Parenteau will make his first appearance for Canada, while Frattin was named to the Karjala Cup roster last month, but wasn't able to participate. Talbot wasn't selected to play in the previous tournament.
All three players are now in the KHL. Parenteau has been playing for Automobilist Yekaterinburg, Talbot is in his second season with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, and Frattin has been plying his trade with Barys Astana.
Mason Raymond was omitted from the Channel One Cup roster despite playing in the Karjala Cup, but general manager Sean Burke implied no official cuts have been made yet.
"Our goal remains to put together the best possible team to compete in Pyeongchang in February, and these 25 players are part of a larger group that remains under consideration," Burke said in a press release Thursday. "We continue to evaluate every Canadian player that’s eligible to play at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in order to give ourselves the best possible chance for success in Korea."
The Channel One Cup will be Canada's penultimate tune-up opportunity before the Olympics.
The New Jersey Devils showed the rest of the league that they aren't messing around when they acquired Sami Vatanen to shore up their back end Thursday.
And the Anaheim Ducks aren't letting a rash of injuries to key players stop their push for a sixth consecutive postseason berth, as the addition of Adam Henrique should go a long way toward replacing some of the scoring punch they lack with a few of their offensive weapons sidelined.
Here's a breakdown of Thursday's trade from each team's perspective, with corresponding letter grades attached.
Ducks: B+
The fact Anaheim could afford to offload a talented puck-moving D-man in Vatanen has a lot to do with the stellar play of unsung Ducks rearguards Josh Manson and Brandon Montour.
Manson and Montour have been nothing short of sensational on the back end for Randy Carlyle's group, logging heavy minutes and serving key roles on special teams - two things that Vatanen also did, making the 26-year-old Finn expendable.
As for the return, Anaheim's tied for the sixth-fewest goals scored in the league with 66 as the club's forward group has been decimated by injuries. Getting an offensively talented player like Henrique, who can play center and wing, should go a long way toward rectifying the Ducks' scoring issues, as he's racked up 54 goals since the start of the 2015 campaign.
Sprinkle in the offensive talents of a former 50-goal junior player in Joseph Blandisi and a conditional 2018 third-round pick (the Devils get it if the Ducks re-sign Henrique), and from where general manager Bob Murray is sitting, this deal looks just fine.
Devils: A-
The team that gets the best player in any given trade usually wins that trade.
Such is the case with the Devils and Vatanen. The slick-skating blue-liner has the potential to be a top-pairing defenseman and the ability to put up solid offensive numbers.
In 280 regular-season games for Anaheim, Vatanen racked up 33 goals and 93 assists for 126 points while rocking a solid Corsi For rating of 50.6 in just over 20 minutes per night.
Those numbers alone should make hockey fans in New Jersey excited, but what should really fire them up is considering what Vatanen can bring to a defense corps that already includes stud rookie Will Butcher and the criminally underrated Damon Severson.
The Devils have been one of the biggest surprises of the season, and currently find themselves third in the consistently tough Metropolitan Division.
With Vatanen in the fold at an affordable $4.87 million per year until July 2020, the Devils have gone from Metro pretenders to Eastern contenders in a matter of months.
Chalk up another win for general manager Ray Shero in a deal that should benefit both parties.
The New Jersey Devils continue to benefit from winning the 2017 NHL Draft lottery.
After his team finished 27th overall last season, general manager Ray Shero was awarded the first pick at the lottery draw on April 29, leapfrogging Arizona, Vancouver, and Colorado - all teams that finished with fewer points - on the draft board.
As a result, Shero walked to the podium and called center Nico Hischier's name on draft day, and the 18-year-old immediately jumped right onto the Devils' roster this season, recording five goals and 13 assists through his first 24 NHL games.
Still, the team was woefully thin on defense even after landing prized free agent Will Butcher, with a hole left gaping from the entirely understandable decision to trade Adam Larsson for Taylor Hall.
Hischier's arrival, then, opened the door for Shero to deal from a newfound position of strength. He subsequently pulled off a trade with the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, acquiring defenseman Sami Vatanen in exchange for Henrique and forward Joseph Blandisi, along with a conditional third-round draft pick in 2018.
In Vatanen, the Devils receive an offensively capable, defensively responsible 26-year-old who's under contract through 2019-20 at a decent $4.875-million cap hit. He can jump right in and help solidify the blue line for a club that boasts a plus-4 goal differential despite having a top-ten offense.
Henrique, 27, was a holdover from the previous regime - a center who played a big role in the Devils' run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2012 as a rookie. He averaged 0.56 points per game in 455 appearances with New Jersey after being drafted 82nd overall in 2008, and proved to be a driver for a team not previously known for dynamic offense.
Having said that, Henrique - who carries a $4-million cap hit - is set to become an unrestricted free agent in 2019, meaning the Devils gained a measure of term on their end as well. Coupled with Blandisi's $680,000 cap hit, the deal is a wash financially, with no salary retained either way.
