A Canadian 25-And-Under World Hockey Championship Roster Could Be A Wagon

In 2025, Canada sent a veteran team to the World Championship with future Hall of Famers Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon and Marc-Andre Fleury, along with a bunch of other older NHL stars on it.

That team breezed through the preliminaries until it hit juggernaut Denmark in the quarterfinal and finished fifth.

So there's no guarantee at this event.

Team USA, meanwhile, sent a roster loaded with young guys and won it all.

Based on what transpires in the first round of the Stanley and Calder Cup playoffs, here's what Canada's 25-and-under roster could look like when the tournament begins May 15:

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This story was originally published April 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM.