Team Canada Hlinka-Gretzky Roster Predictions

[mrshootthepuck]

F:
Celebrini
Catton
Lindstrom
Basha
Masse
Sennecke
Howe
Ritchie
Iginla
Caswell
Lacerte
Greentree
Thibodeau
Boisvert


D:
Mews
Dickinson
Yakemchuk
Elick
Virgilio
Cristoforo
Lavoie

G:
Leenders
Cowan


Captain: Celebrini

Alternate: Catton
Alternate: Lindstrom
Alternate: Mews

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[Dirtyf1ghter]

Yakemchuk, Thibodeau and Howe were born in 2005.

You forget all the players born after September 15, 2006 and many of them are better than some guys on your list (D'aigle, Gavin, Spence, Zonnon, McQueen). D'Aigle takes the position of starting goalkeeper for sure.

If the best 2007 are selected, Misa and McKenna will be there for sure.

For me

F

Celebrini
Misa
McKenna
Gavin
Catton
Sennecke
Massé
Lindstrom
Spence
Zonnon
Ritchie
Boisvert
McQueen
Martone

D

Mews
Dickinson
Elick
Howell
Lavoie
Parekh
Virgilio

G

D'Aigle
?

 

[newmanager]

Good list but I'd add forward Porter Martone.

 

[Dirtyf1ghter]

I have forgotten about him. Tij Iginla comes out.

 

[ORRFForever]

Has Iginla agreed to play for Canada internationally?

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

ANOTHER GOLD COMMIN

 

[William H Bonney]

Celebrini won't be playing unless he has a miraculous recovery from off-season shoulder surgery.

 

[Dirtyf1ghter]

Has Iginla agreed to play for Canada internationally?

He played for Canada in the U17 tournament. But I think it will be difficult for him to get a place in the Canada team. I had him in the 14th man before taking him off and I must have missed more physical prospects who will be favored to play in defensive roles.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Owen Phillips should be there.

 

[SOLR]

Fully expecting Mckenna and Misa to be there - particularly because Celebrini will be out.

 

[ORRFForever]

How would posters rate Bedard / Celebrini / Mckenna / Misa ?

Let's assume Bedard is an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10, what would the others rate?

 

[Mathieukferland]

How would posters rate Bedard / Celebrini / Mckenna / Misa ?

Let's assume Bedard is an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10, what would the others rate?

Bedard is generational. Of the other 3, I think Celebrini is franchise level, McKenna and Misa I would consider first line elite

 

[ORRFForever]

Bedard is generational. Of the other 3, I think Celebrini is franchise level, McKenna and Misa I would consider first line elite

What is greater, "franchise" or "first line elite"? I'm going to assume "franchise" - correct me if I am wrong.

 

[LDN]

Bedard

Celebrini
Misa
McKenna

 

[SOLR]

Bedard is generational. Of the other 3, I think Celebrini is franchise level, McKenna and Misa I would consider first line elite

I think that's way too ahead of time to compare them. But McKenna is certainly the closest to Bedard, maybe better at 25. Celebrini might be a better franchise player than both in terms of winning cups as he's more 2 way oriented.

Bedard (2023)
McKenna (2026)

Celebrini (2024)


Misa (2025)
Roobroeck (2026) <== this guy should also be in that conversation.

 

[paul-laus]

I know that this is off topic and probably should be in another thread but does anyone know if TSN will be televising the Hlinka Gretzky Cup this year? They didn’t the last time that the tournament was held in Europe but that may have been a byproduct more of Canada not participating due to COVID…

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

I know that this is off topic and probably should be in another thread but does anyone know if TSN will be televising the Hlinka Gretzky Cup this year? They didn’t the last time that the tournament was held in Europe but that may have been a byproduct more of Canada not participating due to COVID…

I hope so.

I really enjoyed last years tournament. Was first time watching.

 

[macbowes]

This is my guess at the roster, assuming they are bold and bring a couple high-end 2007s. Lines are basically total guesses.

LW	C	RW
McKenna	Misa	Ritchie
Gavin	Catton	Sennecke
Spence	Boisvert	Masse
Lindstrom	Hage	Greentree

LD	RD
Dickinson	Parekh
Cristoforo	Mews
Kearsey	Elick

G
D'Aigle
George

Scratched
Martone, Lavoie, Marrelli, Eskit

Last Cuts: Caswell, Poirier, Hodnett, Villeneuve, McQueen, Woo, Leenders

Tough cuts on this team, not going to lie. I could definitely see good arguments for most of the cuts.

 

[kyle44]

This is my guess at the roster, assuming they are bold and bring a couple high-end 2007s. Lines are basically total guesses.

LW	C	RW
McKenna	Misa	Ritchie
Gavin	Catton	Sennecke
Spence	Boisvert	Masse
Lindstrom	Hage	Greentree

LD	RD
Dickinson	Parekh
Cristoforo	Mews
Kearsey	Elick

G
D'Aigle
George

Scratched
Martone, Lavoie, Marrelli, Eskit

Last Cuts: Caswell, Poirier, Hodnett, Villeneuve, McQueen, Woo, Leenders

Tough cuts on this team, not going to lie. I could definitely see good arguments for most of the cuts.

I really can't see Martone being scratched. He was 26th in U-18 scoring this year as an underager, and they didn't even select McKenna, Gavin, Spence, Masse, Ritchie, Sennecke, Greentree or Lindstrom for that team despite them being available. He was also the highest scoring Canadian at the U-17, which Hockey Canada puts a lot of stock in.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Yep, Martone is much more likely to lead the tournament in scoring than being a scratch.

 

[Mathieukferland]

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[Antiillafire]

This team looks on a level lower than the HGC team of last year which was stacked even without Bedard, hopefully making for some more balanced outings in the group. I’ll hopefully get to the games live so should be fun to see Misa

 

[kyle44]

Pretty surprised by Sennecke’s omission, but it’s typical Hockey Canada fashion. Clearly they wanted some role players as per usual.

 

[macbowes]

Looking forward to watching this team play, I think it should be quite a strong team. My guess is there are 10+ future 1st round picks on the roster, and that's more than last years team had.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Pretty surprised by Sennecke’s omission, but it’s typical Hockey Canada fashion. Clearly they wanted some role players as per usual.

Another guy that people will question is Gavin McKenna, they also screwed over the USHL guys from the looks of it.