Revisiting My Team Canada 2014 Lineup On Canada Day

When time came that we were one year out from the 2014 Sochi Olympics (Feb 6), I made my early predictions of who I would put on Team Canada.  Well, after nearly a full (shortened) NHL season and a full playoff, how has the landscape has changed?  What changes would I make based on what took place over the last 5 months?

Jun 1, 2013; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (37) and Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) take a face-off during the second period in game one of the Eastern Conference finals of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the CONSOL Energy Center. The Boston Bruins won 3-0. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

There will probably be a list of 46-48 invitees to the summer orientation camp, which will take place later this summer.  I saw a breakdown of 28 forwards, 15 defensemen and 5 goalies on twitter, so I will use that as a basis for beginning my evaluation.

Here would be my invite list to the orientation camp:

FORWARDS

DEFENSEMEN

GOALTENDERS

So while not easy, that is the easy part.  Whittling those 48 names to a 25 man roster (22 + 3 injury replacements).  Those in BOLD indicate a player not on my February list.

NOTES:  Players dropped:  Rick Nash, Jordan Eberle, Scott Hartnell, Jason Spezza, Dan Girardi and Marc-Andre Fleury.

On the bubble:  Perry had a terrible playoff, but I left him off because he is a winner at every level and a natural winger on a team full of centres.