"The thing that you love about Dennis is he's put on almost 20 pounds since we drafted him," Draper said. "That was the one thing we said, he has to get bigger and stronger, he's doing that. This is really his first taste of playing this kind of hockey.
"He went from playing in the BC junior league to playing college hockey last year, now he's right in the mix with obviously the top Canadian and the top US players. It's good for him.
"This is a great experience for him, no matter how it comes out this week, it's going to be a great experience for him getting ready to come into the prospects tournament."