Canada opens world junior selection camp with another home-soil tournament ahead

OTTAWA — Scott Salmond says the message will be clear up and down the lineup.

Canada's quest for another home-soil gold medal at the world junior hockey championship will feature something the team lacked throughout last year's disastrous fifth-place finish overseas.

"Real good player playing at the level," said Canadian head coach Dave Cameron, whose day job is leading the Ontario Hockey League's Ottawa 67's.Three eligible NHLers — forwards Connor Bedard of the Chicago Blackhawks, Macklin Celebrini of the San Jose Sharks, and Zach Benson of the Buffalo Sabres — aren't expected to be made available by their pro teams.

Canada, which will be looking to build on its record 20 gold medals, has seven returnees from last year's group that travelled to Sweden before crashing out in the quarterfinals, but there are no guarantees they will all make the grade under Cameron. But forwards Carson Rehkopf and Matthew Wood , along with goaltender Scott Ratzlaff , might be in trouble if they don't stand out.

Two players expected to battle for the top slot at June's draft are also in the mix — 17-year-old defenceman Matthew Schaefer of the OHL's Erie Otters and 18-year-old winger Porter Martone of the Mississauga Steelheads.

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