[GDT] 2015 IIHF WJC Prelim Round Day 6: NYE Afternoon delight - Eichel vs McDavid

[sureLoss]

Warning: The USA vs Canada game will be played at 2pm MT. This is at the request of the Canadians so they can travel to Toronto right after the game.

Last day of the preliminary round. Four matchups - all that will impact the seeding for the quarterfinals. The top 4 teams in each group will advance to the quarterfinals in A1 vs B4, A2 vs B3, B1 vs A4 and B2 vs A3. The bottom team in each group will face each other in a best of 3 relegation round.

Of course the game the media is hyping is USA vs Canada, Eichel vs McDavid. The game does feature the consensus top 2 picks in the upcoming draft and very likely the only time they face each other before they don NHL silks. However Eichel and McDavid aside, almost everytime USA and Canada face each other in this tournament, the game becomes a classic.

Just a few examples of how crazy things could get: it is possible the winner of USA vs Canada could face the Russians in the quarterfinals. It is also possible that Finland as the defending gold medal champs could end up in the relegation round.

TV Info:
All games will be live on TSN 1,2,3,4 and/or 5.

For Americans, most if not all games will be shown on NHL Network but some games may be tape delayed. Note the Canadian version of NHL network will not show any games.

Streaming Info:
All games should be available by stream using TSN Go. TSN Go requires a username and password from whatever service provider you pay to get TSN.

Also note that all USA games will be streamed on nhl.com for free, but that stream will be blocked to non-US ip addresses


Flames Prospects!
The only player the Flames have the rights to at this tournament is:
*** Russia Defenceman #7 Rushan Rafikov (7th round pick 2013) ***
Rafikov is 3rd in defenceman scoring behind CAN Madison Bowey and SWE Gustav Forsling

Tournament Standings


Leading Scorers





Group B Toronto: Switzerland vs Sweden 11am MT
TSN 1

Swiss Roster:
http://www.worldjunior2015.com/en/te...tzerland/#list

Key Players:
LW Kevin Fiala - Predators 1st round pick 2014
D Mirco Mueller - Sharks 1st round pick 2013

Future Draft Implications:
RW Timo Meier - potential 1st round pick 2015
C Denis Malgin - potential 2nd round pick 2015
D Jonas Sieganthaler - potential late round pick 2015

Sweden Roster:
http://www.worldjunior2015.com/en/teams/sweden/#list

Key Players:
C/RW William Nylander - Maple Leafs 1st round pick 2014
D Robert Hagg - Flyers 2nd round pick 2013
RW Adrian Kempe - Kings 1st round pick 2014

Future Draft Implications:
RW Jens Looke - potential 1st round pick 2015



Group A Montreal: USA vs Canada 2:00pm MT
TSN 1

Canadian Roster:
http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/roster/...bseason=164558

Key Players:
C Sam Reinhart - Sabres 1st round pick 2014
C Curtis Lazar - Senators 1st round pick 2013
LW Nick Ritchie - Ducks 1st round pick 2014
D Darnell Nurse - Oilers 1st round pick 2013
D Josh Morrissey - Jets 1st round pick 2013
C Nic Petan - Jets 2nd round pick 2013
RW Jake Virtanen - Canucks 1st round pick 2014

Future draft implications:
C Connor McDavid - consensus #1 pick 2015
LW Lawson Crouse - projected 1st round pick 2015

USA Roster:
http://worldjuniors.usahockey.com/pa.../701595-roster

Key Players:
G Thatcher Demko - Canucks 2nd round pick 2014
D Anthony DeAngelo - Lightning 1st round pick 2014
D Ian McCoshen - Panthers 2nd round pick 2013
LW Sonny Milano - Blue Jackets 1st round pick 2014
RW Alex Tuch - Wild 1st round pick 2014
C Dylan Larkin - Red Wings 1st round pick 2014
C Nick Schmaltz - Blackhawk 1st round pick 2014

Future Draft implications:
C Jack Eichel - consensus top 2 pick 2015 draft
C/RW Auston Matthews - potential 1st OA 2016 draft
D Noah Hanifin - consensus top 3 pick 2015 draft
D Zach Werenski - projected top 10 pick 2015 draft
D Brandon Carlo - projected 1st round pick 2015 draft



Group B: Russia vs Czech 3:00pm MT
TSN 2

Czech Roster:
http://www.worldjunior2015.com/en/te...republic/#list

Key Players:
RW David Pastrnak - Bruins 1st round pick 2014
C Jakub Vrana - Capitals 1st round pick 2014

Future Draft Implications:
C/LW Pavel Zacha - projected top 10 pick 2015
C Michael Spacek - projected mid round pick 2015

