The World Juniors are approaching! In fact, they’re just a few weeks away, and many players have been invited to their country’s respective selection camps. Canada’s list did not include two of their highest profile eligible names in Jake Virtanen and Jared McCann, but that’s for a good reason; they’re in the NHL.

If the opportunity came for either of the Canucks teenagers to jump over into the Under-20 tournament, there’s no doubt that Team Canada would take them.

Virtanen represented the country at least year’s tournament in Montreal-Toronto, and put up four points in seven games. A year’s additional experience could only help his odds. McCann missed out on last year’s tournament  but has played for Canada at the U17 and U18 levels. He proved his worth with fantastic production throughout the 2014/15 season, and with the NHL ability he’s shown would likely be able to decimate the competition in Helsinki.

Network Overlord and handsome man Thomas Drance argued in favour of sending Virtanen to the tournament, but keeping McCann with the Canucks. Our question to you follows along the same lines: Who do you send? Do you give Hockey Canada only one of the kids? Both? Or do you keep them both with the Canucks. Leave your thoughts below.

We didn’t have a WWYDW last week, so let’s go back to some of your thoughts on how the Canucks could snap out of their post-road trip funk. They may still be relevant now, seeing as the team, well, hasn’t snapped out of it yet.