Joe Thornton, Claude Giroux, Matt Duchene, Brad Marchand, Brent Burns, Alex Pietrangelo, and Jake Muzzin have been added to Team Canada’s World Cup roster.
Those seven will join the following 16:
Goalies: Corey Crawford, Carey Price, Braden Holtby
Defense: Drew Doughty, Duncan Keith, Shea Weber, Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Forwards: Jamie Benn, Patrice Bergeron, Jeff Carter, Sidney Crosby, Ryan Getzlaf, Tyler Seguin, Steve Stamkos, John Tavares, Jonathan Toews
GM Doug Armstrong admitted that it was tough to leave off right-shot d-men like P.K. Subban and Kris Letang, but Pietrangelo was on the 2014 Olympic squad and Burns’ performance this season in San Jose has been tough to overlook. Muzzin, meanwhile, is a left shot who could potentially pair with Doughty, his teammate in Los Angeles.
Up front, Thornton and Giroux made it after being left off the Sochi team. Marchand wasn’t a strong consideration in 2014, but the 37 goals he scored this season for the Bruins put him squarely on Hockey Canada’s radar.
Corey Perry was perhaps the most notable omission among the forwards.
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