Russia Roster:
http://www.worldjunior2015.com/en/teams/russia/#list

Key Players:
G Igor Shesterkin - Rangers 4th round pick 2014
D Rushan Rafikov - Flames 7th round pick 2013
LW Pavel Buchevich - Rangers 3rd round pick 2013
C/LW Ivan Barbashev - Blues 2nd round pick 2014
RW Nikolai Goldobin - Sharks 1st round pick 2014
C Vladislav Kamenev - Predators 2nd round pick 2014

Future Draft implications:
D Ivan Provorov - potential top 15 pick 2015 draft



Group A Montreal: Finland vs Germany 6:00pm MT

Finland Roster:
http://www.worldjunior2015.com/en/teams/finland/#list

Key Players:
G Juuse Saros - Predators 4th round pick 2013
D Julius Honka - Stars 1st round pick 2014
RW Kasperi Kapanen - Penguins 1st round pick 2014

Future Draft implications:
RW Jesse Puljujarvi - potential top 10 pick 2016 draft
C/W Mikko Rantanen - projected 1st round pick 2015 draft
c/W Roope Hintz - potential 2nd dround pick 2015 draft
RW Sebastian Aho - potential 2nd round pick 2015 draft

German Roster:
http://www.worldjunior2015.com/en/teams/germany/#list

Key Players:
no real stand outs without Draisaitl

Future Draft Implications:
D David Trinkberger, D Kal Wissmann, C/LW Dominik Kahun, LW Maximilian Kammerer could be 4th round or later picks in the 2015 draft

[sureLoss]

The Canadians have made an interesting choice and have named Eric Comrie as their starting goaltender against the Americans.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

The Canadians have made an interesting choice and have named Eric Comrie as their starting goaltender against the Americans.

Yeah. Definitely goes against usual form. Be interesting.

[jemjey]

Looking forward to this. Excited to see the McEichel show.

I thought Comrie looked good in his game, though this will be the first real test i think.

Go Canada!

[Mike F]

Going to be a great hockey day!

Flames v. Oilers tonight, Canada v. USA World Jr. this afternoon, and I'm kicking things off re-watching the Canada v. USA semi-final from the Olympics.

[PeteMoss]

So if Germany beats Finland and Russia beats Czech Rep, it would be Finland vs Czech for regulation? oof.

[dammage79]

Sweden is owning the Swiss not surprisingly.

Swiss have taken some really stupid penalties.

[RougeUnderoos]

Yeah, the Swiss are getting pretty chippy here at the end of the second. Neutral my ass!

[Locke]

What makes a man turn Neutral? Lust for Gold? Power? Or were they just born with a heart full of neutrality?

[wwkayaker]

Does anybody else use the tsn go app for iPad? I have been watching the juniors via the app but today I am not getting any video. Just curious if it is just my app or if the app in general is having issues.

[BurningSteel]

I'll go with Apple sucks.

Im guessing there is an app issue if your app was working,

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by wwkayaker

Does anybody else use the tsn go app for iPad? I have been watching the juniors via the app but today I am not getting any video. Just curious if it is just my app or if the app in general is having issues.

just checked on my iphone - working for me

[wwkayaker]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

just checked on my iphone - working for me

Hmmm, I used it yesterday and it was fine. I reinstalled it, shut the iPad off, swore, stomped around in a fit and nothing has changed except that I am tired,

[sureLoss]

pregame show has started on TSN

[d_phaneuf]

first time I have seen Forsling, very impressed with how he has been qb'ing the Swedish power play

[sureLoss]

Almost forgotten how Canadian WJC tournament highlights from the last decade sounds like a Pierre McGuire orgasm fest.

[sureLoss]

oh come on Montreal:

Mike Harrington @BNHarrington
There were apparently still tickets available today at the box office for USA-Canada. Which is a stunner to me.

[getbak]

The tiebreaker is funny sometimes. Switzerland could finish third, fourth, or fifth in their pool depending on what happens in the Russia-Czechia game.

Switzerland loses a two-team tiebreaker against Denmark, but wins a three-team tiebreaker against the Czechs and Denmark.

If the Czechs win in regulation, they'll get the second seed in group B, and bump the Swiss down to fifth with Denmark getting fourth. If the Czechs lose, Denmark gets third and Switzerland gets fourth. If the Czechs win in OT/SO, then it becomes a three-way tie and the Czechs still finish last, but Switzerland and Denmark would flip positions, with the Swiss getting third and the Danes getting fourth.

[flylock shox]

Don't tickets start at over $100 per?

That's a lot of NYE drinking your average fan would have to forego, particularly if they're also buying tickets for someone else too.

[CalgaryFan1988]

I have a lot of friends that were hoping to catch games with their kids/families. it's just too expensive for the average person to bring your family to a game.