"Jaccob Slavin died wtfff" "Get rid of Hughes": Hockey fans react to USA and Canada's projected rosters for Four Nations Face-Off

International hockey fans are getting amped up for the upcoming Four Nations Faceoff tournament, including Canada and the USA, that will take place in late February and be split between Bell Centre in Montreal and TD Garden in Boston. It will also temporarily replace the NHL All-Star Game.

Players representing Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland will be competing in a round-robin tournament that will culminate in one final matchup between the two top-ranked squads.

According to Bleacher Report, the projected line combinations for Team USA are as follows:

Forwards:

Matthew Tkachuk - Auston Matthews - Jack Hughes

Kyle Connor - Jack Eichel - Brock Boeser

Jason Robertson - J.T. Miller - Clayton Keller

Brady Tkachuk - Vincent Trocheck - Jake Guentzel

Defensemen

Quinn Hughes - Charlie McAvoy

Zach Werenski - Adam Fox

Noah Hanifin - John Carlson

Goaltenders

Connor Hellebuyck

Jake Oettinger

Jeremy Swayman

However, fans shared puzzled reactions to some notable names being left off the list, including Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin and Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin.

"jaccob slavin died wtfff," wrote @MHirsh21

"Get rid of hughes or usa loses," wrote @jason16023616.

Here are some more fan reactions:

"If Slavin isn’t on that team Bill Guerin needs to be in Leavenworth," opined @TheWarningTake.

"0% chance Brady is on the 4th line. USA is clearly the better team going into this, mainly because their goaltending couldn’t be much stronger," wrote @HotTakeHayd.

"Having Werenski, Hanifin and Carlson over Slavin is wild……." opined @Rambo_was_real1.

"Is the NHL considered the best league in the world? Are the best players in the NHL? That is the definition of “best on best” - not some stupid contrived thing to describe international hockey," wondered @billwinters18.

"No Boldy or Faber on USA?? What are we doing here bleacher report?" asked @MinsportsS.

"Absolutely wild you don’t have Jaccob Slavin on here," wrote @thatcrazycaniac.

"I think there's an error, Dylan Larkin is not on the USA roster...you must have posted the wrong photo...," added @TayTadge.

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Illustrious names expected to suit up for Team Canada

As the traditional home of hockey, Canada boasts some of the best talent on the planet and is scheduled to have several native Canadian players on the roster. Among the ones expected to suit up include Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Brayden Point, Brad Marchand and Connor McDavid.

American hockey fans still remember well losing to Canada in the gold medal round of the 2010 Vancouver and 2014 Sochi Olympics, but many argue that there's no shame in losing to the nation where hockey originated.