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BUFFALO — Canada is two games away from winning gold at the world junior hockey championship. But for Victor Mete and potentially one or two other players, there could be another reward waiting.

Sean Burke, the general manager for Canada’s Olympic team, arrived in Buffalo on Tuesday for one last scouting mission before naming the 25-man roster that will represent the country in South Korea next month.

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Burke reportedly has 20 names already locked in, leaving just five spots open. He says serious consideration will be given to the teenagers playing for Canada at this week’s world juniors.

“It would be great to sprinkle in a couple of young guys who can add some speed and some skill to your lineup, but they have to be a fit,” Burke said Wednesday. “And that’s going to be determined in these next few days.”

Though Canada’s team of European-based pros was undefeated at the Spengler Cup in Switzerland last week, the bulk of the Olympic roster will likely come from the teams that competed at the Karjala Cup in November and Channel One Cup in early December, where Canada went 2-4-0 against other countries such as Sweden, Finland and Russia.