WJC: 2025 Team Canada Roster Talk

[hullsy47]

I think this is a bit of an overreaction. The USNTDP has plenty of warts and may end up seeing significant changes over the next few years. In general, all Canada needs to do to compete for gold is select the right roster. They decided to get cute this year and are having a hard time scoring.

People crapping on Cowen. I'm sure he thought the rest ofthe forwards wouldn't have forgotten what got them .
Catton McKenna and Cowan
Now that's a dale hunter line

 

[22Brad Park]

People crapping on Cowen. I'm sure he thought the rest ofthe forwards wouldn't have forgotten what got them .
Catton McKenna and Cowan
Now that's a dale hunter line

I am a Bruins fan & even I admit the Leafs look to have a good one there .Canada lost because they could not stay out of the box as a group not because of him.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

McKenna and Catton need a big, inside-driven power and possession winger. If only there was some example of a guy who had success with McKenna in that role in a recent international tournament. I want to say he had a name like Portly Martin?

 

[Strummer53]

We can't really know that but I expect we will always see at least one player from each of the three major junior leagues.

There should be at least one player good enough from each league....

 

[Heldig]

As a Jets fan I have both liked and been a bit disappointed with Yagers' game.

He has been very dependable on the D side of the puck and has been one of the few Canucks that have been able to make a decent pass. But like the rest of the team, no offense to speak of. And where is the shot?

 

[Fatass]

There should be at least one player good enough from each league....

Should where in Canada a guy comes or currently plays have any baring on whether they make the club? Yes, there should be players good enough from each region. But what if there isn’t? Should there be a quota anyway? Imo making team Canada should be based on merit.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I would love to be in the room when Hockey Canada asks Cameron what his plan was 6v5, and then show him this image:

That might be a record for closest distance between 6 teammates. If all 6 guys are close enough to play telephone, you might have a problem.

 

[JackSlater]

There should be at least one player good enough from each league....

Should be. Having two QMJHL players is not the problem with the team though. I don't think it would be worth the headache to not have any there, but just taking Gauthier would have been fine. Desnoyers will make the team next year and should be good.

I would love to be in the room when Hockey Canada asks Cameron what his plan was 6v5, and then show him this image:

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That might be a record for closest distance between 6 teammates. If all 6 guys are close enough to play telephone, you might have a problem.

Something about bad luck and also that he cannot address it with the players. Some mumbles too.

 

[22Brad Park]

Here is an example of Canada issues building a team.
Michael Misa 30 goals with 62 pts in 32 games.He is + 23..Left off roster
Luca Pinelli 37 pts in 26 games with 21 goals but -1 player.Its not even debatable who the better player is not to mention Misa is a bigger player to boot .Using Luka as an example here I am sure others have worse stats if I looked

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Here is an example of Canada issues building a team.
Michael Misa 30 goals with 62 pts in 32 games.He is + 23..Left off roster
Luca Pinelli 37 pts in 26 games with 21 goals but -1 player.Its not even debatable who the better player is not to mention Misa is a bigger player to boot .

I'd imagine Misa was competing with players like McKenna, Ritchie, Martone etc for Top-6 spots.

Pinelli is a player the head coach knows well and trusts in a two-way role.

Don't think Misa vs. Pinelli is the reason the team has two losses. And won't determine whether Canada wins gold.

 

[landy92mack29]

I'd imagine Misa was competing with players like McKenna, Ritchie, Mortone etc for Top-6 spots.

Pinelli is a player the head coach knows well and trusts in a two-way role.

Don't think Misa vs. Pinelli is the reason the team has two losses. And won't determine whether Canada wins gold.

Um the only line that is kinda going is Mckenna-Catton but Pinelli always kills the play when it gets to him. Either can make a pass, hit the net or not in position. Even doesn’t forecheck hard, useless player. Should be Yager or Ritchie on the wing and Misa could be centering another line(plus Sennecke, Cristall, Heidt for more skill lol)

 

[Dack]

I'd imagine Misa was competing with players like McKenna, Ritchie, Mortone etc for Top-6 spots.

Pinelli is a player the head coach knows well and trusts in a two-way role.

Don't think Misa vs. Pinelli is the reason the team has two losses. And won't determine whether Canada wins gold.

Probably but that's narrow minded thinking from Hockey Canada. Misa could play anywhere in the lineup, he's played center and wing, is a positive in the face-off circle and most importantly he's FAST. He's also really good at getting in on the forecheck and forcing turnovers. Honestly he'd probably be more effective than Martone in a bottom 6 role but team Canada defaulted to Marton since he's bigger and physical even though he needs the puck on his stick to be his most effective.

Plus it's not like their choices for the top 6 have actually worked, Cristall would have led this team in scoring handily IMO.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Should be. Having two QMJHL players is not the problem with the team though. I don't think it would be worth the headache to not have any there, but just taking Gauthier would have been fine. Desnoyers will make the team next year and should be good.


