I've heard a lot of people say this is a bad move, and that he'll be a great player, but their sole argument is "He was Canada's captain at the U20s."
Let's look at some other players who excelled with Canada there.
2000
-Brandon Reid
-Jaime Lundmark
2001
-Jaime Lundmark
-Maxime Ouellet
2002
-Jared Aulin
-Brian Sutherby
2003
-P-A Parenteau
-Carlo Colaiacavo
2004
-Anthony Stewart
-Jeff Tambellini
2005
Even on the dream team, remember Jeff Glass? Not to mention others tha would come after, like Pogge.