WC: Team Canada 2025

[wetcoast]

Dougie Hamilton better goes to Worlds this year if he wants a shot at making 2026 Olympic team.

I think Canada can find 8 Dmen better than him quite easily.

 

[1Gold Standard]

I think Canada can find 8 Dmen better than him quite easily.

Sure there are other RD I would prefer as well, but availabilty and contractual status are always sticklers...and since players are not tripping over themselves to play in this thing, there are not a whole lot of other options on RD. and I do like somewhat of a reasonable balanse LD/RD.

 

[JackSlater]

Not much change in the roster projections, but with Dylan Guenther out (IR) indefinitely. Not season-ending...so there's hope he's back in time...

Still pegging my hopes on LA and Columbus being opening rd. losers.

C BEDARD ​	N SUZUKI ​	A LAFRENIERE ​
D HOLLOWAY ​	B HORVAT ​	M BARZAL ​
K JOHNSON ​	M CELEBRINI ​	Q BYFIELD ​
C SILLINGER ​	A FANTILLI ​	D COZENS ​

J NEIGHBOURS B HAYTON ​

V DUNN ​	B MONTOUR ​
O POWER ​	N DOBSON ​
B BYRAM ​	B CLARKE ​
T CHABOT / O ZELLWEGER ​	​

D KUEMPER ​

C TALBOT ​

C INGRAM ​

I would love to see that team.

 

[1Gold Standard]

I would love to see that team.

I would as well. 1 point though. Noah Dobson slipped through my UFA/RFA filter check. He's on an expiring contract and thus only about a 2% chance of even entertaining the idea of tripping to Europe in May.

 

[JackSlater]

I would as well. 1 point though. Noah Dobson slipped through my UFA/RFA filter check. He's on an expiring contract and thus only about a 2% chance of even entertaining the idea of tripping to Europe in May.

Might bump it up a little bit as he might see the Olympics a few months ahead as a carrot to chase. Realistically we will see some veterans there, which is fine, but I really hope that the team goes young, barring a bunch of Olympic level favourites deciding to go. The young option, with some veterans thrown in, is more realistic.

 

[red devil]

 

[1Gold Standard]

That's good news. I'm 99.999% confident he will get an invite.

 

[JackSlater]

Excellent, Canada should not have sent him home pre-tournament last year.