CPHL World Junior Participation

[JiriHrdina]

I bit late this year but always fun to outline who has got players in the WJCs.

The Wild are watching the following guys:

Team Canada
- Dylan Strome
- Thomas Chabot

Team USA
- Sonny Milano
- Brock Broeser

Team Sweden
- Jonathan Erikson-Ek
- Willie Nylander (if he makes it back from injury)
- Felix Sandstrom
- Gustav Forsling

Team Finland
- Aleski Saarela

We were hoping to watch 3 more guys but Vince Dunn suffered an injury, Nick Merkley didn't make the cut and Jeremy Bracco wasn't invited to Team USA at all.

Of the above I've been impressed with Strome so far. I had to choose between Marner and Strome in the draft, and ultimately went with Strome, to be honest because I have his brother. I've liked his game so far more in this tournament.

Post your players and observations so far.

[devo22]

only 2 Finns for me this year: center Julius Nattinen and goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen. Nattinen has 1 assist in 2 games so far. Kahkonen hasn't played so far, which is disappointing ... thought he'd have a chance to be their starter this year, but they seem to trust Veini Vehvilainen instead so far. Bummer.

[Caged Great]

Sweden

Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - 2 GP 1 G 0 A
Linus Soderstrom - 2 GP 1.5 GAA .953 SV% (shut the Americans out today)

Slovakia

Adam Huska - 2 GP 2 GAA .933 SV%

Czech

David Kase - 2 GP 0 G 1 A
Michael Spacek - 2 GP 1 G 0 A

[flambers]

Coyotes are watching the following players

Sweden
Kempe

Finland
S Aho (Forward)

Swiss
Jonas Siegenthaler

Canada
Samuel Montembeault

[Slava]

Nashville is watching a few guys, and most surprisingly one of them is not Oliver Kylington. I think as Flames fans we all know that he should've been there!

Czech Republic: David Pastrnak, Vitek Vanecek
Finland: Sami Niku

[dammage79]

The Jets have 5 players attending as far as we can tell.

Forwards: Anton Karlsson (SWE), Roope Hintz (FIN), Vlad Kamenev (RUS)

Defense: I think Sebastian Aho (SWE) was a lock until injury, Roland McKeown

Goalie: Vevhi Vevilainen (FIN)

[3thirty]

Devils have a few guys;

Canada:
Mitchell Stephens
Anthony Beauvillier
Jake Virtanen

U.S.A.:
Scott Eansor
Louie Belpedio
Zach Werenski

Sweden:
Axel Holmstrom

Finland:
Miko Rantanen

Switzerland:
Timo Meier

[DropIt]

Not much going on for St. Louis. A couple goalies.

Canada: Mackenzie "Hack"Wood
Czech Republic: Ales Stezka

[Flickered Flame]

Canada:
Rourke Chartier
John Quenville

Sweden:
Jacob Larrson
Adam Ollas-Mattsson

[SportsJunky]

Buffalo GM is trying to find time to watch:

Canada - Sanheim
Switzerland - Rod

Other near misses:

Jayce Hawryluk and Spencer Watson were cut from Canada. Jake Walman would have made the team by most accounts had he not injured his shoulder just before camp.

I had a couple of late Euro cuts as well.

[Hanni]

I found one, that's depressing..

Russia:
Radel Fazleyev

Honorable mention to Rihards Bukarts who definitely would be lighting it up if Latvia was in the tournament.

[JonDuke]

Kirill Kaprizov - Russia
Joni Tuulola - Finland
Gabriel Carlsson - Sweden
Joren Van Pottelberghe - Switzerland

[droopydrew19]

Tampa prospects at the WJHC

Canada

Brayden Point
Mason McDonald



Russia

Evgeny Svechnikov

[Moshpit]

Habs prospects at wjhc

Canada: Lawson Crouse & Travis Dermott

USA: Christian Dvorak

Sweden: Jens Lööke & Dmytro Timashov

Czech Republic: Daniel Vladar

Crouse and Dvorak are playing well, as expected. Timashov is a pleasant surprise, considering he was a late pick. He has 4 pts in 3 games. Dermott is tied for the team lead in points by defensemen- so i'm happy with that. Looke is getting minutes with Sweden and has a role to play, but they have a great team and he will still be eligible next year. Vladar hasn't played, but like Looke- should be back next year.

[Tilley]

With the 2016 tourney in the rear view mirror, the Chicago Blackhawks would like to congratulate the following for participating in the World Junior Championships:

USA: Colin White - moved from the 2nd to top line and averaged a point per game. Was commonly the defensive presence on the Tkachuk-Matthews-White line for the bronze winning team.

USA: Ryan Donato - started the tournament as the 13th forward but gradually received more ice time and finished the tournament with 3 goals and 1 assist for the Yanks.

The Hawks would also like to acknowledge skaters that were considered for their respective countries but were mistakenly omitted from the final rosters:

Canada: Noah Juulsen - one of the last cuts and is already a favorite to make the team next year in Montreal.

USA: Connor Garland - despite destroying the QMJHL offensively, he was left off the team as one of a number of surprise omissions.
USA: Josh Jacobs - predicted by many to be on the final roster, Jacobs was the one defenseman that most thought should have been on the team.