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Crosby, Toews, and Weber can’t play every shift.

So when it’s time to roll out the third and fourth line, or when injuries create a lot of ice time for the seventh defenseman, who do you want on your bench?

With the 2014 Winter Olympics one year away, that’s the real question facing Canada.

Assuming the NHL agrees to participate – and the signs look good – Team Canada has many tough choices to make.

Those questions aren’t at the top of the roster. You could list eight or ten names that just about everyone in the country will agree on.

The competition for jobs is in the lower range of the depth chart.

That’s where names like Eberle, Hall, Seguin, Getzlaf, Lucic, Letang, Boyle, and Fleury will generate much debate in the months ahead.

Here’s out first crack at the projected 2014 Team Canada Olympic roster.

See also: The Olympic Hockey Guide

Photo: Is Logan Couture good enough to play for Canada in 2014? He just might be. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images).

It ought to be simple.

Keeping track of wins and losses, letting the numbers decide who is better than who.

That’s what the standings are all about.

But it turns out that every sport is different when it comes to ranking its teams.

The NHL standings might be the strangest of all, with its infamous “loser point.”

Thanks to the lockout, this NHL season is a mad dash instead of a marathon.

The shortened schedule has many predicting that teams will be bunched within a few points of each other when the final standings are set on April 27.

With that in mind, here’s a review of how the numbers are crunched:

The NHL Standings Explained
How the NHL Breaks a Tie in the Standings

Photo: Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins are atop the Eastern Conference, but just five points clear of ninth place. (Jared Wickerham/Getty Images).

Wheel of Fortune is continuing it’s 30-season anniversary celebration with a special NBA theme week starting next Monday. The show will welcome guests, offer themed prizes, and offer a set decked out in true NBA style.

Pro players will be offering up congratulations to the show as well as introducing some amazing prizes. Other guests will actually appear on the show, including James Worthy, Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordon, and Grant Hill. Making recorded appearances are:

• Kobe Bryant
• Dwight Howard
• Kevin Garnett
• Paul Pierce
• LeBron James
• Dwyane Wade
• Amar’e Stoudemire
• John Wall
• Andrew Bynum
• Kevin Durant
• Chris Bosh
• Steve Nash

Even if you’re not a huge NBA fan, I’m pretty sure some of those names will sound familiar!

Some of the prizes that contestants will be able to win include VIP packages containing tickets to home games for the New York Knicks, Washington Wizards, Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat, and Boston Celtics, and the packages also include a shopping spree at NBAStore.com. And of course the set will be adorned with the NBA’s finest, including Logoman appearing on the puzzleboard monitors (as pictured above).

Lots of folks are NBA-crazy this time of year, and it’s nice to see Wheel of Fortune getting on board. Maybe next year we can have an NHL week?