As of Wednesday afternoon, the International Ice Hockey Federation’s web site listed seven members of the Avalanche organization on tentative national team rosters for the World Championships, which begin Friday in Russia and run through May 22. The most notable are center Matt Duchene and goalie Calvin Pickard of Canada.
The catch there is that official rosters — with a minimum of 15 skaters and two goalies and a maximum of 22 skaters and three goalies — are due to be submitted Thurday night, so things can change. Additions are allowed through the tournament.
Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov at this point isn’t listed on Russia’s roster, though he was expected to be and even gave an interesting interview to Pavel Lynsekov last week that is now posted on the IIHF web site.