News of the Colorado Avalanche - Links from around the NHL - February 25th, 2013

One year out from puck drop at the 2014 Sochi Games, SB Nation's American hockey writers gathered to select Team USA's roster.

The IIHF announaced the 32 men's national teams and 24 women's national teams that have applied for the 2014 Olympic qualification tournaments. Here's a look at some of the issues with the qualifying procedures, and why the best 12 men's nations may not qualify for the Olympics

The FTR Roundtable looks at Olympic hockey, team momentum, and the all-important stretch run.

[Thanks to Dmitry Chesnokov for passing along the following preview of a lengthy Sovetsky Sport interview with Alex Ovechkin that is set to run next week. In this excerpt (published here), Alex...