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The puck drops for the 2015 World Junior Hockey Championship on Boxing Day and while its still 112 days away, Canadas challenge remains the same – figuring out which players may or not be available to Team Canada because of potential spots available on NHL rosters. Cheap NCAA Jerseys China .  The challenge was certainly there during the gold medal years, but the spoils of victory demonstrated the enormous depth of talent Team Canada could draw upon. Now going five years without a gold medal – not to mention two consecutive years without any medal at all, five countries winning gold in the past six years and this years tournament on home ice – Hockey Canadas challenge isnt any easier. And the expectations remain as high as ever.  Starting today and at the start of each month going into the 2015 tournament, TSN will examine candidates for Team Canada leading up to the selection camp in December. A roster of 13 forwards, seven defencemen and two goaltenders will be tabled, along with other potential players who could challenge. And this list will certainly change as the season unfolds. The September edition allows us to look at all candidates prior to NHL training camp. For the initial roster, Jonathan Drouin is not listed because the belief that hell be in the NHL on Oct. 8 is very strong.   Who are the other players Canada may be missing? As always, the players are ones that can have a significant impact on the team. Its one thing to understand who may be unavailable, but the challenge is actually identifying the players who can fill the void.  First-overall NHL draft pick Aaron Ekblad will almost certainly be unavailable. Think back to the 2014 Mens Olympic Team when head coach Mike Babcock wanted balance between the left and right shots on the blue line. With the absence of Ekblad, that leaves one right shot defenceman – Madison Bowey – on the roster. Chris Bigras was on the World Junior Team last winter, but with the quality of players on the left side he may have to demonstrate a strong ability to play the right side.  Jeremy Roy is a draft eligible player for next June – and is a very good player at that. His maturity is excellent and he may be able to challenge for a spot. Given that hes a right-handed shot, it could give this years team the balance theyre looking for. At forward, the potential for missing players is always at the top end of the lineup in terms of skill and impact. Possible returnees Sam Reinhart and Curtis Lazar lead the group and Max Domi was close to starting with the Phoenix Coyotes last season.  Replacing Sam and Curtis is a significant challenge, because their impact has a wide-ranging effect. They can play all situations in the game, are versatile and can move throughout the lineup. Theyre also game changers and either one of them could be team captain.  Meanwhile, Jake Virtanen is coming off shoulder surgery and his health may be a key factor in stepping into the void. He fits the bill of being a top-end talent with the skill to impact a game. The tricky part of the evaluation is identifying those players who can play outside their natural positions and contribute. Centre Robbi Fabbri had a fantastic playoff for the Guelph Storm and would be a leading candidate to step into a vacancy because hes shown a capability to play to his strengths – down the middle or on the wing. On the left side, Anthony Duclair is a tremendously talented player and when looking to replace a guy like Max Domi, it appears to be seamless with respect to his skill.  Keep in mind that Sam Bennett and Connor McDavid have played alongside one another with great success, so this may be a natural fit. Brendan Lemieux brings a different element, but his ability to rise to the occasion in important games could see him fit in a different way – perhaps coming in from the bottom part of the roster as others push up.  Canadas depth is strong, but replacing key performers is never easy. The expectations arent lower, but the task for the Team Canadas personnel is to form a team that meets those expectations – regardless of whos available or not. Wholesale College Jerseys . Woods said Friday that his charity event, which attracts a world-class field even without being part of any tour, will move in December 2014 to Isleworth, the course where he honed his professional game from 1996 until moving away to south Florida two years ago. Cheap NCAA Jerseys . PAUL, Minn.After 10 years and 15 fights in the UFC, Montreal welterweight Patrick The Predator Cote says he fights for fun these days. And why not. The 34-year-old Cote has pretty much seen it all. In his UFC debut in 2004, he was moved from the undercard to the main event at the last minute — not to mention elevated a weight class — when former light-heavyweight champion Tito Otiz needed an opponent at UFC 50 (Cote lost but acquitted himself well). He made the final of Season 4 of The Ultimate Fighter, fought Anderson Silva for the middleweight title, endured both losing and winning streaks, suffered through knee surgeries, was cut by UFC and fought in three weight classes. So heading into his third fight at 170 pounds, its perhaps no surprise that Cote feels no pressure in meeting Stephen Wonderboy Thompson at UFC 178 in Las Vegas on Saturday. I feel so good right now because I have what was missing in my team before, Cote said in an interview. I have a good nutritionist, I have a sports psychologist, I feel like I have no weakness around me any more. I feel like my team is complete now and I have no worries about anything. And the thing is Im 34 years old, I have the experience now, Im more mature. Im going one fight at a time. I have built my after-career already, so Im fighting because I still enjoy it and not because I need it. Its 10 times easier, Im not nervous. Im going there to have fun but I put a lot of energy and sacrifice in my training camp to be very very ready for this fight. Cote (21-8 including 7-8 in the UFC) already has a second career in TV, serving as a sport analyst at TVA Sports and French-language colour commentator for the UFC. Cote will yield his UFC commentary position to a fill-in this weekend. Hes pretty good but Im better, Cote said with a laugh. The former middleweight last fought in April, earning a decision over Kyle Noke. Uninjured, he wanted to get back into the cage as soon as possible. But at the same time I wanted a good fight and a good name and nobody was available, he said. He also wanted to return to Las Vegas having fought the last three times in Quebec. Since defeating Ricardo Almeida at UFC 86 in July 2008, Cote has fought seven times in the UFC but only once in Vegas (a loss to Cung Le at UFC 148 in July 2012) They gave me this opportunnity. College Jerseys. Its against a good guy and I think with a win, Ill be very close to cracking the top 15, Cote said. Cote doesnt mind being on the preliminary card. He says it allows him to watch the rest of the fighters. My paycheque doesnt change if Im on the main card or the prelims, he said. His place on the card does affect sponsorship interest, he conceded. But right now, to be honest with you, the sponsorship market is not very good. Cote and Thompson (9-1) trained briefly together in Montreal in 2008. We know each other pretty well, Cote said of the 31-year-old South Carolina native, a former undefeated kickboxer. We respect each other but at the end of the day theres going to be only one winner and I truly believe thats going to be me. For a lot of reasons. Stephen Thompson is very crafty on his feet, he has flashy moves and hes very accurate. But hes like that when you let him take the pace of the fight. If I try to make a technical fight with him, hes going to make me look bad. Hes not going to hurt me. I have more power than him. I have better wrestling, I have better jiu-jitsu but I have to be careful about his flashy moves and his footwork. I have to cut all the angles of the cage, not run after him and put a lot of pressure and bully him. I have to make it like a brawl. If Cote needs a reminder, he just has to think of the Le fight. Cote believes he lost to the flashy former world kickboxing champion because he ran after him as the bout progressed. Cote has expanded his training regimen in recent years. After dropping to 170 pounds to beat Bobby Voelker at UFC 158, he went back to school to learn more about nutrition. I thought I knew something nutrition but I didnt know anything. Seriously. For this fight, he spent two weeks in Thailand — his second training stint there. He also added swimming and sprinting to his routine. His body looks the better for it. It looks like my body reacted differently this time, he said. Weve been working with my nutritionist on a new meal plan, new things around my training … Its a good result at the end. A tweet Tuesday from his last training session showed Cote showing off a six-pack. I fought most of my career at 185 (pounds) so we werent sure if I had one, joked Cote. Its good, its really there. ‚ ‚ ‚