Sam Reinhart an early favourite to captain Canada at WJC? Tuesday's coast-to-coast

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World junior

It’s never too late to speculate who will wear letters for Team Canada. Surprise: Buffalo writer suspects Sam Reinhart to wear the C. (The Buffalo News)

A young man named Eichel was among the 30 players named Tuesday morning to USA Hockey's selection camp for the world junior team that'll wear the Stars and Stripes. Also, nine players come from Canadian Hockey League teams.  (CBSSports.com)

Anthony Duclair’s status is up in the air, but Rangers blogger Andrew Gross makes a pretty good case for loaning him to the WJC. (NorthJersey.com)

Another take on the positives of NHLers being loaned to Team Canada, this one by Halifax Chronicle-Herald columnist Chris Cochrane. (ChronicleHerald.ca)

TSN’s Bob McKenzie gives his thoughts on Team Canada’s selections. (TSN.ca)

No snubbing Max Domi from Team Canada’s camp this year. (London Free Press)

WHL

Red Deer and Lethbridge make a move: The Hurricanes send 20-year-old forward Riley Sheen and a conditional fifth in 2017 to the Rebels for overage blueliner Devan Fafard and center Brayden Burke. The exodus from Lethbridge continues. (JuniorHockey.com)

New Vancouver Giants head coach Claude Noel is always a good quote, and he was in fine form after his first practice with his new team Monday. (TheProvince.com)

The Regina Pats 4-1 record on their recent road trip through B.C. has the team riding high. (Regina Leader-Post)

The Saskatoon Blades are starting a four-games-in-five-nights B.C. swing of their own in Kamloops tonight. (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix)

Spokane had their five-game winning streak snapped against the Thunderbirds in Seattle, and it’s crunch time for the Chiefs. (KREM.com)

OHL

“The Erie Otters are no longer up for auction, and Sherry Bassin still owns the team.” The Oilers still have litigation against Bassin, but they now have to take a different and much-lengthier route through federal court in Erie. (Erie Times-News)

Buried in this article: the new city council in Belleville will have their hands full determining the fate of the Bulls franchise, among other issues in the city. (Intelligencer.ca)

With the Sting on a five-game winning streak, it’s no surprise Sarnia netminder Taylor Dupuis was named OHL player of the week. (Bayshore Broadcasting)

No surprise the Barrie Colts beat the worst OHL team and lost to the best one over the weekend. (Barrie Examiner)

ICYMI: Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Sergei Tolchinsky scored a couple amazing goals on the weekend. (Yahoo! Sports)

Ex-Spit Kerby Rychel got his first NHL point Monday night. (Windsor Star)

QMJHL

Yanick Jean’s first practice as head coach and GM of the Saguenéens is Tuesday afternoon in Chicoutimi. The whirlwind surrounding his departure is finally dying down a bit. (LaPresse.ca)

Meanwhile, no replacement GM has been named in Victoriaville to head the Tigres. One man Steve Turcotte thinks should be on the Tigres radar? Longtime former Cataractes GM Denis Francoeur. (blogues.LaPresse.ca)

Patrick Roy said it was a difficult decision to sell the Remparts. (Journal de Montreal)

QMJHL three stars of the week were named Monday, Halifax Mooseheads forward Nikolaj Ehlers took the top spot, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada forward Danick Martel was the second star and Drummondville Voltigeurs goalie Joe Fleischer rounds out the three. (theQMJHL.ca)

Speaking of the Armada, who are up for sale, their price has to have gone up after they took five points out of a possible six in a maritime road trip last weekend. (Laval Courrier)

One name believed to be in the mix for the Armada? Bill Hattem, president of the Saint-Jérôme Panthères of Quebec Midget AAA. (journallenord.com)

Congratulations to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, who raised the most as a team, and in particular Dillon Boucher, who raised the most of any CHL player for Movember with just over $1,500. The Screaming Eagles donated $3,874. (Cape Breton Post)

Mike Sanderson is a contributor for Yahoo!’s Buzzing the Net blog. Contact him at mikersanderson@yahoo.ca and follow him on twitter @MikeRSanderson.