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.
| Giroux | Crosby | Neal |
| Perry | Getzlaf | Stamkos |
| Couture | Richards | Carter |
| Toews | Bergeron | Ladd |
| Tavares | ||
| E. Staal | ||
| Keith | Seabrook | |
| Pietrangelo | Weber | |
| Doughty | Letang | |
| Subban | ||
| M Staal | ||
| Luongo | ||
| Price | ||
| Ward |
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.