WJC: Predictions

Wieters

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Canada gold. Then who cares.
Nobody cares about silver or bronze. You don't get silver or bronze in the Stanley Cup.
There's a difference between domestic leagues and international tournaments. It makes sense to recognize second and third place when the pool is ostensibly composed of the entire world rather than just the fixed number of teams in a domestic league.
 
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Svedu

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1. Canada.
2. USA.
3. Sweden.
4. Finland.
5. Czechia.
6. Slovakia.

Exciting stars to follow: ASP, Hagens & Mckenna.

Other interesting prospects to follow, at least for me: Reber, Muggli, Meier, Gredig, Dorthe, Helenius, Eklund, Willander, Stenberg, Gidlöf, Edstrom, Lindstein, Wahlberg, Martone, Barkey, Bonk, Catton, Luchanko, Rehkopf, Strbak, Radivojevic, Murnieks , Osmanis, Chovan, Pekarcik, Urban, Rimpinen, Vali or Saarinen, Buium, Hutson, Eiserman, Connelly, Leonard, Miettinen, Kiiskinen, Augustine, Perreault, Galvas, Badinka, Jiricek, Sale? Zidlicky, Hrabal, Stancl, Curran, Jecho, Sikora, Dvorak, Holinka, Hradec.
You are welcome guys.

Of course a bit Finnish and Flyers biased. And some prospects that aren't from the bigger nations are mentioned because of young age.

Not sure the US are better than Sweden this year though. Perhaps Sweden in the final game and the US for the bronze.
Swedens D will be like their best-on-best roster for men, stacked!
 
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Goodman68

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1. Canada.
2. USA.
3. Sweden.
4. Finland.
5. Czechia.
6. Slovakia.

Exciting stars to follow: ASP, Hagens & Mckenna.

Other interesting prospects to follow, at least for me: Reber, Muggli, Meier, Gredig, Dorthe, Helenius, Eklund, Willander, Stenberg, Edstrom, Wahlberg, Martone, Barkey, Bonk, Catton, Luchanko, Rehkopf, Strbak Radivojevic, Murnieks , Chovan, Pekarcik, Urban, Rimpinen, Vali or Saarinen, Buium, Hutson, Eiserman, Connelly, Leonard, Miettinen, Kiiskinen, Augustine, Perreault, Galvas, Badinka, Jiricek, Sale? Zidlicky, Hrabal, Stancl, Curran, Jecho, Sikora, Dvorak, Holinka, Hradec.
You are welcome guys.

Of course a bit Finnish and Flyers biased. And some prospects that aren't from the bigger nations are mentioned because of young age.
Badinka is not nominated (again:sarcasm:), Curran the same, Jiříček probably won't be available (injury).
 
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Svedu

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Badinka is not nominated (again:sarcasm:), Curran the same, Jiříček probably won't be available (injury).
My bad :) But if they participate or would've they would be interesting to follow.

Also, Hrabal is perhaps just as uncertain as Rimpinen for me, but Hrabals size and experience will make him one of the most intriguing goalies going in to this tournament.
 
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Czechboy

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1. Canada.
2. USA.
3. Sweden.
4. Finland.
5. Czechia.
6. Slovakia.

Exciting stars to follow: ASP, Hagens & Mckenna.

Other interesting prospects to follow, at least for me: Reber, Muggli, Meier, Gredig, Dorthe, Helenius, Eklund, Willander, Stenberg, Edstrom, Wahlberg, Martone, Barkey, Bonk, Catton, Luchanko, Rehkopf, Strbak, Radivojevic, Murnieks , Osmanis, Chovan, Pekarcik, Urban, Rimpinen, Vali or Saarinen, Buium, Hutson, Eiserman, Connelly, Leonard, Miettinen, Kiiskinen, Augustine, Perreault, Galvas, Badinka, Jiricek, Sale? Zidlicky, Hrabal, Stancl, Curran, Jecho, Sikora, Dvorak, Holinka, Hradec.
You are welcome guys.

Of course a bit Finnish and Flyers biased. And some prospects that aren't from the bigger nations are mentioned because of young age.
ASP is one I'm very interested to see. Wing's fans are very high on him.
 
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Svedu

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ASP is one I'm very interested to see. Wing's fans are very high on him.
Yep, his numbers are insane and his style of playing makes it even more exciting. I believe he's a PP1 quarterback for a future Wings if everything pans out for him. Seider can be their most important two-way guy. But ASP has "The new Lidström" written all over him.
 
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Eye of Ra

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Yep, his numbers are insane and his style of playing makes it even more exciting. I believe he's a PP1 quarterback for a future Wings if everything pans out for him. Seider can be their most important two-way guy. But ASP has "The new Lidström" written all over him.
Lidström is one of the best defenders ever. Asp will never reach Lidströms level.
 

Namejs

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Based on what?
Based on probability theory, I give a slightly over 50% chance of that happening over the next 7 WJCs, both U20s and U18s combined.

The depth we're going to have is unprecedented, along with some top round prospects.

All you need is 2 wins to have a shot at bronze. It's really not that big of a deal. Without russia, there's always going to be one weaker top 4 seed in the QFs.
 
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Eye of Ra

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Based on probability theory, I give a slightly over 50% chance of that happening over the next 7 WJCs, both U20s and U18s combined.

The depth we're going to have is unprecedented, along with some top round prospects.

All you need is 2 wins to have a shot at bronze. It's really not that big of a deal. Without russia, there's always going to be one weaker top 4 seed in the QFs.
Do Slovakia have a chance to medal?
 
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