Oh, Canada

It seems that New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello has cleared up any confusion as to whether Brent Sutter will coach Team Canada in the eight-game junior series against Russia that runs Aug. 27 through Sept. 9.
Buried at the end of a wire story on the Devils’ hiring of Brent Sutter as head coach was this sentence: “The hiring will not prevent Sutter from coaching Canada for the Canada-Russia junior showdown that’ll run from Aug. 27-Sept. 9, Lamoriello said.”
Thanks, Lou, for clearing that up.
But shouldn’t Sutter, now that he is an NHL coach, step aside and let another major junior coach take over? Although when you think about it, how many major junior owners want their head coaches to miss training camp?

Meanwhile, TSN and Sportsnet will combine to televise all eight games in the Canada-Russia series.
You’ll get Peter Loubardias calling the play with (Yellin’) Pierre McGuire as the analyst and former Kamloops Blazers forward Ryan Rishaug reporting from rinkside.
Here’s the telecast schedule, with all times Pacific:
Game 1: Aug. 27, Ufa, Russia, 6 a.m. (TSN)
Game 2: Aug. 29, Ufa, Russia, 6 a.m. (Sportsnet)
Game 3: Aug. 31, Omsk, Russia, 5 a.m. (Sportsnet)
Game 4: Sept. 1, Omsk, Russia, 3 a.m. (TSN)
Game 5: Sept. 4, Winnipeg, 5 p.m. (TSN)
Game 6: Sept. 5, Saskatoon, 5 p.m. (TSN)
Game 7: Sept. 7, Red Deer, 7 p.m. (Sportsnet)
Game 8: Sept. 9, Vancouver 5 p.m. (Sportsnet)