{"id":361645,"date":"2025-12-22T12:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/361645\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:14:09","slug":"dickinson-catton-oreilly-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/361645\/","title":{"rendered":"Dickinson, Catton, O\u2019Reilly, Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Team Canada World Juniors roster appears set, with two final dominos falling: San Jose will not loan defenseman Sam Dickinson<\/a>, per Frank Seravalli<\/a>, and Seattle won\u2019t loan forward Berkly Catton<\/a> either, also noted by Seravalli<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dickinson was a real candidate, as he would have brought key experience to Team Canada\u2019s back end, as the only returning defenseman on the team. The 19-year-old has the distinction of being the only d-man under 20 to not be loaned out, other than Matthew Schaefer<\/a>, which is to no surprise. Dickinson has not made quite the same impact as last summer\u2019s first overall pick, as he has just three points in 27 games. Although helping lead Team Canada in a push for gold for a final time could have been a breath of fresh air for the exciting two-way defender, San Jose opts to hold onto Dickinson and not lose a true lineup contributor who continues to develop.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Similar to Dickinson, Catton has not exactly had a Schaefer-like impact yet either, with five points in 21 games, all assists. However, as emphasized by Seravalli, Catton is set to return from injury soon, and with Mason Marchment<\/a> traded to Columbus, he will have a larger role on the Kraken once healthy, enough to keep the skilled forward from a Team Canada return.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elsewhere across the league:<\/p>\n

Despite rumblings, Predators forward Ryan O\u2019Reilly<\/a> is not open to being moved at this time, as shared by Pierre LeBrun in an article for The Athletic<\/a>. The respected veteran center is a pending free agent on an affordable ($4.5MM) contract, so naturally the appeal is there. However, although he has no such trade protection, O\u2019Reilly and Nashville have a mutual agreement to treat it as if so, and for now, the 34-year-old will stay put. O\u2019Reilly has 28 points in 34 games, continuing to play at a high level on both ends. However, GM Barry Trotz brought him in prior to 2023-24, when the Predators appeared firmly in a rebuild, before their attempted revival. Therefore, while on paper it would be wise to bring in a haul, O\u2019Reilly\u2019s impact in the locker room was always a major focus. Things could be revisited closer to the Trade Deadline, but O\u2019Reilly simply playing out the deal is a real possibility, especially as the Ontario native has already won a Stanley Cup.\u00a0
\nAhead of tonight\u2019s game, Maple Leafs Head Coach Craig Berube<\/a> told reporters, including David Alter of The Hockey News<\/a>, that Easton Cowan<\/a> and Calle Jarnkrok<\/a> would be scratched, while Max Domi<\/a> and Steven Lorentz<\/a> entered the lineup in Dallas. Cowan\u2019s designation comes as a bit of a surprise as he was in the starting lineup on the first line last night in Nashville, notching 16:17 of ice time, with an assist. The 20-year-old has 11 points in 26 games, but according to Berube, a reset is needed. Jarnkrok has been a solid third liner for years, but at 34, he has just four goals on the season and his scratching is less of a surprise. Meanwhile, Domi jumps right into Cowan\u2019s slot on the first line, eager to find his game in a bid to extend his Leafs tenure. Finally, Lorentz returns to a fourth line deployment, a role familiar for the 29-year-old.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Team Canada World Juniors roster appears set, with two final dominos falling: San Jose will not loan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[155593,49,5238,48,23385,84370,760,448,96088,764,768,82,100987,13543,746,19538],"class_list":["post-361645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-berkly-catton","tag-ca","tag-calle-jarnkrok","tag-canada","tag-easton-cowan","tag-max-domi","tag-nashville-predators","tag-nhl","tag-sam-dickinson","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-seattle-kraken","tag-sports","tag-steven-lorentz","tag-team-canada","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-world-juniors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}