When Aaron Ekblad made the NHL out of training camp last season, the Florida Panthers' gain was Canada's loss.
Ekblad went from Hockey Canada summer-camp invitee to an indispensable top-four Panthers defenceman within months, and the NHL club declined to make him available for the 2015 world junior championship.
Canadian world junior coach Dave Lowry figures there will be a player or two from this year's camp who play so well in the big league they won't be available for the team come December, when the 2016 tournament begins in Helsinki.