Just looking at Canada's most in form dmen right now, Gio can be considered. I still don't think he makes it.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.h...rt=points&pg=1
But Yzerman and Co. put emphasis on RHD and LHD.
Weber, Pietrangelo, Subban, Seabrook, Doughty are all righties.
Keith and JBo are are lefties.
Those 7 will likely be the group in Sochi with one of the Righties switching sides. Otherwise I think Gio has made a very strong case for himself imho.
He is a legitimate top pair dman right now, if we can find someone to play with him like an Ekblad we will look good for a while.
Side note, what a ####ty return for one of top dman we got last year. The sad thing is JBo was playing quite well and Feaster still shat the bed.