Macklin Celebrini arrived as a bit of an unknown.
Sure, his fellow invitees at Canada’s selection camp for the 2024 world junior hockey championship had seen the highlights and heard the chatter.
“I know he’s good,” centre Owen Beck said with a grin after the team’s first on-ice session. “I don’t know a ton.”
“First time I’ve skated with him,” added defenceman Denton Mateychuk.
The group is getting an introduction to the 17-year-old centre expected to go high — potentially No. 1 — at June’s NHL draft in Las Vegas.
If there were any doubts, they quickly melted away.
“He doesn’t play his age,” said goaltender
