We are just under a month away from the World Cup of Hockey tournament. Eight teams will be vying for hockey supremacy. See the full world cup of hockey schedule here. While it is a short tournament, we thought that it would be fun to make some predictions for the top scorers of the tournament. Which teams have the most firepower? While its expected that the tournament will be more defensive in nature, there are a number of younger players with the addition of Team North America and team Europe.
Here is a look at who we think will be the top scorers for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey Tournament.
World Cup of Hockey 2016: Predictions Top 25 Scorers
- Anze Kopitar – Team Europe
- Vladimir Tarasenko – Team Russia
- Patrick Kane – Team USA
- Connor McDavid – Team North America
- Sidney Crosby – Team Canada
- Patrick Laine – Team Finland
- Alex Ovechkin – Team Russia
- Erik Karlsson – Team Sweden
- Tyler Seguin – Team Canada
- Evgeni Malkin – Team Russia
- Johnathan Drouin – Team North America
- Artemi Panarin – Team Russia
- Filip Forsberg – Team Sweden
- Marian Hossa – Team Europe
- Nathan MacKinnon – Team North America
- Joe Pavelski – Team USA
- Johnny Gaudreau – Team North America
- Jakub Voracek – Team Czech Republic
- Henrik Sedin – Team Sweden
- Jamie Benn – Team Canada
- David Krejci – Team Czech Republic
- Auston Matthews – Team North America
- Mikkel Boedker – Team Europe
- Mikael Granlund – Team Finland
- Brent Burns – Team Canada
Ok so we know there will be some controversy over some of these picks. Why not share whom you think the top 5 point producers will be with us on twitter @hockeyfanatics. Use the hashtags #WorldCupHockey and #hockeyfanatic. We will compile a list of the fans picks for the top 25 scorers for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey and share them in a future post.