2025 World Junior Championship discussion thread
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Matthew Schaffer.
All joking aside, I don't believe so. Still wish there was a solution so we could see a Russian team, devalues the tournament without them.
I think Koivu and Bergqvist are the only prospects left with a chance of making it
Will Vecvanags play for Latvia? He was on Latvia's U16, U17 and U18 teams in the past so would assume he might be on the radar for the junior team.
Just a few maybes. All of our 2023 draft picks have aged out.
From 2024: Demidov is Russian. Hage not invited.
Koivu (Finland), Vecvanags (Latvia) & Bergqvist (Sweden) are the only potentials.
It's entirely possible we have no prospects in this tournament. I'm not sure when that last happened.
He's not even starting in the BCHL.. he probably will be there but man that slip up by Lapointe feels like another Trunev move.
He should have stayed with the Q. No idea why he went BCHL. Latvia doesn't exactly have a lot of depth, so I expect him to be there even if it's as 3rd string goalie.
Probably didn't want to live wherever they took him vs where he was supposed to go before Lapointe spilled the beans.
He went BCHL because he wanted to go the NCAA route.
I normally have zero interest in the WJC and now I have even less. Most of our prospects aren't the right age/nationality.
TBH Hage could have double his already impressive point total and get snubbed. Wasn't a top 5 pick and not playing in the CHL. Tied for 11th in PPG in the entire NCAA with Ryan Leonard, a guy his D+2 and Hagens, the presumptive #1 overall pick. Plus our Sam Harris. Everyone ahead is 20+ years old.
I can't help but feel a ton of our prospect's stocks have cratered this season. Don't think we're even top 5 anymore tbh.
TBH Hage could have double his already impressive point total and get snubbed. Wasn't a top 5 pick and not playing in the CHL. Tied for 11th in PPG in the entire NCAA with Ryan Leonard, a guy his D+2 and Hagens, the presumptive #1 overall pick. Plus our Sam Harris. Everyone ahead is 20+ years old.
I can't help but feel a ton of our prospect's stocks have cratered this season. Don't think we're even top 5 anymore tbh.
A recent polling had us as #2, I believe. I don’t see this cratering, you speak of.
In any case, we don't need all of our prospects to hit. No team gets that. Demidov, Fowler & Reinbacher are our 3 most important prospects. If they all hit their potential, the team is in good position to improve. They all fill needs.
Fowler & Reinbacher are too old for this tournament as they're Oct-Dec birthdays. Demidov is Russian.
No Habs prospects = I don't care much. Getting sick of the Team Canada politics and old boys club, they can go f*** a sock.
Poor Sennecke...
Team Canada has truly believe that one game elimination tournament teams need to be built like they are heading into seven games series for some strange reason. US has a similar ideology.
I think the only other prospect that might be at the WJC is Koivu for Finland. If he's not there, it will only be Bergqvist.
With Hage not invited to Canada's camp and Fowler being too old for this tournament, and of course with Russia not participating (Demidov), Habs will be very little represented. But that is more to do with prospects being too old for the tourny and that they are now in the pros.
With Hage not invited to Canada's camp and Fowler being too old for this tournament, and of course with Russia not participating (Demidov), Habs will be very little represented. But that is more to do with prospects being too old for the tourny and that they are now in the pros.
Yes he did. And I believe if the CHL/NCAA agreement came earlier, he might have stuck with AB Titan.
Maybe, but maybe going from Riga to Bathurst was just too much of a downgrade
Maybe, but maybe going from Riga to Bathurst was just too much of a downgrade
And yet, BCHL is more of a downgrade than QMJHL.
And he would presumably have been the starter in the Q.
