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Virtanen the only Canuck invited to Team Canada's WJC Selection Camp


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With the depth at center, and McCann's mono and late start, I understand he wasn't invited.

Subban was a long shot, but they brought in Hicketts at his place since he's an 18 years old, probably brought to camp for experience for next year.

Good to see Virtanen there with a somewhat of a slow (or average) start and his injury. Hopefully he can be paired with Reinhart or McDavid and have instant chemistry.

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With the depth at center, and McCann's mono and late start, I understand he wasn't invited.

Subban was a long shot, but they brought in Hicketts at his place since he's an 18 years old, probably brought to camp for experience for next year.

Good to see Virtanen there with a somewhat of a slow (or average) start and his injury. Hopefully he can be paired with Reinhart or McDavid and have instant chemistry.

who did virt play with at the sss?
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If Canada struggles to score goals on the PP and dmen are not getting point shots through, all hell is going to break loose.

McCann has just had an unlucky season. He didn't deserve to make the team, but at the same time you can't blame him for that.

And like others said, Drouin, Lazar, Duclair, and Ekblad were not named to the selection camp since there is no way any NHL team would loan one of those guys for a training camp. Same goes for Horvat.

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They don't choose the best players anymore. They still beleive they are building a team for a long season or a so called "well rounded Canadian team". This tournament is all about showcasing skill and scoring. I don't think they get that.

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Thought Subban would get an invite, but he didn't have a great SSS so it's not as bad as Corrado in my opinion.

Sucks for McCann, but it was kind of expected. Crouse is a beast on the 4check, and I think he will help the bottom line.

Marner and Strome should have gotten invites, but I doubt they would have been ready to make the squad.

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They don't choose the best players anymore. They still beleive they are building a team for a long season or a so called "well rounded Canadian team". This tournament is all about showcasing skill and scoring. I don't think they get that.

It worked when the Bolland, Matthias, Halischuk, Didominico, Esposito, Della Rovere, Cormier made the team and won gold.

And lost with RNH, Scheifele, Drouin, Mackinnon, Strome, Hamilton, Reilly, Reinhart, on the same team.

These are cycles, there is no magic recipe.

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Sucks for Subban and McCann but I was expecting that

Don't know why Marner and Strome where not invited and Crouse was. I'm guessing Crouse is a more crash & bang player

No Ho-Sang?! Kid was one of the best players in the SSS

This is why there will always be controversy around the selection. Most of us look at a few specific competition and our mind are made about the players. Scouts for Hockey Canada, often follows these guys for at least 2 years (if not 3-4). So it's not only the SSS or summer camp or Memorial Cup. It the whole two year, everyone will have ups and down, and in the end the decision is based on that more than say the SSS.

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