2020 World Juniors: Who Makes Fisher’s Team Canada?

[Larry Fisher]

Who makes my Team Canada? I get that question a lot ahead of the World Juniors, so I’m sharing my projected roster this year on the eve of Canada’s selection camp. Here are the 22 players that I would be taking to the Czech Republic: https://thehockeywriters.com/2020-world-juniors-canada-roster-prediction/

Agree or disagree? Do you like my roster for Team Canada? What changes would you make?

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[sanitysrequiem]

Nice writeup, I'm much higher on this year's team Canada than the last few

 

[Dominance]

It’s interesting. I highly doubt 5 draft eligible players make it, even given that Laf and Byfield are locks. There should be zero chance that JBD is not on this team.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Canada is gonna get killed with those goalies, oof.

 

[Goldenhands]

Personally, the kid line I would like to see is Lafreniere Byfield Perfetti...

My foward group would go this way:

Hayton Dach Veleno

Lafreniere Byfield Perfetti

Holloway McMichael Cozens

Foote Groulx Dellandrea\Foudy

Edit: Dach to be released or not?

 

[tony d]

Thanks for this. Going to be interesting to see what the final team looks like.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Nice prediction should be interesting to see what they role out. I couldn’t see Canada doing that many draft eligible prospects even though Canada has a strong stock this year. Last year it was just Lafreniere usually just seems to be one or two guys.

 

[Sens72]

Unbiasedly I can say Jacob Bernard-Docker will make the team.

 

[Larry Fisher]

Nice prediction should be interesting to see what they role out. I couldn’t see Canada doing that many draft eligible prospects even though Canada has a strong stock this year. Last year it was just Lafreniere usually just seems to be one or two guys.

Yeah, six is a stretch, as mentioned in the article, but that’s who I would be taking, not necessarily a prediction of the actual roster. I don’t think they will go that young, even if they should IMO.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Personally, the kid line I would like to see is Lafreniere Byfield Perfetti...

My foward group would go this way:

Hayton Dach Veleno

Lafreniere Byfield Perfetti

Holloway McMichael Cozens

Foote Groulx Dellandrea\Foudy

Edit: Dach to be released or not?

I thought Arizona wasn't going to release Hayton?

 

[Larry Fisher]

Unbiasedly I can say Jacob Bernard-Docker will make the team.

Five spots are spoken for on D, assuming Dobson is loaned. Bernard-Docker is definitely in the mix for one of the two remaining spots, as mentioned.

 

[Flamesfan62]

Canada is gonna get killed with those goalies, oof.

Rodrigue has been amazing this year

 

[Flamesfan62]

No Pelletier? Gross

 

[Evgeny Oliker]

Any idea when all other national teams will release their WJC lineups?

when will HF have forum set up for WJC ?

 

[Dominance]

Rodrigue has been amazing this year

Actually, none of our goalies are really “big names” but have all played excellently this year. The problem is we just don’t know if they will rise to the big stage.

No Pelletier? Gross

Unfortunately, hearing he just got injured. So that’s that. I would have had him on the team.

Here’s my lineup. I’m going to assume that neither Arizona nor Chicago are going to be actively sabotaging their players’ development by deciding to continue their horrific usage instead of making Hayton and Dach available.

Lafreniere-Veleno-Dach
McMichael-Hayton-Thomas
Krebs-Byfield-Cozens
Foudy-Newhook-Dellandrea
Groulx/Holloway

Smith-Dobson
Byram-JBD
McIsaac-Harley
Bahl/Drysdale

Rodrigue
Hofer
Jones

 

[Kevin Musto]

Not sure if you're aware, but your lineup "with NHLers" doesn't include Kirby Dach which is just about the biggest oversight you could have made.

 

[covfefe]

Not sure if you're aware, but your lineup "with NHLers" doesn't include Kirby Dach which is just about the biggest oversight you could have made.

you must be fun at parties

hope to see Newhook on the team, could use his speed on the big ice

 

[BondraTime]

Five spots are spoken for on D, assuming Dobson is loaned. Bernard-Docker is definitely in the mix for one of the two remaining spots, as mentioned.

5 are spoken for already, and JBD not being one of them?

Seems pretty strange, I thought McKenzie had JBD as one of the 3-4 locks/favourites on D.

 

[OSA]

Pretty sure Dale dgaf and will take both of his Knights

 

[wetcoast]

Nice writeup, I'm much higher on this year's team Canada than the last few

Pretty much this, great article.

 

[blindpass]

Not sure if you're aware, but your lineup "with NHLers" doesn't include Kirby Dach which is just about the biggest oversight you could have made.

By all accounts he's not going to be made available. That's being factored in.

 

[newfy]

Theres no way canada is that young, they wont have an all draft eligible line. I also doubt they go with a pairing of Byram and Drysdale in the top 4, its more likely a combo of Smith, Dobson, McIsaac and JBD in the top 4 with a shot at Byram also being there. Hihghly unlikely Drysdale is relied on that much This tourney is always hard on 18 year old d, its a 19 year olds tourney. Bernard-Docker is damn close to a lock as well. Hayton isnt getting released Bob Mackenzie said.

This roster is just way too young to be what Canada actually brings

 

[Gold Standard]

pretty much bang on with my roster wish list. more or less. too bad a couple of idiot NHL GMs have to be the fly in the ointment.

I don't mind missing out on 18-19 year old players if they are legit NHLers contributing to their teams, but missing out on junior age players putting their assprints on the barstools in the pressbox is disappointing.

 

[Larry Fisher]

Not sure if you're aware, but your lineup "with NHLers" doesn't include Kirby Dach which is just about the biggest oversight you could have made.

I noted that I don't expect Chicago to loan Dach to Canada. Jeremy Colliton and the Blackhawks' brass have made that quite clear, so cross him off the list barring a last-minute change of heart.

 

[Larry Fisher]

Theres no way canada is that young, they wont have an all draft eligible line. I also doubt they go with a pairing of Byram and Drysdale in the top 4, its more likely a combo of Smith, Dobson, McIsaac and JBD in the top 4 with a shot at Byram also being there. Hihghly unlikely Drysdale is relied on that much This tourney is always hard on 18 year old d, its a 19 year olds tourney. Bernard-Docker is damn close to a lock as well. Hayton isnt getting released Bob Mackenzie said.

This roster is just way too young to be what Canada actually brings

This roster is who I would take, not a prediction of the actual roster. These are the 22 players that would make my Team Canada. I realize they will likely go older, even if I don't agree with that decision. I would have went younger with the 2019 team too (Dach, Cozens and Byram would have made my team over Entwistle, Bowers and Phillips) and I think they would have fared better by going that route and had more returnees for 2020 as a result. But hindsight is 20/20.