{"id":462723,"date":"2025-02-20T20:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T01:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=462723"},"modified":"2025-02-20T20:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T01:04:53","slug":"team-canada-lineup-change-ahead-2025-4-nations-face-off-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/20\/team-canada-lineup-change-ahead-2025-4-nations-face-off-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Canada Lineup Change Ahead of 2025 4 Nations Face-Off Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Well everyone is ready for the game this evening from TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/20\/4-nations-faceoff-predictions-usa-vs-canada-final\/\" target=\"_self\">2025 4 Nations Face-Off championship final<\/a>, Team Canada, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/19\/quinn-hughes-out-of-4-nations-usa-brings-in-2-potential-replacements\/\" target=\"_self\">Team USA<\/a>. Everyone that is except <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/morrijo04.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Morrissey<\/a> for Canada, as during the pre-game warmups, it was announced he is out for tonight&#8217;s game with an illness. Luckily, as a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/makarca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cale Makar<\/a>\u2019s inability to go on the previous USA-Canada match, the replacement is already on deck. The Dallas Stars youngster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/harleth01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Harley<\/a> will draw into the lineup to fill in for Morrissey.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lineup changes:<\/p>\n<p>Canada \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<br \/>Josh Morrissey &#8211; OUT (illness)<br \/>Thomas Harley &#8211; IN<\/p>\n<p>United States \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<br \/>Kyle Connor &#8211; OUT (coach\u2019s decision)<br \/>Chris Kreider &#8211; IN<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1892736729343226305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Defence Josh Morrissey Out for Canada Tonight in Championship Final<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Josh Morrissey has been skating hard all tournament. He has been playing a dynamic tournament, whoever his partner had been, whether it was Cale Makar or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/parayco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colton Parayko<\/a> on his right side. Furthermore, Morrissey has zero points and two penalty minutes in three tournament games thus far. However, his pace of play and what he shows for the Winnipeg Jets all season will be sorely miss.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What Does this Mean for Canada&#8217;s Blueline?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It appears from warmups that the lines will be shuffled around a bit. It seems that Harley will play with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/doughdr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Doughty<\/a>, like they had in the previous tournament game. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sanhetr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travis Sanheim<\/a> will replace Morrissey specifically and slot in with Parayko. In any case, it will mean the D-man will need to be at their sharpest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Harley is having a huge season for himself personally with the Stars. The 23 year old, who was born in Syracuse, NY interestingly enough, has 29 points through 53 games. Moreover, he has been playing big minutes for Dallas as 22:39 a night and carries a very respectable point share standing of 10.6.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"M3eH7JE1qU\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/20\/ranking-top-hockey-countries-nhl-goaltending-depth\/\" target=\"_self\">Ranking the Top Hockey Countries by their NHL Goaltending Depth<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Ranking the Top Hockey Countries by their NHL Goaltending Depth&#8221; &#8212; Last Word On Hockey\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/20\/ranking-top-hockey-countries-nhl-goaltending-depth\/embed\/#?secret=jMMfu56GT4#?secret=M3eH7JE1qU\" data-secret=\"M3eH7JE1qU\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A quick note for the Americans, and Chris Kreider draws into the lineup tonight. It appears it was a coach&#8217;s decision, and we will see Kyle Connor draw out of the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>So, with a few pre-game jitters, hopefully all that noise settles down, and we can all buckle up for a ride of a lifetime. Canada-USA, championship final, best-on-best, let&#8217;s go!<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well everyone is ready for the game this evening from TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off championship final, Team Canada, Team USA. Everyone that is except Josh Morrissey for Canada, as during the pre-game warmups, it was announced he is out for tonight&#8217;s game with an illness. 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