks
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres
Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators*

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