C/LW DAL
Tue 7/23/13 9:43 AM

Jamie Benn was one of the more noteworthy exclusions from Team Canada's orientation camp roster. Benn's new coach, Lindy Ruff, will also serve as an assistant with Team Canada. "His name was definitely in all the talks," Ruff said, referring to Benn. "You can take that and let it motivate yourself. You can say I am going to use these three months and put myself on the map, and make them make a hard decision. The ball is in Jamie's court. He's going to have to outplay some players that are maybe ahead of him and use that as a tool to motivate himself. I'd like to put him in the best position possible to do that." Benn had 12 goals and 33 points in 41 games last season. It wouldn't be surprising if he got off to a hot start to the 2013-14 campaign, but he has an uphill battle ahead of him if he wants to make the team.