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Toronto Maple Leafs: Projecting a 2020 World Cup Team Canada Roster

By Jordan Maresky

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 05: #4 Tyson Barrie (CAN) celebrates his goal with teammates during the Ice Hockey World Championship between Czech Republic and Canada at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France, on May 05, 2017. (Photo by Robert Hradil/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 05: #4 Tyson Barrie (CAN) celebrates his goal with teammates during the Ice Hockey World Championship between Czech Republic and Canada at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France, on May 05, 2017. (Photo by Robert Hradil/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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ST LOUIS, MISSOURI – JANUARY 24: Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to the media prior to the 2020 NHL All-Star Skills Competition at Enterprise Center on January 24, 2020 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
ST LOUIS, MISSOURI – JANUARY 24: Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to the media prior to the 2020 NHL All-Star Skills Competition at Enterprise Center on January 24, 2020 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Will there be any Toronto Maple Leafs on the next Team Canada?

In 2016, hockey fans were treated to one of the most amazing hockey events ever, featuring then Islander but current member of the Toronto Maple Leafs John Tavares.

The 2016 World Cup of Hockey was a fantastic spectacle the NHL put on. Fans were delighted to a best-on-best tournament, featuring the superstars of today’s game.

While that wonderful memory was almost four years ago, and with no Olympic games in the near future for the NHL to participate in, fans are begging Gary Bettman to reward us with another best-on-best extravaganza.

So, while hockey fans across the world sit and hope Bettman comes through, let’s have a little fun and examine who would make Team Canada’s World Cup of Hockey roster if it happened in 2020.

Honourable Mentions

With a wealth of elite players that could potentially suit up for the Red and White, Team Canada is going to be forced to make some hard cuts. The word ‘exceptional’ does not begin to describe some of the players that were forced to be cut and it pains Team Canada executives to let such talented players walk.

Unfortunately, for the players listed below, there are just too many gifted Canadian players and have regrettably been informed they have not made the final roster.

Matt Barzal

Travis Konecny

David Perron

Jonathan Toews

Mike Hoffman

Jaden Schwartz

Brayden Schenn

Tyler Seguin

Brayden Point

Claude Giroux

Brent Burns

Kris Letang

Shea Theodore

Aaron Ekblad

Thomas Chabot

Mark Giordano

Braden Holtby

Corey Crawford

Matt Murray

Marc-Andre Fleury

Without further ado, the Final Roster.

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