Ahead of the opening contests of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, NHL players give their bronze, silver, and gold medal predictions for the men’s ice hockey tournament. From USA–Canada rematch dreams to Nordic rivalries and surprise bronze picks, the predictions come with plenty of passion — and just a little fear of getting roasted back home.
Several players call for a USA vs. Canada Gold Medal game, echoing memories of the 2010 Olympic final, while others look back to the 2006 Sweden–Finland championship. We also hear unique picks for bronze from countries like Switzerland, Germany, Czechia, Sweden — and even a surprise Denmark shout.
Victor Hedman gives a solid Gold Medal game prediction, while Sam Reinhart delivers one of the most unexpected medal projections of the entire piece. Jack Hughes and Clayton Keller try to keep things diplomatic, and Cale Makar admits he’d “probably get roasted” if he didn’t pick Canada for gold.
Later, players predict who will score the gold medal-winning goal, with votes for captains, superstars, brothers, and even one bold self-nomination. Will it be Sidney Crosby recreating 2010? Auston Matthews for Team USA? Or a new Olympic hero in Milan?
🏒 Let the debate begin.
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45 Comments
I hope the Americans don’t medal because of their arrogance
Holy I know the Americans were pissed when we beat them but I didn't think we had them this rattled 😂 half of them picking us to not even medal is hilarious. Meanwhile our boys were still humble enough to give them the props they deserve.
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Would be cool to see Germany place, Suzuki has a good take on it
Driasaitl is different when the game counts
i hope Finland really does a sneaky play and surprises everyone since nobody ever takes us seriously but the underdog story is the best story.
What a useless video
Surely there was no bias in the making of this video 🤣
A few nice Rolexes featured in this video
Canada wins Gold, Sweden gets Silver and Bronze goes to Finland
Not a single Fin in this video why
How can you not love Jarvis as guy tho. Absolute beaut
Kaner should be Team USA captain
The way Canada players put USA for second but USA players didn't even put Canada on the list.. Canada too kind
Canada Gold, Finland Silver, Sweden Bronze
kinda stupid. Should have asked the NHL players from the team that are not expected to win medals. They would tell the truth.
They look so happy
Notice how all Canadians put the USA second, but many US players didn't even put Canada in there… ouch. I guess we can see why nobody likes the US.
MATTHEW lol..the stiff is going to disappear again 😅..Canada Gold all the way..Americans might not even medal 😂😂
lol welp canada and us have one thing they agree on…..they are the gold medal game.
Sweden is in the running too you know
wow i would have never guessed these answers. who came up with this idea 🤣
As a Canadian, definitely a bias here. It will be Canada for gold again! Against the USA, even if they will give us a very good battle but hockey still belong to Canada!
all the boys saying Matthews, jesus christ hahahahahahahahaha
Leave it to the two Americans to not even pick a second or third place. Such class just like your country right now 🙄
Thanks Bolds
USA all day long GOLD🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Sweden Silver🇸🇪🇸🇪. Canada 3rd Bronze
How come no Faber or Quinn Hughes?
The two that just picked for only gold……. siiigh. Of course.
Why not just ask whos gonna win bronze instesd of everyone just showing their bias
it would be crazy if the Finals goes to Golden Goal (ot) and either Crosby scores it or Crosby assists to a McDavid goal
Let’s go Sweden!
Go Finland
Even God almighty would like to see the Canadians smash USA in the final
Objectively speaking, maybe we should look at how the 2025 International Men's Hockey competition went and how each countries team did.
i noticed americans were the only ones to solely put their country at the top and refuse to rank others. speaks to how egotistical and disrespectful americans tend to be.
I'm from the US. I don't like how we built our team but we have the goaltending. I will disagree on one thing. Finland is my bronze medal team.
Sweden > Finland > Canada > Switzerland > USA > Czech > Germany > Slovakia > Denmark > France > Italy
Its IIHF ice rink size & rules, not NHL
Gold Finland
Silver Canada
Bronze Czech
Interesting how the NHL, a blatantly pro-US and anti-Canada league, puts US in gold on the leading image for the video. Surprise surprise.
"… *If you can't pick your own team*", would have given a more interesting result..
Gonna be European final for sure, USA will always disappoint and Canada has way too many superstars so the frustration against good defending teams like Sweden, Finland and Switzerland will beat them.
People saying Matthew’s is jokes af😂💀from a leafs fan
Suomi! Leijonat 🎉
Let me fix it for yall
1. Finland
2. USA
3. Canada
Thank you Matt Knies we hope so 😊
USA will get a bronze medal at best.