My All-Time Team Canada, limited to only those players who have represented Canada at international best-on-best competitions, and emphasizing international bodies of work and/or superlative performances at those tournaments over NHL performance:
Defence:
Bobby Orr - '76 CC (MVP)
Denis Potvin - '76 CC, '81 CC
Ray Bourque - '81 CC, '84 CC, '87 CC (AS), '98 OG
Paul Coffey - '84 CC (AS), '87 CC, '91 CC, '96 WC
Scott Niedermayer - '96 WC, '02 OG, '04 WC, '10 OG
Al MacInnis - '91 CC (AS), '98 OG, '02 OG
Rob Blake - '96 WC, '98 OG, '02 OG, '06 OG
Shea Weber - '10 OG (AS), '14 OG
Final cuts: Larry Robinson ('76, '81, '84 CCs); Adam Foote ('96 WC, '98 OG, '02 OG, '04 WC (AS), '06 OG); Drew Doughty ('10 OG, '14 OG (AS))
Forwards:
Wayne Gretzky - '81 CC, '84 CC (AS), '87 CC (MVP, AS), '91 CC (AS), '96 WC, '98 OG
Mark Messier - '84 CC, '87 CC, '91 CC, '96 WC
Mario Lemieux - '87 CC (AS), '02 OG, '04 WC
Joe Sakic - '96 WC, '98 OG, '02 OG (AS, Best Forward, MVP), '04 WC, '06 OG
Gilbert Perreault - '72 SS, '76 CC, '81 CC (AS)
Steve Yzerman - '84 CC, '96 WC, '98 OG, '02 OG
Phil Esposito - '72 SS, '76 CC
Mike Bossy - '81 CC (AS), '84 CC
Guy Lafleur - '76 CC, '81 CC
Theo Fleury - '91 CC, '96 WC, '98 OG, '02 OG
Eric Lindros - '91 CC, '96 WC, '98 OG, '02 OG
Jonathan Toews - '10 OG (Best Forward, AS), '14 OG
Sidney Crosby - '10 OG, '14 OG
Jarome Iginla - '02 OG, '04 WC, '06 OG, '10 OG
Final cuts: Brendan Shanahan ('91 CC, '96 WC, '98 OG, '02 OG), Dale Hawerchuk ('87 CC, '91 CC), Brent Sutter ('84 CC, '87 CC, '91 CC)
Goaltenders:
Martin Brodeur - '96 WC, '98 OG, '02 OG, '04 WC, '06 OG, '10 OG
Carey Price - '14 OG (Best Goaltender)
Bill Ranford - '91 CC (MVP, AS)
Final cut: Rogie Vachon ('76 CC (AS))
Lemieux - Gretzky "C" - Lafleur
Perreault - Sakic - Bossy
Toews - Messier "A" - Fleury
Yzerman - Esposito - Lindros
Crosby, Iginla
Orr - Potvin "A"
Bourque - MacInnis
Coffey - Weber
Niedermayer, Blake
Brodeur
Price
Ranford
