Have you even looked at Canada's potential roster this year? 13 eligible returnees, 5 of which are defensemen and 8 forwards (if you count Burns as a dman)...
Plus, add in Bergeron from the NHL...
So, we have the following forwards as possibilities to make it:
Returnees: Crosby, Carter, Richards, Getzlaf, Stewart, Dawes, Horton (if he's released) and Dixon
New Additions? Bergeron, Fehr, Stone, Bernier, Perry, Bourret, Chipchura, Brule, Fraser, Picard, Boyd, McGrath, McArthur, Bolland, Ladd, Zajac
That's just insane... you could make a kickass team and still have enough left over to make another very competitive team on top of that... Now, I know the US will have a decent roster of forwards this year, but you can't tell me that they'd compete with a lineup like:
Bergeron Crosby Horton
Stewart Richards Dawes
Getzlaf Carter Perry
McGrath Stone Fehr
Just as an example... Damn... That still leaves leftover a couple of lines like:
Picard Brule Bernier
Ladd Bourret Zajac
Dixon Chipchura Bolland
Fraser McArthur Boyd
That's not a dominant lineup, but that's still solid enough to probably be a top 3 or 4 team in the WJC... But that first lineup is insanely good up front...