JackSlater
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Canada's issues remain the same. The key thing is whether some of the big prospects from recent years (and those to come) can really hit and become legitimate star players. The four nations event had the same result as the 2010 Olympics in the general sense (I am aware that the tournament in 2010 had more teams etc.) but there is a big difference, namely that in 2025 Canada and USA are close in terms of quality of the roster, in 2010 Canada's roster was much better regardless of the outcome. Still lots of progress to be made.
There are fairly credible rumours that Cassidy and DeBoer were significantly against Thompson being on the four nations team based on their time with him in Las Vegas. As Canada is poor in goaltending right now, this kind of thing is not acceptable. Canada will need to take its best goaltenders in 2026, and that may or may not mean Thompson.
I fully expect him there. If he is serious about the 2026 Olympic team then a big 2025 iihf world championship is his biggest chance to stake his claim, unless he completely goes off to start the next regular season.
There are fairly credible rumours that Cassidy and DeBoer were significantly against Thompson being on the four nations team based on their time with him in Las Vegas. As Canada is poor in goaltending right now, this kind of thing is not acceptable. Canada will need to take its best goaltenders in 2026, and that may or may not mean Thompson.
I fully expect him there. If he is serious about the 2026 Olympic team then a big 2025 iihf world championship is his biggest chance to stake his claim, unless he completely goes off to start the next regular season.
