VANCOUVER — It already seems like Connor McDavid’s tournament. Ninety other players will be in Penticton just to provide a stage.
At least Vancouver Canucks prospect Jake Virtanen has a plan to get noticed.
“I told him he better keep his head up,” Virtanen said this week. “He just laughed.”
Next weekend’s Young Stars Classic Tournament has always been a good idea — the Canucks and three other National Hockey League teams taking their best prospects to the Okanagan to play each other ahead of main training camps the following week. But the appearance of McDavid, the Edmonton Oilers’ first-overall pick considered the best prospect in a generation, makes this year’s tournament a must-see event.