By the time the management group for the Canadian men’s national hockey team emerges from marathon meetings on Tuesday, as much as 80 per cent of the roster going to Italy next February should be written in pen.

Six players were named to the men’s Olympic team in June: Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Connor McDavid, Brayden Point and Sam Reinhart.

Since then, the management group has been whittling down a longer list of players under contention to wear the maple leaf at the first Olympics to feature NHLers since 2014.

That management group, led by general manager Doug Armstrong, will meet beginning on Sunday. Canada will play its first Olympic men's hockey game against the Czech Republic on Feb. 12.

Canada's Sidney Crosby (87), Connor McDavid (97) and Nathan MacKinnon (29)

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