[MissTeeks]

Damian Cox (I know, I know) had Brodie in his final six defensemen:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/world...sions-defence/

Given what he’s done in the post-season, Sharks rearguard Brent Burns looks like a shoo-in for the team, which would give coach Mike Babcock three right-handed shooting defencemen to go with the left-handed shooting Keith and Vlasic.

Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang also looks like he's played himself onto the roster with a strong end to the regular season and an impressive playoff run. After that, the picture remains very competitive and very crowded with many candidates, including Montreal’s P.K. Subban and St. Louis backliner Alex Pietrangelo, along with the left-handed shooting Mark Giordano, T.J. Brodie and Jake Muzzin. Chris Tanev and Ryan Ellis, meanwhile, both played well for Canada at the world championship, but there are probably just too many quality D-men ahead of them.

At the end of the day, the three defencemen added are likely to be Burns, Letang and the swift-skating and underrated Brodie. But this is really too close to call.