5 Burning Questions for Canada's 2025 World Junior Selection Camp

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5 Burning Questions for Canada's 2025 World Junior Selection Camp

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Can Canada break the curse of recent World Junior disappointments on home ice? The upcoming selection camp presents intriguing questions. While the injury replacements for Brunicke and Cowan offer offensive upside with Parekh and Sennecke, will their defensive game hold up under pressure?

The potential youth movement with McKenna, Martone, and Schaefer is exciting. Is this the year Canada bucks the trend and leans on young talent? Could McKenna even join the elite company of Gretzky, Crosby and McDavid as a 16 year old at the WJC? Or will experience prevail?

Last year’s World Juniors left many questioning Canada’s identity. Has management learned from the mistakes of 2024? Will the returning players be motivated to redeem themselves or will the disappointment linger?

The goaltending battle is wide open. Can Bjarnason, George, or even Ratzlaff steal the show and solidify the number one spot? What kind of performance will it take to win the starting job?

Finally, will any QMJHL players crack the roster? Can Gauthier or Cataford make a strong enough case for a bottom six role? Their familiarity with assistant coach Favreau could be a factor.

Weigh in with your predictions, insights and opinions. Who should make the team, and who will lead Canada to gold?
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