The Vancouver Canucks learned Tuesday that they would be sending a grand total of seven players to Sochi's Olympic hockey tournament. As expected, Roberto Luongo will be tending the crease, much like he did for the 2010 club, and Dan Hamhuis manage to infiltrate the bubble on which he'd been situated since the summer, earning an invitation thanks to his strong play to end 2014 and his left-handedness.
Team Sweden selected Henrik and Daniel Sedin, the former of whom will be wearing an "A" for his country, perhaps in a bid to help their coach tell the two apart from the front, and Alex Edler. Last week, Ryan Kesler was invited to Team USA. And Yannick Weber has been invited to join the Swiss defence, which has as many holes as the nation's cheese.
If you want to get technical, Canuck prospect Ronalds Kenins, who may or may not be two people, both of whom are named either Ronalds Kenin or Ronald Kenins, is also going to Sochi. He'll be repping Team Latvia.
So we'll say eight Canucks are on their way to Russia for the biggest international hockey tournament since the birth of Blue Ivy Carter. But enough about them. What are the rest of the Canucks supposed to do while they're away?
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