The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun has revealed the six goaltenders that are expected to compete for Canada’s goaltending spots at the 2022 Beijing Olympics: Carey Price, Marc-Andre Fleury, Darcy Kuemper, Jordan Binnington, Carter Hart and MacKenzie Blackwood will all be contending for three roster spots.
As mentioned on Insider Trading, sources say goalies on Canada’s Olympic long list submitted last week are Price, Fleury, Kuemper, Binnington, Hart and Blackwood.
Final 25-man Olympic rosters to be announced sometime in January. https://t.co/HnhFqHMd0u— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) October 21, 2021LeBrun goes on to say that the front-runners look like Fleury, Kuemper and Binnington, as nobody is sure how long it will take Carey Price to return from the Player’s Assistance Program, and the Canadian management does not plan to pry or try and rush him during this personal matter.