MONTREAL --
Based on the first three days of practice, it appears Team North America coach Todd McLellan will turn to the defense pairs of Seth Jones and Ryan Murray of the Columbus Blue Jackets, and Aaron Ekblad of the Florida Panthers with Morgan Rielly of the Toronto Maple Leafs for that assignment.
"I've got some pretty good chemistry the second half of the season with Ryan and I think that we're pretty comfortable together," Jones said after practice at Bell Centre on Wednesday. "We played against some pretty good competition this year in the NHL, so I think we're up for it and we're going to do what we can to be solid defensively for the team.