This thread is talk about potential rosters for the 2019 WJC. Here's mine for Canada:

F:
Comtois
Formenton
Anderson-Dolan
Frost
Suzuki
Glass
Vilardi
Hayton
Tippett
Studnicka
Ratcliffe
Veleno
Bellerive

D:
Smith
Bouchard
Beaudin
Dobson
Joseph
Brook
McIsaac

G:
DiPietro
Rodrigue

USA

Forwards:
Jack Hughes (2019 Eligible)
Oliver Wahlstrom (NYI)
Joel Farabee (PHI)
Ryan Poehling (MTL)
Josh Norris (OTT)
Jay O'Brien (PHI)
Alex Turcotte (2019 Eligible)
Akil Thomas (LAK)
Jack Drury (CAR)
Jake Wise (CHI)
Blake McLaughlin (ANA)
Jason Robertson (DAL)
Alex Chmelevski (SJS)

Defenseman:
Quinton Hughes (VAN)
K'Andre Miller (NYR)
Matthias Samuelsson (BUF)
Dylan Samberg (WPG)
Reilly Walsh (NJD)
Mikey Anderson (LAK)
Cam York (2019 Eligible)

Goalies:
Cayden Primeau (MTL)
Kyle Keyser (BOS)
Keith Petruzzelli (DET)

Someone at the selection committee is catching hands if Scott isn't chosen.

Sadly also Jaret and Gabe are both injured, and considered doubtful to make the tournament.

Wouldn't count out Dellandrea, Bowers or even Alexis Lafreniere

Canada

Forwards:
Maxime Comtois (ANA)
Jaret Anderson-Dolan (LAK)
Cody Glass (VGS)
Owen Tippett (FLA)
Alex Formenton (OTT)
Gabriel Vilardi (LAK)
Morgan Frost (PHI)
Nick Suzuki (MTL)
Jack Studnicka (BOS)
Joseph Veleno (DET)
Barrett Hayton (ARI)
Alex Newhook (2019 Eligible)
Dylan Cozens (2019 Eligible)

Defenseman:
Evan Bouchard (EDM)
Noah Dobson (NYI)
Ty Smith (NJD)
Ryan Merkley (SJS)
Jacob Bernard-Docker (OTT)
Jared McIsaac (DET)
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (ARI)

Goalies:
Michael DiPietro (VAN)
Ian Scott (TOR)
Matt Villalta (LAK)

Sweden

Forwards:
Isac Lundestrom (ANA)
Lucas Elvenes (VGS)
Filip Hallinder (PIT)
Emil Bernstrom (CBS)
Fabian Zetterlund (NJD)
Jacob Olofsson (MTL)
Jonatan Berggren (DET)
Marcus Karlsberg (CBS)
Pontus Holmberg (TOR)
Albin Eriksson (DAL)
Oscar Back (DAL)
Albin Grewe (2019 Eligible)
Simon Holmstrom (2019 Eligible)

Defenseman:
Timothy Liljegren (TOR)
Erik Brannstrom (VGS)
Adam Boqvist (CHI)
Rasmus Sandin (TOR)
Filip Westerlund (ARI)
Adam Ginning (PHI)
Axel Andersson (BOS)

Goalies:
Olle Eriksson Ek (ANA)
Olof Lindbom (NYR)
Jesper Eliasson (DET)

Canada and US switching teams this year

No Brook's? Oof

It wouldn't surprise me if they decided not to take Merkley. His attitude issues plus his indifference to defending probably wouldn't sit well with the old boys of Hockey Canada. I'm not sure if he's improved at all since last season, but those were some of his major red flags at the draft.

Teasdale is going to receive an invite for sure!

Unfortunately not.

A few guys didn't get a call into camp: Newhook, Cozens, and Merkley. I'd replace them with Dellandrea, Lafreniere, and Beaudin.

Finland

Forwards:
Eeli Tolvanen (NSH)
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (MTL)
Kristian Vesalainen (WPG)
Rasmus Kupari (LAK)
Kaapo Kakko (2019 eligible)
Aleksi Heponiemi (FLA)
Niklas Nordgren (CHI)
Jesse Ylonen (MTL)
Sampo Ranta (COL)
Anton Lundell (2020 eligible)
Linus Nyman (undrafted)
Santeri Virtanen (WPG)
Aarne Talvitie (NJD)

Defensemen:
Mikko Kokkonen (2019 eligible)
Anttoni Honka (2019 eligible)
Ville Heinola (2019 eligible)
Lassi Thomson (2019 eligible)
Oskari Laaksonen (BUF)
Toni Utunen (VAN)
Otto Latvala (undrafted)

Goalies:
Ukka-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF)
Lassi Lehtinen (undrafted)

Imagine if NHL players were almost always loaned for the WJC.

Canada adds Rasmussen, Sweden adds Dahlin and Pettersson, Russia adds Svechnikov, Finland adds Kotkaniemi and Heiskanen, and the US adds Tkachuk and Mittelstadt. The only good thing to come from a lockout is the absolutely amazing World Junior Championship

Russia

Forwards:
Klim Kostin (STL)
Vitali Kravtsov (NYR)
Grigori Denisenko (FLA)
Ruslan Iskhakov (NYI)
Kirill Marchenko (CBS)
Ivan D. Morozov (VGS)
Kirill Maksimov (EDM)
Alexey Lipanov (TBL)
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (TOR)
Ivan Chekhovich (SJS)
Vladislav Kotkov (SJS)
Vasili Podkolzin (2019 Eligible)
Yaroslav Likhachyov (2019 Eligible)
Matvei Guskov (2019 Eligible)

Defenseman:
Alexander Alexeyev (WSH)
Alexander Romanov (MTL)
Dmitri Samorukov (EDM)
Yegor Zamula (PHI)
Dmitri Semykin (TBL)
Danila Zhuravlyov (COL)

Goalies:
Daniil Tarasov (CBS)
Maxim Zhukov (VGS)
Ivan Prosvetov (ARI)

There's a strong case to be made that NHL teams should be required to release players for the WJC. Not sure the NHL would like this, but the IIHF would love it, and it would put a lot more attention on the tournament. Unfortunately I don't see it happening any time soon.

What's the case? I don't see it.

Better for the IIHF and makes for a more entertaining tournament

Why would the NHL care about that? Or what body is going to force them to release their employees for the tournament?

They wouldn't. The case to be made is in favour of the IIHF and the fans, which I mentioned in my first post.

You said there was a strong case that teams be required to release players. How? Who would force the NHL to let their employees participate on the tournament?

You really don't like Brook, Eh?

Pettersson and Mittelstadt are too old

Brannstrom plays for the Ottawa Senators.

Since when?