CALGARY, Alberta (AP)—Sidney Crosby, mitt soured the aggroup as an 18-year-old in 2006, was among 46 players solicited weekday to the Canada athletics hockey orientation tent incoming month.
Also chosen were the NHL’s threesome Staal brothers, five goalies and Colorado forward Joe Sakic, who turns 40 incoming hebdomad and would be the team’s oldest player if selected.
Executive administrator Steve Yzerman said the 23-man aggroup won’t needs be chosen from those attending, though every the 2002 and 2006 Olympians came from the camp.
Among those not designated for the Aug. 24-27 tent in metropolis were forwards Steven Stamkos, Marc Savard and Jason Spezza, goalies Chris Osgood, Carey Price and Marty Turco, and defenseman Brian Campbell.
“We spent a aggregation of time, had a aggregation of discussion,” Yzerman said. “What we’ve proven to do is physique a itemize and counterbalance every of the aspects that this team will be prefabricated up of.”
The 19-year-old Stamkos had 23 goals and 46 points as a rookie for metropolis Bay last season, then had heptad goals and quaternary assists in figure games during the world championships.
“Stamkos was a man we debated downbound to the terminal minute,” Yzerman said during a word call. “He’ll be a contestant I’ll check this fall.”
The 2006 aggroup that did not ribbon in city was imperturbable mostly of players who returned from the metallic medal-winning aggroup in Salt Lake City quaternary years before. histrion Gretzky, the chief administrator of both teams, was criticized for leaning likewise hard on senior players in Italia and not including junior stars such as Crosby, digit of the NHL’s directive scorers as a rookie that season, and defenseman Dion Phaneuf of Calgary.
There module be numerous junior players in Calgary, including Crosby, Chicago forward Jonathan Toews, metropolis netminder Steve Mason, Beantown nervy city Lucic, and Pittsburgh’s river Staal. Nineteen players are 25 or younger.
“We acquire up wanting to get the (Stanley) Cup, but this is something more than hockey. It’s a social thing,” said Crosby, who was in Halifax, Nova Scotia when he got the news. “These (Olympians) are grouping that hit trained their full lives to contend in digit season games. The full land comes together same nobody has seen before. I’ve seen it in Italy, but I can’t imagine what it would be same in Canada.”
Among those solicited are quaternary players apiece from the metropolis Ducks, Calgary Flames and metropolis Flyers. The discoverer Cup endorse metropolis Penguins are represented by Crosby, river Staal and netminder Marc-Andre Fleury.
Staal’s brothers, nervy Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes and defenseman Marc Staal of the New royalty Rangers, also are going.
The players solicited are:
Goalies: histrion Brodeur, New Jersey; Roberto Luongo, Vancouver; river Ward, Carolina; Fleury and Mason.
Defensemen: Francois Beauchemin, Anaheim; diplomatist Bouwmeester, Calgary; Dan Boyle, San Jose; Brent Burns, Minnesota; histrion Doughty, Los Angeles; Mike Green, Washington; Dan Hamhuis, Nashville; dancer Keith, Chicago; histrion Niedermayer, Anaheim; Chris Pronger, Philadelphia; Robyn Regehr, Calgary; Stephane Robidas, Dallas; Brent Seabrook, Chicago; Shea Weber, Nashville, Phaneuf and Marc Staal.
Forwards: Jeff Carter, Philadelphia; Dan Cleary, Detroit; Shane Doan, Phoenix; saint Gagne, Philadelphia; Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim; Dany Heatley, Ottawa; Jarome Iginla, Calgary; Vinny Lecavalier, metropolis Bay; Apostle Marleau, San Jose; Andy McDonald, St. Louis; Brenden Morrow, Dallas; Rick Nash, Columbus; Corey Perry, Anaheim; Mike Richards, Philadelphia; Derek Roy, Buffalo; Apostle Sharp, Chicago; Ryan Smyth, Colorado; histrion St. Louis, metropolis Bay; Joe Thornton, San Jose; Crosby, Lucic, Sakic, Eric and river Staal and Toews.
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