Sedins, Markstrom named to Team Sweden roster at World Cup of Hockey

Team Sweden has announced their first 16 players that will compete at the World Cup of Hockey that will take place in Toronto this September.

Sweden is loaded top to bottom and will be one of the favourites to win this tournament. They lost to Canada in the gold medal game at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Their only win at a best-on-best tournament was at the 2006 Games in Turin.

As expected, Canucks players Daniel and Henrik Sedin were named to the team. The big surprise, from a Canucks perspective, is that defenceman Alex Edler was not named to the team, while goaltender Jacob Markstrom was.

Sweden has incredible depth on defence, so it’s understandable that Edler was left off. He’s still a strong bet to be named when the full 23-man roster is announced in June.

Goaltenders

Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
Jacob Markstrom, Vancouver Canucks

Defencemen

Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Arizona Coyotes
Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning
Niklas Hjalmarsson, Chicago Blackhawks
Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators
Niklas Kronwall, Detroit Red Wings
Anton Stralman, Tampa Bay Lightning

Forwards

Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals
Loui Eriksson, Boston Bruins
Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators
Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche
Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Alexander Steen, St. Louis Blues
Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings

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