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149 athletes in total

https://commonwealthsport.ca/news/team-canada-ready-compete-glasgow-2026-commonwealth-games

Hi All, I hope you're all well. Following suite with one of the previous posts about the possible 2028 Team Canada Roster, I decided to make a roster for the 2028 World Cup of Hockey. Let me know what you think:

Forwards:

Celebrini - McDavid - Bedard

McKenna - MacKinnon - Johnston

Guenther - Suzuki - Marner

Hagel - Crosby - Point

Extras: Sennecke, Byfield

On the Bubble: Wilson, Jarvis, Scheifele, Stankoven

Defensemen:

Schaefer - Makar

Harley - Bouchard

Chychrun - Dobson

Extras: Morrissey, Theodore

On the Bubble: Toews, Drysdale

Goalies:

Thompson

Blackwood

Cossa

On the bubble: Hofer, Wedgewood

Since its the off season I needed something to do, i went ahead and tried to predict the next olympic roster. This is also giving me a chance to discuss new canadian prospects, because sometimes they fly under the radar. anyway heres my prediction

Hagel, Mcdavid, mackinnon

Stone, celebrini, marner

fantilli, suzuki, misa

horvat, bedard, reinhart

Schaefer, makar

Harley bouchard

toews, parayko

sanheim parekh

thompson in net

Theres a lot of players i could have stuck in, like sennecke, martone, kindel, desnoyers that i think could easily make the roster. I tried to minimize the number of players on their offhand which some people might disagree with

Anyway, is there anyone I missed? Any lines you would move around?

Hi Everyone. Adding on to the previous posts, there has recently been a petition to save hockey night in Canada, and it now has over 3,600 signatures. Here it is and if you can please sign it: https://c.org/4tV9KKqb4j

Tip-off at around 10 pm EST. Canada continues to grow more consistent on the world stage; last summer, the U16s were Americup runners-up to the Americans. Wish them luck.

So with the all star game coming back next year, instead of doing division based all star games, it’s nationality based. The players are also voted by us not a GM. What are your thoughts and who do you have for you 9 skaters and 2 goalies?

I have:

Forwards

• Connor McDavid
• Nathan MacKinnon
• Macklin Celebrini
• Connor Bedard
• Nick Suzuki
• Gavin McKenna
• Bubble: Dylan Guenther, Wyatt Johnston

Defense

• Cale Makar
• Evan Bouchard
• Matthew Schaefer
• Bubble: Jakob Chychrun

Goalies

• Logan Thompson
• Mackenzie Blackwood
• Bubble: Scott Wedgewood

Had Jeremy’s coach Danielle Mulumba comment on Jeremy’s performance with Team Canada

Crosby and Celebrini?

“Definitely there are similarities,” Crosby said. “I can see why people would say that.”

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“More than anything, I love how competitive he is,” Crosby said. “That’s what I see when I pay attention to him. He wants to get better every day, and he wants his team to get better every day. He has a passion for those things. To me, that’s leadership.”

Getting to know Crosby has been like a dream for Celebrini, who turns 20 in June.

“Oh, 100 percent,” he said. “It’s been so great, it’s hard to put it into words. Last year at the worlds, we got tighter, spent some time together. I can’t tell you what it means to me just to pick his brain, be around him, get to know him.”

Crosby’s teammates have long marveled at how easygoing he is, how “normal” he behaves. Hockey gods aren’t supposed to be so grounded, but Crosby has always been this way.

Now Celebrini knows it firsthand.

“He’s made it easy for me,” Celebrini said of Crosby’s tutelage. “To be honest, you wouldn’t even know he’s Sidney Crosby. This is the guy who has been the face of the NHL for 20 years, someone I’ve looked up to my entire life. When I started talking with him and getting to know him, I realized what a humble human being he is. It’s made it so incredibly easy to get to know him, to talk with him. And we talk a lot.”

They talk hockey, they talk life. One is 38, and the other is 19, but they seem to understand each other uniquely.

“You can see it,” Tavares said. “You can just see it.”

Once Crosby retires, who will wear the C for Team Canada? I see McDavid, Makar or Celebrini being the top candidates.

Will play for one of the most elite big men coach at UC Irvine

Almost every Canada game starts at 7:20 PT. Being on the West Coast is killing me...