The 2016 World Cup of Hockey might last a couple of weeks, but it will occupy the hearts and minds of Team Canada's fans for the better part of the next year.
Canadians will passionately debate who should be the seventh defenseman, down to whether he should be a left-handed or right-handed shot.
It's often said Canada could assemble two competitive teams for a best-on-best international tournament. The same goes for Canada's coaching staff.
Team Canada general manager Doug Armstrong has a deep and talented pool of candidates who could guide Canada when it attempts to continue its run of excellence on the international stage, which includes gold at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, as well as the 2015 IIHF World Championship.