I'm surprised not a single person is mentioning calum ritchie. Even injured he was invited to the summer showcase where he could not play. Now he is back from injury and is looking pretty good with 9 points in 7 games with the Generals.
WJC: 2024 Team Canada Roster Talk - Part 1
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Mathieukferland
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I did! Post 343 on page 15, I thought he had a really good u18 and perhaps more importantly showed good chemistry with Celebrini
190 is almost 206
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And you're mentioning this in the Canadian thread... why?
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Based on what Leroux is saying, doesn't sound as if the camp roster will be released until Thursday at the earliest (possibly awaiting news on NHL players). That is about as close to camp I can recall a roster being released.
For those that don't know, Leroux reported that Wright, Clarke and Guenther were going to be released to Canada well before anyone else last year, so he is plugged in.
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Won't be a long camp then. Its probable that this team has already been largely selected, with a few depth spots and perhaps the goaltending positions up for grabs based on performance at camp. I get the sense that the days when there were enough open roster spots such that players could make the team based on a strong camp are mostly over.
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There are likely a few forward spots and 1/2 D spots open, the rest are spoken for regardless of the camp guys have.
You get your guys like Dawson Mercer who force their way onto the team from the camp (and CHL challenge) alone, but for the most part the team has been essentially slotted prior to the camp beginning aside from a few depth pieces, especially with no CHL challenge evaluation since Covid and the war to help guys causes.
Without the CHL series, Mercer likely isn't on the team in his 18 year old season, he made his mark playing in front of Hunter in the QMJHL series. Bubble guys don't have that luxury anymore.
Well, this doesn't change the selection camp dates (still the 10th-14th), but I agree that the roster is probably already largely selected.
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Thirty players invited to Canada’s National Junior Team selection camp
Thirty players will start on the road to the World Juniors at selection camp, Dec. 10-13 in Oakville.
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Wow. From a neutral perspective, I'm surprised to see Canada select three really poor goalies for the camp roster. They'd have had better ones available. The only interesting choice is DiVincentiis. Has lots of upside but Canada is gonna need him in 2023 playoff form when he was playing out of his mind. Unfortunately concistency hasn't really been his thing except for the one playoff run.Thirty players invited to Canada’s National Junior Team selection camp
Thirty players will start on the road to the World Juniors at selection camp, Dec. 10-13 in Oakville.www.hockeycanada.ca
No disrespect to the kid, but Owen Allard is one of the most "huh?" invites I can recall. They must be hoping his skating will be a factor.
This is... Well, underwhelming. No Goyette? No Heidt? No Cristall?
Thank god we have Paul Ludwinski ans Owen Allard lol
Thank god we have Paul Ludwinski ans Owen Allard lol
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The team ranked first in the CHL has no players even invited to camp? I thought Riley Heidt would at least earn a look.
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Ziemmer would have been a lock I guess but he's injured unfortunately. I'm kinda sad they aren't prepared to give Ravensbergen a look. He earned it
Regarding Heidt, he's a controversial player. If his play against the puck was only half as good as his play with the puck then he'd be a lock. Unfortunately, he doesn't win many puck, let alone physical battles and his positioning is faulty as well. For a Center that's concerning. There are people who already labled him a bust and are accusing him of being much more invested with compared to without the puck. I don't think that's necessarily true but he definitely has lots of stuff to work on and even from a neutral perspective I can say that a WJC20 lineup card should only have so many Riley Heidt's on it.
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Goaltending is my biggest concern with this team, and isn't an area that seems to be garnering a lot of discussion. As Canadian fans we've seen poor goaltending torpedo our finishes at this tournament.
I watched DiVincentiis get lit up by a low-scoring Ottawa team just a few days ago. He is nowhere close to being at 100% or playing up to his potential (which we saw last year). I'm puzzled by his inclusion.
