DALLAS — Team Canada has not been in direct contact with Bo Horvat or Matthew Schaefer after cutting its list for the Olympics to 35-40 players last week, both players told The Post Tuesday morning, but that is not to imply that either are out of the mix to go to Milan.

In fact, the belief is that Horvat is very much still in the mix for Team Canada. As for Schaefer, the situation is less clear — the Olympics weren’t on anybody’s mind at the start of the season, and he’s very young — but it would be a surprise if he wasn’t catching the attention of Canada’s brass given how often they’ve watched the Islanders in-person this season to scout both Horvat and Mathew Barzal.

While there are fair arguments for both to make the roster or not when it is announced ahead of the Dec. 31 deadline,

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