Michael McLeod, the Devils' top pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, is on to his next step of what he called an important summer.

McLeod is trying out for Canada's World Junior Team for the first time, skating this week with other players trying out at USA Hockey's National Junior Evaluation Camp in Michigan.

Canada will be playing scrummages against the USA, Sweden and Finland during the camp.

There was some concern for McLeod after he left the scrimmage at Devils development camp in July after taking a hit. But the Devils called that move precautionary, and McLeod is now focused on Juniors tryouts.

Juniors teams consist of U20 players, and he told the Mississauga News that the tryouts are the fastest hockey he's seen.

McLeod will be trying to continue an already strong summer at the tryouts. After being drafted by the Devils 12th overall at the NHL Draft in June, he turned heads with his play at the team's development camp.

McLeod's team won the 3-on-3 competition after he scored the game-winning goal in a shootout, and then McLeod scored the first goal in the Red-White scrimmage on Saturday before he left the game.

While the odds of McLeod making the Devils straight out of the draft are slim, he said he has every intention of making the team give him a hard look.

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