Caufield and Slafkovsky: two absences that are the talk of the town

The World Junior Championship is of great interest to any hockey fan during the holiday season. However, the (senior) World Championship in May doesn’t attract as much interest from North American fans.
Year after year, very little is said about this competition in the Montreal media. Except perhaps when Canada is in the gold medal final and the starting goalie is Samuel Montembeault..
But this year is different.
1. A number of players have accepted Canada’s invitation because they s