On Friday afternoon, Connor Bedard was one of 42 NHL players invited to Hockey Canada’s National Teams Orientation Camp, which will help determine the roster for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The camp, which will take place between Aug. 26-28 in Calgary, will include 26 forwards, 13 defensemen and three goaltenders selected by a management group led by St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong.
This is going to be an incredibly competitive roster to try to make for Bedard. All 24 skaters who were on Canada’s roster for the 4 Nation’s Face-Off will be there. Bedard will be one of 13 players who have a gold medal from the World Junior Championship tournament. And, though Bedard played for Canada at the Men’s World Championship last year, he declined an invitation this year to focus on training for the upcoming NHL season.
This is also going to be a camp full of older players. Of the 26 forwards on the camp roster, only five were born after the year 2000. Bedard will be the second-youngest player in camp; Macklin Celebrini is the youngest. Noah Dobson and Thomas Harley are the only defensemen or goaltenders born after the turn of the century, meaning seven of the 42 players are 25 or younger.
Shoutout to Sidney Crosby, Drew Doughty and Brad Marchand for getting invites with birthdays in the 1980s.
Predictably, Bedard is the only Blackhawks skater invited to Canada’s camp this year.
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