WJC: Prediction Time

[YMCMBYOLO]

Here are some of mine:


1. Finland
2. Canada
3. USA


Top scorer: Matthews (USA)
Best goaltender: Blackwood (CAN)
Best defenseman: Sanhiem (CAN)

Canada beats USA in the opener 5-3

Click to read more...

 

[Wooren]

1.USA
2.Canada
3.Czech republic

Belarus gets relegated.
Canada and Russia end up 1st in the groups.
Denmark will win at least one match.

 

[199991]

Sweden
Canada
Finland

Top Scorer: B Point
Top Goalie: L Soderstrom
Top Dmen : G Forsling

 

[peto10]

1. Finland
2. Canada
3. Sweden

Slovakia will win in shootouts against Belarus and avoid relegation.

 

[y2kcanucks]

1. Canada
2. USA
3. Finland

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

I should not made, any predictions because i'm failed to my predictions too often.
But lets try this way.

1 Finland
2 USA
3 Canada

Top Scorer Patrik Laine
Best goal-scorer Patrik Laine

Top Goalie Veini Vehviläinen
Top Defenseman Jacob Chychrun
Top Forward Patrik Laine

All-star team

Tkachuk Matthews Laine
Chychrun Juolevi
Vehviläinen

 

[Dodospice]

1- Sweden
2- USA
3- Canada
4- Finland
5- Czech Republic
6- Russia
7- Switzerland
8- Slovakia
9- Denmark
10- Belarus

Top Scorer: William Nylander
Top Defenceman: Zach Werenski
Top Goalie: Linus Soderstrom

All-Star Team:
Milano Nylander Matthews
Werenski Forsling
Soderstrom

 

[xxxx]

Gold - Canada
Silver - USA
Bronze - Sweden

Best Forward - Strome
Best Defenseman - Walman
Best Goaltender - Blackwood

 

[1Gold Standard]

GMG Canada v USA. winner Canada.
BMG Czech Rep. v Sweden. winner Czech Rep.

My biggest prediction! Tournament MVP will be Willy Nylander! and leafs fans of all shapes and sizes have a come to Jesus moment... how great the World Juniors are for player development and henceforth actively campaign, forever and ever amen, that all leafs prospects with junior eligibility remaining shall be released to their junior teams.

 

[Exarz]

1. Finland
2. Canada
3. USA
4. Russia
5. Sweden
6. Czech Republic
7. Switzerland
8. Slovakia
9. Denmark
10. Belarus

 

[saintflannel]

Canada, USA and Finland will medal. It's a toss up to which countries will get gold, silver and bronze.

 

[Erikfromfin]

1. Finland
2. USA
3. Russia

Sebastian Aho - Auston Matthews - Patrik Laine
Zach Werenski - Ivan Provorov
Brandon Halverson

For me the clearcut winner is Finland. All the stars and signs are aligned for domination with Laine and Puljujärvi at theyre draft year WJC in home ice. Sauce it up with Rantanen, Kapanen, Aho, Hintz, Nättinen and co and you got dynamite core. Head coach is non other than the lion king Jukka Jalonen, to make it overkill even mascot of the tournament is Teemu Selänne. Not a chance they will loose this.

 

[Patera]

Gold - Finland
Silver - Sweden
Bronze - Czech Republic

Best Forward - Mikko Rantanen
Best Defenceman - Gustav Forsling
Best Goalie - Daniel Vladar

 

[Nizdizzle]

1. Canada
2. Sweden
3. USA

Top scorer: Nylander
Best goaltender: Blackwood
Best defenseman: Provorov

 

[illone84]

Too many people predicting gold for finland = bad for finland lol

Better to have them predicted to get 5th place



That being said, I think either US, CAN, FIN will take it, but impossible to predict, but I'll go with USA.

 

[NTDP]

The biggest thing with this tournament now is that all teams have to play a quarter final game. I like the idea even though my team has lost the last two years to the Russians in it. There will be a team that people expect to medal that bounces out in the Quarters because they didn't win the group, thus having to play a good team in the crossover. Just adds to the excitement.

