Team Canada world junior general manager Alan Millar was in Kent, Wash., on Tuesday night, checking in on Seattle Thunderbirds centre Braeden Cootes as part of preparations to put together that squad. Article content

Cootes, 18, remains at No. 1 in our Vancouver Canucks top prospect power rankings this week. Where he sits on the depth chart for Millar and the rest of the Team Canada braintrust remains to be seen. Article content Article content

Millar isn’t about to offer up too much right now on particular players. An announcement on who Team Canada is bringing to camp is expected in early December, but it will be a smaller group than in past years, with Millar explaining back in October that the focus will be on “preparation over further player evaluation and selection.”

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