As far as 2011 NHL draft interest goes, the Canadian team at the World Junior Championships has only one draft-eligible on its roster but he's the highest-profile prospect in the tournament: Sean Couturier of the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec league; the draft blog profiled him over the summer.
Couturier will be going to Buffalo with expectations lofty, possibly unrealistically so. He'll be the focus of the nation's attentions from the first contest -- December 26 vs Russia -- to the last shift.
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