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Canada hoping to add Coyotes' Crouse, Islanders' Beauvillier to roster

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Team Canada named their 32 invitees to selection camp for the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championship on Tuesday, but the team is still eyeing a few other potential players.

Lawson Crouse and Anthony Beauvillier remain with their respective NHL clubs - the Arizona Coyotes and New York Islanders - at present, but Hockey Canada's director of player personnel Ryan Jankowski is hopeful both players might be loaned to Canada for the tournament.

"Scott Salmond (vice president of hockey operations) has been in touch with Garth Snow and John Chayka and those discussions continue and hopefully we'll catch a break with both of them, if not one," Jankowski told TSN's Gino Reda. "We'll keep talking and hopefully let the teams know that obviously we're interested and what an experience it would be for both those players."

Unfortunately for Canada, TSN's Bob McKenzie reported on Tuesday's Insider Trading segment that the Islanders have no interest in landing Beauvillier saying, "There are no plans whatsoever on that front." As for Crouse, McKenzie also noted that it would be 'highly, highly unlikely' that Crouse would be made available either.

Nevertheless, Crouse would certainly be a welcomed addition after suiting up for Canada at the past two instalments of the tournament, including the 2015 gold medal-winning squad. He currently has just one goal in 16 games with the Coyotes this season.

Meanwhile Beauvillier would also add more experience to the team having suited up last year, managing one goal in Canada's five games. The 19-year-old currently has two goals and six points in 17 games with the Islanders.

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