WJC: 2025 Team Latvia Roster Talk

[Namejs]

He isn't supposed to be impressive, he is a depth player for their team. If you wanted to discuss impressive you could have written about Sarkenov whose performance this year pretty much matches Mateiko (albeit on a deeper team) or Orazov who is well over PPG as a defenseman in the MHL to go with few minutes here and there in the KHL.

But anyway, this wasn't about the specifics. If they could beat the Czechs, they can definitely challenge Latvia.

I value your input, as I would have scouted their team only shortly before the WJC and it's nice to know that they have a deeper team than usual, but they will likely still get relegated.

Looking at Germany, actually, they're still very unimpressive as well and it looks like their prospects are on the younger side too. For some reason I expected them to be much deeper. A potential Griva match-up looming.

 

[Namejs]

We're playing Denmark, Norway and Austria in a 4 team tournament. Only Europe-based players are attending, so most of our key players are not there, except for Osmanis and Uljanskis.

It will be interesting to see how this affects player selection for the WJC. There's a bunch of depth players here with this being their last chance at cracking the roster.

Also, expecting Osmanis to light it up.

 

[Namejs]

A 4-1 win over Denmark, Osmanis with 1+1.

It's a bit too early to tell, but I actually liked Livsics. Expected more of Serkins.

Not sure why Ansons was on the top line, but he looked decent at least against the backdrop of Denmark. 2 goals today. Probably too slow for a top 6 role in the WJC though.

Fecers looked OK-ish, seemed to make some positional mistakes at times.