Adam GretzApril 13, 2024 Updated Team Canada Roster 10 Months From the 4 Nations Faceoff
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The Four Nations faceoff competition is less than a year away, including the United States, Canada, Sweden and Finland in the very first best-on-best worldwide hockey competition considering that the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. It will occur in February 2025, and be an opening act for the NHL’s go back to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy.
Today we are going to take an upgraded take a look at a prospective Team Canada lineup with the competition simply 10 months away.
As it constantly performs in global best-on-best competitions, Canada figures to have among the very best and most total lineups. The forward skill is outrageous, specifically at center where it has 3 slam-dunk Hall of Famers playing in the middle of the lineup, consisting of a number of all-time greats. It is likewise a particularly deep protective lineup that may even have a Norris Trophy prospect throughout the 2024-25 season sitting as a healthy scratch for competition video games.
The only huge enigma here 2ill remain in objective where Canada does not appear to have a clear No. 1 beginning alternative. The bright side is the remainder of the lineup is so great it may not even matter.
With all that stated, let’s look at the upgraded possible lineup for Team Canada. It is an exceptional possible group.
First-Line Forwards
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Steven Stamkos – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman
McDavid is the most dominant offending gamer in hockey and currently among the all-time finest. His positioning as the No. 1 center is a slam dunk Stamkos is likewise a respectable choice here as a top-line winger as he is still an elite scorer and the second-best goal-scorer of this age. Even at age 33, he stays a 40-goal, 80-point scorer. He still has a number of excellent years left in him.
The name that may stand apart here is Hyman. He is likewise a worthwhile choice.
It’s not just since he is a 50-goal scorer throughout the 2023-24 season, however due to the fact that he currently has actually shown chemistry on McDavid’s wing. He has actually currently scored 89 objectives (and counting) in the previous 2 seasons.
Second-Line Forwards
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Brad Marchand – Nathan MacKinnon – Mitch Marner
How deep is Canada’s center position when Nathan MacKinnon is the second-line alternative? He would be the top-line center on basically any other global lineup. Over the previous 2 seasons, he has 93 objectives and 248 overall points and is most likely 1A and 1B with McDavid amongst the league’s finest gamers.
He is likewise surrounded on this line by 2 of the most total wingers in hockey.