Usually lost in the hustle and bustle of the first month of the NHL regular season, the training camps for the upcoming 2021 World Juniors are slowly leaking out. On Friday, Russia released their camp roster with two important names.
Minnesota Wild prospects center Marat Khusnutdinov and winger Vladislav Firstov have been invited to Team Russia’s training camp prior to the winter tournament taking place in Edmonton, Alta.
With Khusnutdinov’s history with the national program — recently having won the Karjala Cup playing for his country — and Firstov’s age and success in North America, both should be more than penciled in to the roster.