Yea I rememeber a while back when the Canadian team was announced tsn.ca did an article about "What if Canada iced a 2nd team" See article *here*
Here are just some top players that were left off the roster:
Gone from the team are goalie Curtis Joseph, defenceman Al MacInnis, forwards Paul Kariya, Theo Fleury, Eric Lindros, Joe Nieuwendyk, Michael Peca, Brendan Shanahan, Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Tanguay, Keith Primeau and Owen Nolan.