el cangri

by big 7, i obviously meant canada, usa, russia, sweden, finland, slovakia, and czech republic.

if possible, i'm thinking nations like austria and switzerland could do some impressive things if they manage to qualify. the austrians are going to be lead by vanek and are slowly producing some top notch talent. switzerland had a pretty big 06 and i think they could use the momentum they had from back then to pull an upset.

honorable mentions to germany and kazakhstan.

Saku_Koivu_11

Canada will be good as always, but I think that Russia will make a big impact. Ovechkin and malkin will just be entering their primes and will be very good. Kovalchuk will be a great goal scorer and Markov might be a top 5 defensman in th league. I think the Czecs and Slovaks will have less talent than they usually do because many of their top players will likely have retired.

EDIT: Sorry, I misread your post. I thought it was which of the big 7 will make the biggest impact.

Davey Domenichelli

I think the former Soviet Union teams could do well if things went right. For example, if Nikolai Zherdev played for the Ukraine. Nabokov could make a huge impact if he played for Kazakhstan.

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nittanypucker

I think that Kazakhstan will make the biggest impact of the non-power house teams. Though el cangri is right, German could make an impact. They are starting to look more and more like a hockey team.

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I vote for Germany, Austria and the Ukraine (if Russia doesn't invade them first).

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alexander_ovechkin_8

its hard to say which of the non big 7 teams will make a big impact, because all of them will be bombarded sometime anyway by the big 7 teams
it all depends of how the groups will be set
but out of the non big 7 teams, switzerland and germany will probably make "the most impact"

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