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.
| Player | Opening Price | Current 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 |


