OTTAWA — Brayden Yager had a visitor this fall. Hockey Canada player development coach Scott Walker was in town.
Hockey Canada player development coach Scott Walker was in town.
There are absolutely no guarantees in the nation's capital, even for the players sporting battle scars from that disastrous quarterfinal exit against Czechia in Gothenburg. Star defenceman Oliver Bonk — another returnee — also met this fall with Walker, who is part of head coach Dave Cameron's staff. The likes of goaltender Scott Ratzlaff, along with forwards Carson Rehkopf and Matthew Wood, need to show they belong on a roster that opens the tournament on home soil at the Canadian Tire Centre against Finland on Dec. 26.
"It's about playing your game," said the Seattle Kraken pick."You're here for a reason. Everyone brings something different.""Their job is to make my job and or our job difficult," he said."It's a hard team to make … don't take anything for granted.""We've got to be more competitive," Yager said."We didn't just forget about it.
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