Canada announced 30 players who will compete for roster spots for the 2026 Olympics and 2025 Rivalry Series, while USA's national festival is underway with 76 college and professional players looking for roster spots on both their Collegiate Select and Senior National teams.

The talent pools in both nations run so deep, however, that it would be quite easy to field a second competitive national team for either nation. It also means an incredible amount of talent was left off national team rosters. With USA bringing 76 players to camp, their most notable snubs are players like Kali Flanagan and Abby Boreen. USA also didn't publicly delineate between members of their collegiate select and national team camps.

Canada, however, has a much larger list with only 30 coming to camp and the remainder being left off or named to their national development team. Here's a look at an All-Canadian national snub team roster. If you brought five players released from Canada's current camp and put them on this roster, it could be the making of a strong second team for Canada.

*Lines are not positional. This list picked the top omissions at forward and defense alone.

Forwards

Looking at Canada's forward group, perhaps the most notable omissions are the trio of Jocelyn Amos, Michela Cava, and Jessie Eldridge. Cava seems like the prototypical player Canada's national program would covet for her speed, two-way game, and clutch scoring. She's won five consecutive titles in three leagues, including back-to-back in the PWHL as one of the league's top scorers. There are only five Canadian players who were invited to the national team camp this summer who outscored Cava. Amos is Canada's most complete forward prospect from the NCAA. She captained Canada's national development team last year at the Women's Euro Hockey Tour, led all Canadians in scoring at the NCAA level with 52 points in 40 games, and won a national title with Ohio State. She's ready to move up. Jessie Eldridge is a pure scorer. Canada wants complete players, and there are some hiccups in Eldridge's overall game, but it's hard to deny her scoring. Eldridge will be the highest scoring PWHL player in the world not at the Olympics. Other players like Anne Cherkowski were close to making Canada's team in the past, and Jamie Lee Rattray has been a depth staple for Canada. It's surprising Canda didn't look to add some energy to their bottom six in young players like Cherkowski, Pais, Buglioni, and Amos. 

Jessie Eldridge - Jocelyn Amos - Michela Cava
Anne Cherkowski - Jenna Buglioni - Jamie Lee Rattray
Sarah Paul -  Emma Pais - Isabel Wunder
Sarah Wozniewicz - Abby Hustler - Claire Murdoch
Brooke McQuigge

Defenders

It's a short list of Canadian defenders who were omitted from the national team camp. The addition of Kati Tabin is incredibly wise and she could be an x-factor for Canada. Nicole Gosling returns to the mix, and Canada will continue to usher in burgeoning star Chloe Primerano. The biggest blueline absence is Ashton Bell, who showed how impactful she can be in the PWHL playoffs. She's represented Canada three times, and owns three gold medals. She's a character winner who makes her team difficult to play against, which makes her a surprising player to leave home. Beyond Bell, Allie Munroe has a similar defensive impact, and Kendall Cooper was the best defender on Canada's national development team last year by a landslide. Giving Cooper the chance to show what she can do with Canada at camp would have made a lot of sense, as she has the potential to flourish in the PWHL and become one of Canada's best blueliners.

Ashton Bell - Kendall Cooper
Jaime Bourbonnais - Allie Munroe
Tova Henderson - Ava Murphy
Megan Carter

Goaltenders

It's gotten to the point with Corinne Schroeder where her omission from Team Canada feels far more political than performance or personality-based. Schroeder has remained consistently one of professional hockey's best goaltenders, and at past Hockey Canada camps, she was miles ahead of netminders Canada kept. Campbell being gone makes sense, as long as the door remains open for a return once her confidence comes back.

Corinne Schroeder
Kristen Campbell
Raygan Kirk