- NHL.com rolled out its first projected Team Canada roster for the 2027 All-Star Game at UBS Arena
- Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini crack the nine-skater group alongside Crosby, MacKinnon and McDavid
- Read below for the full projected Canada lineup and the ninth spot still up for debate
Canada’s projected All-Star roster looks like a wish list.
NHL.com released its first crack at Team Canada’s group for the 2027 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Saturday, and Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini both made the cut. The two young stars land alongside Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid, giving Canada a forward group that would be tough to beat.
The game runs Feb. 5-6 at UBS Arena on Long Island, and the format looks nothing like the old one. Five teams play a 3-on-3 round-robin tournament: Canada, Finland, Sweden, the United States and a “World” squad made up of everyone else. Each roster carries 11 players, nine skaters and two goalies.
The league unveiled the event’s logo earlier this month:
Here is how editor-in-chief Bill Price and writers Derek Van Diest and Mike Zeisberger mapped out Canada’s roster:
- Forwards: Connor Bedard, Macklin Celebrini, Sidney Crosby, Brandon Hagel, Nathan MacKinnon, Mitch Marner, Connor McDavid
- Defensemen: Cale Makar, Matthew Schaefer
- Goalies: Jordan Binnington, Logan Thompson
The three writers agreed on eight of the nine skaters. The final forward spot went to Hagel, who edged Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele and Maple Leafs rookie Gavin McKenna in a tiebreaker. That one could flip if McKenna, the No. 1 pick in the 2026 draft, lives up to the hype as a rookie.
In net, Jordan Binnington got the nod after a strong Olympics and 4 Nations Face-Off run for Canada. Logan Thompson takes the second spot, though Colorado’s Scott Wedgewood or Mackenzie Blackwood could push their way in during the season.
Fans get a say too. The NHL and NHLPA will put 30 players from each country up for a vote in December, and fans pick eight of the 11 spots. The league and players’ association then fill the last three, one forward, one defenseman and one goalie.
Canada is the last of the four national teams NHL.com has projected. The United States, Sweden and Finland rosters already dropped, and none of them stack up to this Canadian lineup on paper.
