Montour, meanwhile, has never represented Canada on the international stage. He tallied 10 points (3+7) in 20 games after being acquired by the Sabres at the trade deadline.
Botterill was tasked with crafting the roster as part of a three-person management team alongside Ron Francis and Ron Hextall. He spoke about the advantages of his participation at Worlds during his end-of-season press conference on April 7.
"I view it as a big advantage right now," he said. "The communication with other general managers, finding out more information about different players, Canadian players throughout the league, and then just interacting with Hockey Canada on different coaches, not only for this team but past coaches that have worked with World Championships, getting feedback from them.
"I'm a proud Canadian. I'm certainly going to try and help out Hockey Canada whenever I have the opportunity and I also feel from a personal growth [standpoint] as a general manager, this is a great opportunity."
The Canadians open the preliminary round against Finland on May 10 at 10:15 a.m. Their full schedule is below, with all times Eastern.
Friday, May 10 vs. Finland - 10:15 a.m.
Sunday, May 12 vs. Great Britain - 2:15 p.m.
Monday, May 13 vs. Slovakia - 2:15 p.m.
Thursday, May 16 vs. France - 10:15 a.m.
Saturday, May 18 vs. Germany - 10:15 a.m.
Monday, May 20 vs. Denmark - 2:15 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21 vs. United States - 2:15 p.m.
