OT: Wild Child of the world's U20

[Sweetnut]

Time for the 2025 World Junior Championship to kick off, this time in Ottawa.
There is a couple of interesting undrafted guys to keep an eye on, Jamiro Reber is the next Fiala in Team Switzerland.
Sweden has the puck-moving, mobile D-man Wilhelm Hallquisth, not the biggest guy but a big talent.

But which one of the Wild prospects will score the most?

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[Digitalbooya]

Better be Zeev or that would be really disappointing

 

[TaLoN]

Buium

 

[P10p]

Could see it being Kivi as a lot should run through him. Voted Zeev as the safe bet though!

 

[BagHead]

The smart money's on Buium, so I voted Kiviharju.

 

[Puhis]

Kumpulainen, just for shits and giggles. Should be playing in 1st or at least 2nd line, and might rack up some serious damage vs. Germany & Latvia. We'll see how he does against tougher opposition and whether Finland will even make it to semis this year. In any case, I wouldn't be too disappointed if it ends up him, given position, age, size, and all that.

 

[DANOZ28]

best guess buium , he'll be a man among boyz.

 

[57special]

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

If the US power play clicks, it'll be Buium by landslide. If not, probably Kump.

 

[123TripleDoge]

Zeev with the dumb over the glass penalty, PK instantly scored on.

 

[57special]

Zeev with the dumb over the glass penalty, PK instantly scored on.

He'll fit in perfectly on our team.

 

[GordieGallant]

Buium and Augustine pretty meh in game #1.
Hutson and Sandy-Pelican look much better.

 

[thestonedkoala]

LOL 10 goals and Buium got zero points.

 

[Jbcraig1883]

Kivi with two solid breakouts with smart/accurate passes thus far. Definitely looks poised and brings some stability back there.

 

[Sweetnut]

Score after day 1:
0

 

[GordieGallant]

Neither of the Finns play on the top PP.

 

[Sweetnut]

Day 2:

Kivi 1 apple

 

[north21]

Canada Latvia tied up 2-2 at the end of 3 is kind of interesting.

 

[BagHead]

Day 2:

Kivi 1 apple

I'd better milk this lead while I can. It may not last 24 hours.

 

[Sweetnut]

I'd better milk this lead while I can. It may not last 24 hours.

I think you got this in the bag. Or at least you got a nice lunch in that bag, with a kiwi, an apple, some milk and a can containing unknown food.

 

[TaLoN]

1-0 USA in a hurry

 

[Sweetnut]

1-0 USA in a hurry

They played late, went how many rounds of penalty shots and won vs Canada. Now they're facing a rested team USA, reigning champions.
It should be an easy win for USA.

 

[MNRube]

Buium is smooth. Just had a very casual poke-check that was not as easy as he made it appear.

 

[TaLoN]

1-0 after 1
USA looks like they want to get through this game while conserving energy for tomorrow

 

[Sweetnut]

1-0 after 1
USA looks like they want to get through this game while conserving energy for tomorrow

Do you mean they're coasting?