The torch to start the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will be lit in 99 days.

The men's hockey tournament will begin soon after that, on Feb. 11, starting with the opening face-off between Slovakia and Finland.

With the NHL season well under way, the competition for Olympic roster spots is heating up and impacting the overall league standings on a nightly basis.

The 12 participating countries each named its first six players in June, but the next two months will decide many of the remaining spots up for grabs, with the NHL and NHL Players' Association expecting to send between 160-180 players to the Winter Olympics.

The Super 16 this week focuses on the many players who are either locks or candidates, even the longshots, to play in the Olympics.

To come up with the Super 16,

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