Senators centre Jason Spezza snubbed by Team Canada

Ottawa Senators centre Jason Spezza. (Darren Brown, Ottawa Sun)

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OTTAWA?-?

Let the second-guessing begin.

On the heels of a deal to allow NHLers to compete in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Team Canada and Hockey USA both unveiled their orientation camp rosters Monday, with three Senators in a position to earn spots once the final squads are named.

Defenceman Marc Methot was the lone Senator named to Team Canada?s orientation camp on Monday, leaving Sens fans stung and scratching their heads over a perceived snub to star centre Jason Spezza.

After accompanying Team Canada as a reserve on a disastrous trip to Turin in 2006, Spezza was passed over on the initial invite list for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

He was eventually invited to camp after an injury to Ryan Getzlaf and Joe Sakic?s retirement, but didn?t make the final cut.

At the time, Spezza said he used that snub as motivation.

?It definitely opens your eyes a little bit and puts a little bit of fire in the belly, when you don?t get named to something like that,? he told reporters at the time. ?Maybe the way it?s worked out might be a blessing in disguise.?

Yet there was no disguising Methot?s excitement, with the defenceman thanking fans for the ?Twitter love,? which he said made up for an ?awful? day on the links.

Methot wore the Maple Leaf at the World Championships in 2011 and 2012 when he was still with the Columbus Blue Jackets, and will attend his first Olympic orientation camp August 25-28 in Calgary.

Both goaltender Craig Anderson and newly-acquired sniper Bobby Ryan were extended invites to Team USA?s camp in Arlington, Va.

Anderson, one of six American goalies invited to camp, represented his home country at the World Championships in 2006 and again in 2008.

At 26, Ryan is already a veteran of the international circuit, earning a silver medal in Vancouver, and competing for Team USA at the 2006 World Juniors and last year?s World Championships.

Robin Lehner and Erik Karlsson were previously announced as invitees to Team Sweden?s camp.

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