2020 World Juniors

[puckMAN]

Nope. Hockey is Canada’s sport.

No...no it's really not.

 

[Brun0]

Maccelli kotkaniemi oden
Kakko Lundell tanus
Puistola kupari simontaival
Räty räty ranta

 

[Rock Paper Sissons]

Bring on the gold!!

 

[Zub]

sorry but don't think finland has the talent this year.. quarterfinal exit or bronze medal game at best I say.

Finland doesn't have the talent? Lol.

 

[koyvoo]

I think the medalists will be Canada, Russia and Sweden in no particular order

 

[NekcuP]

I'd like to see Sweden finally win. It's been too long for these guys. So many good teams with no results.
Maybe this will be the year when they're not expected to even medal.

Some feelings say that it gonna happen this time.
But, i have like no expectations at all, i not even expect wins over Swiss/Slovaks.

1 win, against Kazakhstan + 3 playoffwins, come on

 

[hockey20000]

Finland doesn't have the talent? Lol.

this year no not enough

 

[Zub]

this year no not enough

Very good forward depth and arguably the best goalie in the tournament, the defence is our weakness this tournament but it aint too bad either, that can go very far in my books, the coach is a wild card. What do you know of our roster really? You just don't want us to succeed x)

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

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Bring on the gold!!

That looks like bronze to me

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Maybe USA is the favorite. They could randomly lose against Russia though like in 2016.

 

[Statsy]

Very good forward depth and arguably the best goalie in the tournament, the defence is our weakness this tournament but it aint too bad either, that can go very far in my books, the coach is a wild card. What do you know of our roster really? You just don't want us to succeed x)

I think you have some of your scouting report backward. I feel the general consensus on this forum is that the D corps is a strength and the forward depth is the weakness.

 

[Zub]

I think you have some of your scouting report backward. I feel the general consensus on this forum is that the D corps is a strength and the forward depth is the weakness.

I beg to differ. Raty brothers, Kupari, Maccelli, Puistola, Oden. And our D is good offensively but defensively? Idk. But counting us out from medals is a good laugh.

 

[Machinehead]

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

 

[Coinneach]

World Juniors continues to be a niche event in the Czech Republic. Czech TV even prefers to broadcast Spengler Cup.

 

[kudla]

World Juniors continues to be a niche event in the Czech Republic. Czech TV even prefers to broadcast Spengler Cup.

That's just unbelievable. I was relying on the czech TV for that USA - CAN game, because as always, the slovak one will be streaming our legaue

 

[hockey20000]

1:usa
2:russia
3:canada.
hope I am wrong and Canada wins gold but my predictions anyway

 

[Statsy]

World Juniors continues to be a niche event in the Czech Republic. Czech TV even prefers to broadcast Spengler Cup.

That’s a shame. To be fair, the Spengler Cup is actually pretty fun to watch. I wish it was at another time of year.

 

[BigBadBoar]

World Juniors continues to be a niche event in the Czech Republic. Czech TV even prefers to broadcast Spengler Cup.

I believe they only broadcast Czech team games. At least in the group stage. To make things clear for people from abroad, quite many hockey fans here follow the World juniors, but those are mostly "hockey freaks," people who use to watch NHL games being played during the night CET and so on. It is apparently not enough for the Czech TV to broadcast all games. At the other hand, the fan discussions on World Juniors are much more relevant here than these on the men's WCH, precisely since it is basically followed by people who know a thing or two about hockey and not by casual fans who have no clue. So the fan "community" around WJC is much more interesting than the usual bunches of "pub coaches" during the men's WCH, at least to me.

 

[karhukissa]

But counting us out from medals is a good laugh.

Nothing new. Idk how many medals on U18, 20 and adult level Finland has to win, to make people realize that Finns should never be counted out before the tournament. Or after bad group stage when Finland barely get's through but finally ends up playing for medals.

Yeah, not as many stars as previous years but that roster is still talented enough to cause very big upsets. Let's see what happens!

 

[Rob]

Got to eat breakfast and watch a hockey game this morning. The tournament isn't in Europe as often as it used to be. Forgot how much I liked these day games during the Xmas break.

 

[Prntscrn]

What's up with the schedule? Isn't it usually a game starting every 1,5 hours (I.e. 3pm, 4.30pm, 6pm etc) or something like that instead of two at a time?

 

[GWNR]

Canada's probably looking at a 1-3 round robin record and elimination in the quarter-final round, and may be forced to stare the possibility of playing in the relegation game in the face.

Unless they get a pillbox-defence roster full of 6' 5'' tall 17 year olds to play next year, Canada may be in a hell of a lot of trouble.

=/

This won't age well.

...Yup didn't age well.

 

[Jeb99]

Any Swedish fans in Ostrava who would like to meet up before the game somewhere?

Have some breakfast-beeeeeeer-lunch-beeeeer before the game?

 

[Rob]

Just wanted to say that the Czech fans did a great job this year. Their games had a fantastic atmosphere.

 

[FinPanda]

Top two teams in group B will most likely play in the semifinal.

I was wrong.

sorry but don't think finland has the talent this year.. quarterfinal exit or bronze medal game at best I say.

At least the QF part of your prediction was wrong, we'll see how it goes in the semis.