Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary said that Canadian and American players aren’t chirping each other yet ahead of their countries facing one another in the 4 Nations Face-Off final on Thursday, but figures it’s only a matter of time until the banter begins.

“We just got back,” he said after Flames practice on Tuesday, their first group skate since Feb. 8.

“It might start up over the next day-and-a-half here waiting for the final. We might have to put something on the line.”

Zary and his teammates have tuned in to the tournament, the first international best-on-best ice hockey event since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Swede Rasmus Andersson was the lone Flames representative at the event.

“That’s something that’s really cool,........

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