Who will make Canada’s Olympic men’s hockey team in 2026?

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For the first time since 2014, NHL players are back at the Olympics, and Canada projects to have one of the best rosters in the event.

As it stands, Canada is a +135 to win the gold on FanDuel, with Team USA (+190) the only other country priced shorter than 5-1 in the outright market.

Canada has won three of the last four Olympic gold medals featuring NHL players, with Sweden (+550) the only other country to win gold during that stretch.

The Olympic Athletes from Russia claimed gold at the first non-NHL player event in 2018, and Finland followed that up in 2022, winning the country’s first gold medal in men’s hockey.

Looking at the top of Canada’s roster shows why they will likely enter the favourites, led by Connor McDavid, Nathan Mackinnon and Sidney Crosby.

But with six players already confirmed on the team (McDavid, MacKinnon, Crosby, Cale Makar, Sam Reinhart and Brayden Point), FanDuel has a market looking at who will fill out the roster.

Sam Bennett, Brad Marchand and Mitch Marner all lead this market with odds of -20000 to make the team. That number comes with an implied probability of 99.5 per cent.

Barring injury, those three will all make the team.

Following the trio of forwards is a group of four defencemen led by Devon Toews at -4000.

After entering year -320, Montreal Canadiens forward Nick Suzuki is now -700 despite having not played for the country of Canada since the 2019 World Junior Championship.

Here is a look at the rest of the market on FanDuel, which includes 33 names.

PlayerOpening PriceCurrent Price
Sam Bennett-20000-20000
Brad Marchand-20000-20000
Mitch Marner-20000-20000
Devon Toews-4000-4000
Colton Parayko-2500-600
Josh Morrissey-2500-20000
Shea Theodore-700-700
Nick Suzuki-320-700
Brandon Hagel-450-320
Thomas Harley-270-300
Mark Scheifele-250-250
Seth Jarvis-250-250
Macklin Celebrini-210-700
Drew Doughty-160-160
Mark Stone-140-140
Travis Sanheim-115-115
Tom Wilson-105-105
Anthony Cirelli-105-105
Zach Hyman+115+115
Travis Konecny+125+340
Robert Thomas+170+250
Connor Bedard+170-500
Matthew Schaefer+170+170
Evan Bouchard+195+250
MacKenzie Weegar+250+250
Carter Verhaeghe+430+430
Noah Dobson+430+430
Aaron Ekblad+600+600
John Tavares+700+700
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins+750+800
Wyatt Johnston+750+750
Brandon Montour+750+750
Bo Horvat+900+1200
Quinton Byfield+1500+1500

Who Will Make Canada’s Olympic Hockey Team 2026? Settled on the first official roster announced by Hockey Canada. Replacement players after initial roster is announced will be settled as a loss. All bets after official announcement will be void.