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2023-24 Selection Camp Roster | National Junior Team
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| Goaltenders | |||||||
| Domenic DiVincentiis | L | 6’3” | 200 | 03/04/04 | Bolton, ON | North Bay (OHL) | WPG 2022 (7/207) |
| Scott Ratzlaff | L | 6’1” | 175 | 03/09/05 | Irma, AB | Seattle (WHL) | BUF 2023 (5/141) |
| Mathis Rousseau | L | 5’11” | 172 | 09/10/04 | Boisbriand, QC | Halifax (LHJMQ) | 2024 Draft |
| Samuel St-Hilaire | L | 6’2” | 184 | 05/11/04 | St-Elzeard-de-Beauce, QC | Sherbrooke (LHJMQ) | 2024 Draft |
| Defence | |||||||
| Oliver Bonk | R | 6’2” | 179 | 01/09/05 | Ottawa, ON | London (OHL) | PHI 2023 (1/22) |
| Michael Buchinger | L | 6’0” | 191 | 04/25/04 | Markham, ON | Guelph (OHL) | STL 2022 (3/88) |
| Jorian Donovan | L | 6’2” | 195 | 04/05/04 | Richmond, ON | Brantford (OHL) | OTT 2022 (5/136) |
| Jake Furlong | L | 6’1” | 200 | 03/04/04 | Upper Tantallon, NS | Halifax (LHJMQ) | SJS 2022 (5/140) |
| Maveric Lamoureux | R | 6’7” | 214 | 01/13/04 | Hawkesbury, ON | Drummondville (LHJMQ) | ARI 2022 (1/29) |
| Tristan Luneau | R | 6’2” | 195 | 01/12/04 | Victoriaville, QC | Gatineau (LHJMQ) | ANA 2022 (2/53) |
| Denton Mateychuk | L | 5’11” | 191 | 07/12/04 | Dominion City, MB | Moose Jaw (WHL) | CBJ 2022 (1/12) |
| Tanner Molendyk | L | 6’0” | 181 | 02/03/05 | McBride, BC | Saskatoon (WHL) | NSH 2023 (1/24) |
| Ty Nelson | R | 5’10” | 206 | 03/30/04 | Toronto, ON | North Bay (OHL) | SEA 2022 (3/68) |
| Noah Warren | R | 6’6” | 225 | 07/15/04 | Montréal, QC | Victoriaville (LHJMQ) | ANA 2022 (2/42) |
| Forwards | |||||||
| Owen Allard | L | 6’2” | 200 | 01/13/04 | Ottawa, ON | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | 2024 Draft |
| Denver Barkey | L | 5’9” | 154 | 04/27/05 | Newmarket, ON | London (OHL) | PHI 2023 (3/95) |
| Owen Beck | R | 6’0” | 190 | 02/03/04 | Port Hope, ON | Peterborough (OHL) | MTL 2022 (2/33) |
| Macklin Celebrini | L | 6’0” | 190 | 06/13/06 | Vancouver, BC | Boston University (HE) | 2024 Draft |
| Easton Cowan | L | 5’10” | 171 | 05/20/05 | Mount Brydges, ON | London (OHL) | TOR 2023 (1/28) |
| Nate Danielson | R | 6’2” | 188 | 09/27/04 | Red Deer, AB | Brandon (WHL) | DET 2023 (1/9) |
| Jordan Dumais | R | 5’9” | 174 | 04/15/04 | Montréal, Que. | Halifax (LHJMQ) | CBJ 2022 (3/96) |
| Jagger Firkus | R | 5’11” | 160 | 04/29/04 | Irma, AB | Moose Jaw (WHL) | SEA 2022 (2/35) |
| Conor Geekie | L | 6’4” | 197 | 05/05/04 | Strathclair, MB | Wenatchee (WHL) | ARI 2022 (1/11) |
| Paul Ludwinski | L | 5’11” | 187 | 04/23/04 | Pickering, ON | Kingston (OHL) | CHI 2022 (2/39) |
| Fraser Minten | L | 6’1” | 194 | 07/05/04 | Vancouver, BC | Saskatoon (WHL) | TOR 2022 (2/38) |
| Carson Rehkopf | L | 6’1” | 195 | 01/07/05 | Vaughan, ON | Kitchener (OHL) | SEA 2023 (2/50) |
| Matthew Savoie | R | 5’10” | 176 | 01/01/04 | St. Albert, Alta. | Wenatchee (WHL) | BUF 2022 (1/9) |
| Markus Vidicek | L | 5’10” | 162 | 03/21/04 | Kirkland, QC | Halifax (LHJMQ) | 2024 Draft |
| Matthew Wood | R | 6’3” | 190 | 02/06/05 | Nanaimo, BC | University of Connecticut (HE) | NSH 2023 (1/15) |
| Brayden Yager | R | 6’0” | 170 | 01/03/05 | Saskatoon, SK | Moose Jaw (WHL) | PIT 2023 (1/14) |
