Canadian Olympic men's hockey power rankings: Mitch Marner in, Mathew Barzal out
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Until we are told otherwise, NHLers will be heading to Beijing to compete at the Olympics, and sports talk in this country will centre around picking Team Canada.
Players are essentially auditioning for a spot and the rosters will change on a regular basis.
Between now and the team announcement, I'll be giving you the many versions of Team Canada, as well as some players who are doing their best to get GM Doug Armstrong to notice them.
There may be a lot of time (and hockey to be played) before the team announcement is officially made, but why wait.
I can't believe it is already December! Which means two things, I'm behind on my Christmas shopping, and we are just over two months away from puck drop for men's hockey at the Olympic Games.
In case you missed episode 4 of my power rankings, I spoke with the man in charge of putting this team together, general manager Doug Armstrong.
I was a bit surprised to hear that Zach Hyman has been on his radar even before he became an Edmonton Oiler.
Naturally, if you put him on this team, the ready-made chemistry with Connor McDavid can only be a positive.
However, I kept him on here because I believe that not only can he help offensively, he could also do some dirty work, and can be placed on any line that needs a boost.
WATCH | Armstrong discusses Team Canada roster decisions:
As you will see, I only tinkered a bit with my forward roster, but pretty much overhauled the blue-line. Team Canada's defensive corps has been, (and probably will remain) a bit of a mystery right up until this team is selected. So I would definitely expect more changes.
Teams can dress 13 forwards, 7 defencemen and 2 goalies, plus an extra player at each position.
(Reminder: Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby and Alex Pietrangelo have officially been named to the team)
First line
When a teenaged Chloe Primerano made her debut on the Canadian women’s hockey team last season, Jocelyne Larocque was often the steady force beside her on the blue line.
The Vancouver Canucks announced Friday that they have traded captain Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild.
Canada's Kevin Drury battled his way to a gold medal that left him in tears at a World Cup ski cross event on Friday in Val Thorens, France.
Soccer fans have accused FIFA of a "monumental betrayal" after latest prices for World Cup tickets began to circulate on Thursday.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is “disappointed” that the main arena slated to host ice hockey at February’s Olympics isn’t yet completed with less than two months to go before the Games are scheduled to be played.
A two-year suspension from competitive swimming has forced Penny Oleksiak to answer questions about drug use, train by herself in public pools and defend her legacy as Canada’s most decorated female Olympian.
Hockey, one of the premier events at the Winter Olympics and one that is welcoming NHL players back for the first time in more than a decade, will take place on ice shorter than NHL-regulation size.
Summer McIntosh capped swimming’s U.S. Open with the event record in the women’s 200-metre butterfly on Saturday in Austin, Texas.
Some bronze medals are worth their weight in gold. Valerie Grenier's third-place finish in women's giant slalom at the Mont-Tremblant World Cup certainly fits that category.
The men’s World Cup draw in Washington D.C. was going well for Canada until Pot 4.
The draw for the 2026 World Cup takes place Friday at 12 p.m. ET at the Kennedy Center in Washington, for the purpose of dividing the 48-team field into 12 groups of four. Once the tournament starts, 32 teams will advance from those preliminary groups to the single-elimination knockout rounds.
The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., buzzed with activity and speculation on Thursday in advance of Friday’s all-important draw for the 2026 men’s World Cup.
By the time the management group for the Canadian men’s national hockey team emerges from marathon meetings on Tuesday, as much as 80 per cent of the roster going to Italy next February should be written in pen.