Something about bad luck and also that he cannot address it with the players. Some mumbles too.

"I can't address it, but safe to say the lesson was learned"

Like the how they learned their lesson after that humiliating loss to Latvia by blowing out Germany in convincing fashion? Oh wait.

 

[22Brad Park]

I'd imagine Misa was competing with players like McKenna, Ritchie, Mortone etc for Top-6 spots.

Pinelli is a player the head coach knows well and trusts in a two-way role.

Don't think Misa vs. Pinelli is the reason the team has two losses. And won't determine whether Canada wins gold.

Martone is a scratch .It's ludicrous .I used Pinelli as an example.

 

[GoKnightsGo44]

JMO,

Roster is good enough to win gold still. What is missing is a tweak to the structure on special teams, the passive box on the PK is so old school and ineffective. They should play man on man defense and cycle with the opposing players. They missed coverage several times, Yager blowing his assignment in the slot stands out.

Obviously those penalties are straight up Pejorative Slured. Stay out of the box and get shots on net we should still beat Czechia.

 

[VeteranPresence]

On the one hand it sucks to see a favourite Christmas time tradition ruined by the clowns at HC, but on the other Cameron’s senile mumbling is the kind of national embarrassment required to force serious changes from the top down.

Murray, Anholt, Seabrook, Roy and Salmond will go down in history for their incompetence and this should be the final job for Cameron and Johnston anywhere near a maple leaf. I don’t even want them standing near our flag, they’d find a way to f*** that up too.

 

[EXTRAS]

Wonder how canada would do with Bedard and celebrini in the lineup. And will smith in the American lineup.

 

[McMozesmadness]

These are the lines I would roll with against the Czechs:

McKenna - Catton - Martone
Nadeau - Ritchie - Yager
Cowan - Luchanko - Howe
Pinelli - Cataford - Gauthier
Rehkopf

Molendyk - Gibson
Dickinson - Bonk
Price - Akey
Mynio

George
Ivankovic

E: Bjarnasson, Beaudoin

 

[landy92mack29]

These are the lines I would roll with against the Czechs:

McKenna - Catton - Martone
Nadeau - Ritchie - Yager
Cowan - Luchanko - Howe
Pinelli - Cataford - Gauthier
Rehkopf

Molendyk - Gibson
Dickinson - Bonk
Price - Akey
Mynio

George
Ivankovic

E: Bjarnasson, Beaudoin

Yup and play the top 2 lines 20ish minutes each

 

[donghabs98]

I would love to be in the room when Hockey Canada asks Cameron what his plan was 6v5, and then show him this image:

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That might be a record for closest distance between 6 teammates. If all 6 guys are close enough to play telephone, you might have a problem.

That was one of the most disorganized 6 on 5s I've seen in recent time and it came after a timeout. It just didn't look like there was either a clear plan or the players didn't understand it. No one seem to know where to go or what to do.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

These are the lines I would roll with against the Czechs:

McKenna - Catton - Martone
Nadeau - Ritchie - Yager
Cowan - Luchanko - Howe
Pinelli - Cataford - Gauthier
Rehkopf

Molendyk - Gibson
Dickinson - Bonk
Price - Akey
Mynio

George
Ivankovic

E: Bjarnasson, Beaudoin

McKenna and Catton are easily the most creative forwards. Find a winger for them, give them first line minutes, and have them on PP1.

 

[NordiquesForeva]

I don’t know to link twitter but it looks like Martone will draw back in for the QF. Cameron apparently doesn’t know yet who won’t dress (lol…lmao even) but if I had to guess it’d be Pinelli or Howe.

 

[Larionov]

Time to galaxy brain this thing.

Bedard is having a depressing season on a miserable Chicago team. Loan him to Canada for the elimination games, he'd literally miss 2 NHL contests. Draw straws for who gets "injured" in practice to open up a spot.

As a Canadian I love this, but the reality is that NHL GMs don't care about the World Juniors that much. They see it as a development tournament, and in Kyle Davidson's mind Bedard has long outgrown that event. The other reality is that NHL GMs always fear injury, and there is zero chance that Davidson wants Bedard getting hurt wearing anything other than a Blackhawks jersey...

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Canada seems to have dropped from top4(finland,usa,sweden,czech/russia). Some big changes needed.

Are you for real with that? If anything, Finland is going to be dropped from the top four!

 

[Larionov]

I don’t know to link twitter but it looks like Martone will draw back in for the QF. Cameron apparently doesn’t know yet who won’t dress (lol…lmao even) but if I had to guess it’d be Pinelli or Howe.

It should be Howe sitting - he is the poster boy for the kind of player Hockey Canada prioritized over skill, leading to the disaster you see unfolding. The fact that Howe is at the tournament, and Michael Misa is sitting at home, is mind blowing...