That in and of itself is a nice bonus for Shero.
And again, this trade likely doesn't occur if the Devils had selected fourth or even third in the draft. Nolan Patrick - who went second to Philadelphia - may have stepped in and produced like Hischier has, but Miro Heiskanen and Cale Makar - defensemen taken third and fourth, respectively - are more long-term projects and would have kept the Devils in more of a transition period for the time being.
Instead, New Jersey has posted a surprising record of 14-6-4, and sits a point back of Columbus for first in the Metropolitan Division. Playoff contention may have been a hope coming into this season, but few expected the Devils to be this good, this soon.
New Jersey has perhaps been riding a bit of a lucky streak, and the underlying numbers suggest some drop-off should be expected. Vatanen, though, will bring some stability to the back end, and this deal signals Shero is intent on maximizing the present around top talents like Hall and Cory Schneider, while developing a promising young core around them.
And he has the hockey gods to thank for a gift in Hischier that keeps on giving.
Jarome Iginla likely won't play at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
The veteran forward will not be ready to suit up at the Spengler Cup and is considered a long shot to play for Team Canada in Pyeongchang, South Korea, sources told TSN's Darren Dreger.
Iginla went unsigned as an unrestricted free agent this past offseason. He reportedly recently underwent a minor procedure on his hip.
In October, Hockey Canada president Tom Renney said that if the 40-year-old wanted to play at the 2018 Winter Games, he'd need to hit the ice sooner rather than later.
The Spengler Cup begins Dec. 26, while the Olympics take place in February.
Iginla - a two-time Olympic gold-medal winner - split last season between the Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings, scoring 14 goals and adding 13 assists in 80 games.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the Edmonton Oilers, No. 1 netminder Cam Talbot was placed on injured reserve Thursday, the team announced.
Talbot, who's dealing with an upper-body injury, was hurt during Edmonton's game against the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night.
Talbot had an MRI yesterday which revealed some issues with a previous injury from this season. It’s not believed to be too serious at this point but needs some recovery time.
Talbot will miss at least two weeks, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston, though head coach Todd McLellan said it could be even longer before his starting goalie returns. In a corresponding roster move, the Oilers recalled goaltender Nick Ellis from their AHL affiliate in Bakersfield.
Edmonton takes on the high-flying Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night, and as it stands, backup netminder Laurent Brossoit will get the nod for McLellan's club.
Through 22 games, Talbot has registered a 10-10-1 record along with a 3.00 goals-against average and .903 save percentage.
The New York Rangers were dealt some bad news Thursday, as the club announced that center Mika Zibanejad is out with a concussion.
Zibanejad was a late scratch for the Rangers' contest against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. The Rangers called the injury an upper-body ailment at the time.
New York made a move earlier Thursday to shore up its forward depth, acquiring veteran pivot Peter Holland from the Montreal Canadiens.
Through 24 games this season for New York, Zibanejad has been nothing short of sensational, leading the team in goal scoring (11) and points (22).
The forward will not return to the Vancouver Canucks' active roster due to both his current condition and the health risks associated with playing, general manager Jim Benning announced Thursday.
Dorsett underwent cervical disc herniation surgery last December and was cleared to return this season, but recently returned to Vancouver with neck symptoms and back stiffness. Upon further evaluation, doctors recommended he seriously consider not playing again after being diagnosed with a separate cervical disc herniation.
The veteran of 515 NHL games offered the following response:
“What I can say for certain right now is that I left it all out on the ice. I gave my heart and soul to the teams I played for and never backed down from a challenge, including this one." - Dorsett (@Twigy15) pic.twitter.com/10OmlCFotb
Dorsett scored seven goals in 20 games this season, tying his career high set through 79 games back in 2014-15. Drafted in the seventh round by Columbus back in 2006, he racked up 51 goals, 76 assists, and 1,314 penalty minutes since entering the NHL in 2008.
The forward will not return to the Vancouver Canucks' active roster due to both his current condition and the health risks associated with playing, general manager Jim Benning announced Thursday.
Dorsett underwent cervical disc herniation surgery last December and was cleared to return this season, but recently returned to Vancouver with neck symptoms and back stiffness. Upon further evaluation, doctors recommended he seriously consider not playing again after being diagnosed with a separate cervical disc herniation.
The veteran of 515 NHL games offered the following response:
“What I can say for certain right now is that I left it all out on the ice. I gave my heart and soul to the teams I played for and never backed down from a challenge, including this one." - Dorsett (@Twigy15) pic.twitter.com/10OmlCFotb
Dorsett scored seven goals in 20 games this season, tying his career high set through 79 games back in 2014-15. Drafted in the seventh round by Columbus back in 2006, he racked up 51 goals, 76 assists, and 1,314 penalty minutes since entering the NHL in 2008.
