December 31, 2012

Morgan Rielly chats on the phone after a team photo in Calgary before heading to Russia for the world junior championship. (Lyle Aspinall/QMI Agency)

UFA, RUSSIA - Morgan Rielly might have a stopover in Toronto on his way home from the 2013 World Junior Championship.

How long it lasts is up to the Maple Leafs prospect, and whether the NHL and NHL Players' Association agree on a new collective bargaining agreement.

"Whatever training camp there is, the original agreement with the CHL, in my understanding, is we would be allowed to bring two (junior) players to camp," said Leafs general manager Brian Burke, who has arrived at the world junior tournament.