Yesterday, I took a stab at trying to predict Team USA's roster for next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing, China (if you missed that post, click here to read).
Now today, I'm going to try and pick Canada's roster, and while head coach Jon Cooper will have plenty of star power to work with, there will also be several really good players who will get cut. The 2022 Winter Olympics could also be Canadian hockey fans' last chance to see Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid on the same team.
Canada has won three medals in the last three Olympic Games. They took home gold in 2010 and 2014, while in 2018 they won bronze.
Just a reminder for those who didn't read yesterday's post, each nation is allowed to bring 22 skaters, and three goaltenders to the Olympics. I'm going to break it down into 14 forwards and eight defencemen as that's what most countries tend to go with.
Forwards (14)
- Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
- Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)
- Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche)
- Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning)
- Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)
- Brad Marchand (Boston Bruins)
- Mark Scheifele (Winnipeg Jets)
- Jonathan Huberdeau (Florida Panthers)
- Mitch Marner (Toronto Maple Leafs)
- Mark Stone (Vegas Golden Knights)
- Mathew Barzal (New York Islanders)
- Ryan O'Reilly (St. Louis Blues)
- John Tavares (Toronto Maple Leafs)
- Nick Suzuki (Montreal Canadiens)
Defencemen (8)
- Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche)
- Shea Theodore (Vegas Golden Knights)
- Alex Pietrangelo (Vegas Golden Knights)
- Dougie Hamilton (New Jersey Devils)
- Morgan Rielly (Toronto Maple Leafs)
- Aaron Ekblad (Florida Panthers)
- Thomas Chabot (Ottawa Senators)
- Colton Parayko (St. Louis Blues)
Goaltenders (3)
- Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens)
- Marc-Andre Fleury (Chicago Blackhawks)
- Darcy Kuemper (Colorado Avalanche)
