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Bo Horvat will use a season-ending exit interview as a motivational entry point for his first foray into the World Hockey Championship.

It’s what you expect from the Team Canada centre and a future Vancouver Canucks’ captain.

“For me, it’s to keep working on my skating — you can never be too fast,” Horvat said Wednesday from Herning, Denmark where Canada will open against the United States on Friday.

“That’s something I already know and I know it’s something I have to keep working on all summer.”

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As you can imagine, Horvat’s exit exchange with the Canucks’ brain trust was short. Despite missing 18 games with an ankle fracture, he still finished with a career-high 22 goals in just 64 games. How do you pick away at that resolve?

So, what did the Canucks say to a driven 23-year-old heartbeat of a transitioning club who’s all in all the time to take his game and his club to another level?

“Just keep working on my two-way game,” revealed Horvat. “It’s being that complete player and a guy you can put out in key situations. That’s the player they want me to be and that’s the player I’m hoping to turn into.”