Prospect Info: 2022 World Junior Championship

[duxfan1101]

It's that time of the year again! We have 4 prospects participating in this year's tournament, which will take place in Alberta starting December 26:

C Mason McTavish (CAN #23)
LHD Olen Zellweger (CAN #3)
LW/RW Sasha Pastujov (USA #12)
RHD Ian Moore (USA #2)

Here is the schedule for both teams:

Pre-Tournament Games (all times in PST):

12/23 - USA vs. Finland @ 11am
12/23 - Canada vs. Russia @ 4pm

Tournament Games (all times in PST):

12/26 - Canada vs. Czechia @ 4pm
12/26 - USA vs. Slovakia @ 6:30pm
12/28 - USA vs. Switzerland @ 1:30pm
12/28 - Canada vs. Austria @ 4pm
12/29 - Canada vs. Germany @ 4pm
12/29 - USA vs. Sweden @ 6:30pm
12/31 - Canada vs. Finland @ 4pm
12/31 - USA vs. Russia @ 6:30pm

2022 Draft Prospects to Watch:

C/W Logan Cooley (USA)
C Shane Wright (Canada)
RW Joakim Kemell (Finland)
C/W Brad Lambert (Finland)
LW Juraj Slafkovsky (Slovakia)
C/W Filip Mesar (Slovakia)
RHD Simon Nemec (Slovakia)
RHD David Jiricek (Czechia)
RW Danila Yurov (Russia)

Other eligible players (taken from a list provided by The Hockey Writers): Lian Bichsel (SUI), Rastislav Elias (SVK), Vladimir Grudinin (RUS), Marco Kasper (AUS), Jozef Viliam Kmec (SVK), Arseni Koromyslov (RUS), Jiri Kulich (CZE), Servac Petrovsky (SVK), Vincenz Rohrer (AUS), Dylan Silverstein (USA), Adam Sykora (SVK).

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[duxfan1101]

If Zellweger sticks with Power, he's going to be playing a lot.

 

[bsu]

Top pairing with Power, what an opportunity for him.

 

[bsu]

McTavish with a shooter and a grinder is interesting considering he's not known for his playmaking at all.

 

[Gliff]

Sucks that McTavish is not on that first line, but Zellweger is going to get a huge opportunity.

 

[McDonald19]

What happened with Jacob Perreault? Didn’t he change his allegiance to Team USA to participate in this tournament?

 

[duxfan1101]

What happened with Jacob Perreault? Didn’t he change his allegiance to Team USA to participate in this tournament?

Couldn't get his passport in time.

 

[LuckyDucky]

What happened with Jacob Perreault? Didn’t he change his allegiance to Team USA to participate in this tournament?

It was reported that he didn't get a passport in time (or something to that effect).

 

[Static]

Congrats Moore and pastujov!

 

[Static]

 

[bsu]

Pasta with Lucius will be something.... Smilanic is a great fit next to those two.

 

[AngelDuck]

Not sure Moore will play much(that US defense is very good). But bodes well that he made it

 

[Static]

 

[bsu]

Zel and Moore both on top pairing. What a time.

 

[bsu]

I've seen Moore play a couple times... had no idea he was 6'3

 

[Gliff]

Is this legit? Top pairing is pretty insane for Moore.

 

[AngelDuck]

Kings fans have chosen to go the incredibly smug route about Clarke’s omission. Part of me hopes Canada wins this tournament just to stick it to them. Never thought I’d say that

 

[Gliff]

Kings fans have chosen to go the incredibly smug route about Clarke’s omission. Part of me hopes Canada wins this tournament just to stick it to them. Never thought I’d say that

I mean, it's understandable. He 100% deserves to be on that team.

 

[darkwingduck]

Moore seems like he's in the '07 Beauch role. Compliment the star player, defer to them. Then Hughes on another pairing to spread out the talent.

 

[Kalv]

Sucks that Perreault wasn't able to get the papers done for this, it would be huge.
Colangelo, if born a few days later would also be on the team if not an injury.
And, lol, Drysdale would be eligible as well.

Only 4 prospects, but the overall picture is very promising for us. Anyways, super excited for the guys that we do have on the team, Go Ducklings!

 

[AngelDuck]

I mean, it's understandable. He 100% deserves to be on that team.

Get over it

 

[bsu]

I mean, it's understandable. He 100% deserves to be on that team.

Obviously he didn't since he's not lol

 

[Gliff]

Obviously he didn't since he's not lol

Ya because Hockey Canada has never made a bad team selection. Honestly just dumb logic. You can deserve something without getting it.

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

Ya because Hockey Canada has never made a bad team selection. Honestly just dumb logic. You can deserve something without getting it.

I deserve a billion bucks. Gimme gimme.

 

[bsu]

Ya because Hockey Canada has never made a bad team selection. Honestly just dumb logic. You can deserve something without getting it.

I deserve to win the lotto, but they never picked me.