Russia would have been bronze medal favorites at the Olympics and the team most likely to upset Canada or the United States.

"The goaltending is so good it doesn't even matter about the rest of the players,” said one of the 118 players we polled.

For months, there were various projections on which NHL players would make their countries' rosters for the 2026 Olympic Games. Now those projections have turned into actual rosters, which reinforces ...