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Ladies and Gentlemen, your Minnesota Wild Olympians!

First off, the Finns:


Niklas Backstrom

#32 / Goalie / Minnesota Wild

6-1

196

Feb 13, 1978


No surprise here. The question will be whether or not he starts over Miikka Kiprusoff.


Mikko Koivu

#9 / Center / Minnesota Wild

6-2

200

Mar 12, 1983


Well, it's hard to have the captain not on the team. Mikko will lead the Finns into Vancouver with his sights on a gold medal, though I'm guessing they'll likely settle for getting into the medal round. They don't have the offensive firepower to hang with the Canadians, Russians and Swedes.


Antti Miettinen

#20 / Right Wing / Minnesota Wild

6-0

190

Jul 03, 1980


And the inclusion of Mittens into the side proves how lacking the Finns are for forwards. Sure, we LOVE Mittens here. He works hard, he's improved his game ten-fold since coming to Minnesota, but he would have no chance of making the team on a medal contender.

Now the Czechs:


Martin Havlat

#14 / Right Wing / Minnesota Wild

6-2

217

Apr 19, 1981


Yes, Martin Havlat should make the Olympic team for the Czech Republic. He's likely on their top line if not the second, and with the way he's been playing lately, he is impossible to leave off.


Marek Zidlicky

#3 / Defenseman / Minnesota Wild

5-11

190

Feb 03, 1977


Great to see Zidlicky included on the Czech squad, but if you look at the other names on the roster, there's no doubt he's in.

The Czechs are old, old, old. They too have absolutely no chance of winning a medal, and making it to the medal round will be a lofty goal.

This should round out the Olympians on the Wild. There's no way anyone gets picked for the Canadian team, and they have no Americans, so here you have it!

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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