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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Worse than that...
Celebrini isn't available, and Levshunov and Demidov are Belarussian and Russian.
So it's actually 4 of the top 6 available Canadians from that draft.
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At this point you guys are just being dramatic. Should they have invited 4th overall Cayden Lindstrom who hasn't played a game this season and had surgery last month? Sam Dickenson is there for 2024, and despite being selected after Parekh and despite how much we hype him up Dickenson could very well be a better prospect.
By and large is this a 19 year old tourament; Sennecke, Iginla, Parekh, a healthy Lindstrom will be there next year on the team or close.
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Originally Posted by icarus
The other thing I am struggling to understand is, what is the purpose of the National Junior Team Summer Showcase roster?
You considered the players good enough to be selected then, so what has happened in the interim that they wouldn't presumptively be included in the December invitation list?
If a guy's hurt, or bombing the season so far, or new guys have played lights out and can't be ignored then sure, make some substitutions.
But that doesn't seem to be the case here. And seems to render the summer showcase pointless and a big waste of time.
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Why in gods name would you struggle with any of that? It's an evaluation/development camp. It's a bigger roster and designed to evaluate talent in a group and team setting.