""It's fun. It's great, Celebrini told reporters after Sunday's practice. I think we've got to get a little chemistry, but it is super cool. When the process of selecting the 25 NHL players who would represent Canada in Milan Cortina began last summer, there was a school of thought that, if Celebrini made the team, he would go mostly to gain the kind of experience that would be helpful to him at the 2030 Games in France, where he would have a bigger role.""
""I think Macklin Celebrini can play on any line and have success, as could Connor McDavid, Team Canada coach Jon Cooper said Sunday. There are so many things that go into this, and that's why it's tough to answer these questions on the first day of practice, because you have to start somewhere. We have to put a group of guys together, but I'll tell you, it sure is fun.""
Macklin Celebrini, 19, arrived in Milan and immediately skated on Canada's top line with Connor McDavid and Tom Wilson during the team's first practices. Canada plans to play its first Olympic game against Czechia on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. (PST). Celebrini said practices are fun and that chemistry must develop but called the experience super cool. Selection conversations had suggested Celebrini might receive limited ice time to gain experience for 2030, but he is instead taking significant roles now, including reps on Canada's second power-play unit alongside Bo Horvat, Mitch Marner, Mark Stone and Shea Theodore. Coach Jon Cooper praised Celebrini's versatility.
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