 

[DrJenniferHanson]

1 - Canada
2 - Finland
3 - USA
4 - Sweden
5 - Russia
6 - Czech Republic
7 - Slovakia
8 - Switzerland
9 - Denmark
10 - Belarus

F: Marner
D: Provorov
G: Vladar

 

[nelsojc]

1. Canada
2. Finland
3. USA
4. Sweden
5. Czech
6. Russia

Canada, Finland, USA, and Sweden are all very loaded up front with elite level scoring. However, Canada has the best defensive group in this tournament by far. They are all elite skaters and good two-way defencemen - that will be the difference in this tournament.

 

[nelsojc]

1. Finland
2. USA
3. Russia

Sebastian Aho - Auston Matthews - Patrik Laine
Zach Werenski - Ivan Provorov
Brandon Halverson

For me the clearcut winner is Finland. All the stars and signs are aligned for domination with Laine and Puljujärvi at theyre draft year WJC in home ice. Sauce it up with Rantanen, Kapanen, Aho, Hintz, Nättinen and co and you got dynamite core. Head coach is non other than the lion king Jukka Jalonen, to make it overkill even mascot of the tournament is Teemu Selänne. Not a chance they will loose this.

Lol not a single chance eh? I'll take Marner, Strome and Point or Matthews, Tkachuk, and Dvorak over any combination of Finns you just posted.

 

[Wooren]

1. Finland
2. USA
3. Russia

Sebastian Aho - Auston Matthews - Patrik Laine
Zach Werenski - Ivan Provorov
Brandon Halverson

For me the clearcut winner is Finland. All the stars and signs are aligned for domination with Laine and Puljujärvi at theyre draft year WJC in home ice. Sauce it up with Rantanen, Kapanen, Aho, Hintz, Nättinen and co and you got dynamite core. Head coach is non other than the lion king Jukka Jalonen, to make it overkill even mascot of the tournament is Teemu Selänne. Not a chance they will loose this.

Prepare to be dissapointed then. Maybe they can snap a medal, but if you believe they will dominate the whole tournament, you are going to have a bad time.Hf boards's overhyping Finns at it's best.

 

[kk87]

1. Canada
2. USA
3. Sweden
4. Finland
5. Russia

Lol not a single chance eh? I'll take Marner, Strome and Point or Matthews, Tkachuk, and Dvorak over any combination of Finns you just posted.

I agree wholeheartedly. It's easy for Finns to overrate their team when they have a bunch of point producers and high draft picks, not realizing that Canada and the USA have an abundance of both of these every year

 

[FiLe]

I agree wholeheartedly. It's easy for Finns to overrate their team when they have a bunch of point producers and high draft picks, not realizing that Canada and the USA have an abundance of both of these every year

And how do those other years affect this year, when Finland actually does for once have a team that can rival others?

Maybe next year we'll be back to the usual programming with a slightly less studded Team Finland, but again, what does that have to do with this year's iteration?

 

[kk87]

And how do those other years affect this year, when Finland actually does for once have a team that can rival others?

Maybe next year we'll be back to the usual programming with a slightly less studded Team Finland, but again, how does that affect this year's play?

This Finnish team definitely looks solid, and they will certainly be able to compete. But the guy said that there is no way Finland can lose this tournament. I'm not saying they have no chance, but I'd say they're still an underdog.

 

[FinPanda]

This Finnish team definitely looks solid, and they will definitely be able to compete. But the guy said that there is no way Finland can lose this tournament. I'm definitely not saying they have no chance, but I'd say they're still an underdog.

Of course we are, but it's nice to see we finally have a good team. Sweden, Canada and USA are better, so maybe we are fourth best on paper. But we'll see what happens when the tournament starts.

1. Canada
2. Sweden
3. Finland
4. USA

 

[FiLe]

This Finnish team definitely looks solid, and they will definitely be able to compete. But the guy said that there is no way Finland can lose this tournament. I'm definitely not saying they have no chance, but I'd say they're still an underdog.

Yeah, calling them sure winners is over the top. Hard to say if said fellow was being serious or if it was a tongue-in-cheek statement.

However, I don't really agree with the "underdog" part (no matter how well said status makes it easier to play). It's an even group among the rest. Which means they can win it all, or some other equally good team can take it.

Regardless, all Finns here are excited to see what a studded team can do for once, especially when combined with those other factors that usually make them competitive, such as dedicated game plan and that extra grit they're so known for.