Building Team USA and Canada Olympic rosters

With the Winter Olympics less than 100 days away, Hailey and Sean, along with Shayna Goldman take a look at pressing Olympic roster questions for Canada and the United States before the start of the Milano-Cortina Games. They discuss Shayna's piece about where NHL teams get their best players and Hailey and Sean stick tap Jonathan Toews return to Chicago on Thursday night, and Brad Marchand who took a temporary leave of absence from the Panthers to head home to Halifax to coach the March & Mill Co. Hunters at the Nova Scotia U-18 level for his friend JP MacCallum, whose daughter Selah died after a battle with cancer.

#nhl #olympics #teamusa

0:00 Intro
4:00 - The top 5 teams in the NHL right now
5:35 - The Penguins' start to the season
9:33 - The Utah Mammoth are red hot
15:50 - Where NHL teams find their players
23:55 - Olympic Roster Projections
24:17 - Dylan Larkin needs to play a big role for USA
27:05 - Nick Suzuki should make Team Canada
28:37 - Cole Caufield and Tage Thompson must be on USA roster ahead of Patrick Kane
30:41 - Tom Wilson has to be on Team Canada roster
34:51 - Sam Bennett struggles so far, see him as a cut for Canada
36:14 - Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini - is there room for both of them on Canada?
48:34 - Jonathan Toews returns to Chicago as a Winnipeg Jet on Thursday night
51:25 - Brad Marchand temporary leave from Panthers to help coach his friends U18 Women’s team in Halifax

For more Athletic Hockey Show content:
Join The Athletic Hockey Show Discord Server:   / discord  
Follow The Athletic Hockey Show wherever you listen to podcasts: https://podfollow.com/the-athletic-ho...

Follow the hosts of The Athletic Hockey Show:
Follow our hosts on Bluesky:
Max Bultman: https://bsky.app/profile/mbultman.bsk...
Mark Lazerus: https://bsky.app/profile/marklazerus....
Jesse Granger: https://bsky.app/profile/jessegranger...
Sean Gentille: https://bsky.app/profile/seangentille...
Sean McIndoe: https://bsky.app/profile/downgoesbrow...
Hailey Salvian: https://bsky.app/profile/haileysalvia...
Scott Wheeler: https://bsky.app/profile/scottcwheele...
Chris Peters: https://bsky.app/profile/chrismpeters...

Follow our hosts on X:
Max Bultman: https://x.com/m_bultman
Mark Lazerus: https://x.com/MarkLazerus
Jesse Granger: https://x.com/JesseGranger_
Sean Gentille: https://x.com/seangentille
Sean McIndoe: https://x.com/DownGoesBrown
Frank Corrado: https://x.com/frankcorrado22
Hailey Salvian: https://x.com/hailey_salvian
Corey Pronman: https://x.com/coreypronman
Chris Peters: https://x.com/chrismpeters

Subscribe to The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/hockeyshow

Thumbnail: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images