Prospect Info: 2024 World Juniors

[Murmansk16A]

Disappointing tournament for Anton Johansson. Not in terms of performance, but of usage:

20:03 v Latvia
17:06 v Germany
1:24 v Canada
4:52 v Finland
DNP v Switzerland (QF)
DNP v Czechia (SF)

I mean, I get it, keep your top Dmen rested against the Latvias and Germanys, lean into the #7 guy. It was probably the plan all along. But I thought he played well enough early on to continue having a role.

Didn't the Swedes get a defenseman back from injury during the tournament, and that's when Johansson's ice time went down?

 

[The Flying Octopus]

Anyone have a link for todays game ? One thing I hate about YouTube TV.

DM if so. TIA

 

[raymond23]

Let’s goooo boys!

 

[lhsgolf19]

Sorry ASP, let’s go Trey get a shutout

 

[FMichael]

If I were Cossa I might be a bit nervous…

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Augustine is getting in some work today.

 

[13to40]

Would like to see the Swedes win at home… with a 40+ save performance from Augustine!

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

If I were Cossa I might be a bit nervous…

Cossa should be getting worried.

 

[Frk It]

Gabe Perreault not being top 10 in his draft class is like Noah Dobson not being top 10 in his draft class.

Neither one will ever make sense to me.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Gabe Perreault not being top 10 in his draft class is like Noah Dobson not being top 10 in his draft class.

Neither one will ever make sense to me.

Or how a guy like Draper didn't see fit to draft Felix Unger-Sorum. The kid cycles on the board like a young speedy Draper.

 

[Realgud]

Outside of goalscoring and some breakout passes, ASP is not good at all this tournament.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

Gabe Perreault not being top 10 in his draft class is like Noah Dobson not being top 10 in his draft class.

Neither one will ever make sense to me.

product of smith and leonard

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Outside of goalscoring and some breakout passes, ASP is not good at all this tournament.

Yes, those are his strengths.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Outside of goalscoring and some breakout passes, ASP is not good at all this tournament.

He's a victim of his role. Havelid and Lindstein are given more offensive opportunities on that team for whatever reason.

 

[Realgud]

He's a victim of his role. Havelid and Lindstein are given more offensive opportunities on that team for whatever reason.

Pretty sure ASP has been on the first PP this entire tournament. He shines there. I'm talking defensively where he is puck watching, gets lost, or turns the puck over and lets the play develop around him. This is just one tournament so I really don't care but he has not been good. He's good offensively.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

f*** i wanted lekkerimaki instead of kasper too

 

[JediOrderPizza]

I totally wanted Lekkerimaki instead.

Spoiler

I didn't

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

People conveniently forgetting how awful Lekkerimaki has been the last two years. We'd be calling him a bust already

 

[JediOrderPizza]

I liked Ostlund but naw I was full on the Kasper train.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Pretty sure ASP has been on the first PP this entire tournament. He shines there. I'm talking defensively where he is puck watching, gets lost, or turns the puck over and lets the play develop around him. This is just one tournament so I really don't care but he has not been good. He's good offensively.

Watch his lack of puck carrying from the backend. It's counter to how he plays in Skelleftea. I haven't seen Sweden's defensemen carrying the puck from their red line up through the neutral zone much. I noted that problem back in 2021 (Raymond and Johansson's year) and 2022 (Edvinsson and Wallinder's year) as well. It's like their coaches want players to play their system more than developing a system around the players' strengths.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Outside of goalscoring and some breakout passes, ASP is not good at all this tournament.

You don't bring him for everything else, you bring him because he's an elite scorer and breakout passer. Yzerman is gambling that he can bring the other areas of his game up to acceptable.

Personally, I think he's been fine defensively. Not great, maybe not even good, but fine. I think he'd be perfect on a pairing with Edvinsson, who can handle the battles and break up most plays.

 

[Realgud]

Watch his lack of puck carrying from the backend. It's counter to how he plays in Skelleftea. I haven't seen Sweden's defensemen carrying the puck from their red line up through the neutral zone much. I noted that problem back in 2021 (Raymond and Johansson's year) and 2022 (Edvinsson and Wallinder's year) as well. It's like their coaches want players to play their system more than developing a system around the players' strengths.

That's totally fair. I have watched a single game of ASP in the SHL this year and I thought he was good, so like I said, this is just a tournament, I don't really care how he does in a single tourney like this. I still think he has tons of work to do defensively.

You don't bring him for everything else, you bring him because he's an elite scorer and breakout passer. Yzerman is gambling that he can bring the other areas of his game up to acceptable.

Personally, I think he's been fine defensively. Not great, maybe not even good, but fine. I think he'd be great on a pairing with Edvinsson, who can handle the battles and break up most plays.

Oh yeah for sure, I'm not saying otherwise, or concluding that he's a bust or anything lol, just highlighting him specifically since he's been hyped up like crazy this tournament but I personally don't think he has been very good. I think his defense has been a mess but he has been clutch af on offense and yeah I've always talked Ed's defensive game up and I think there's potential for them to look amazing on a pair together.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

That's totally fair. I have watched a single game of ASP in the SHL this year and I thought he was good, so like I said, this is just a tournament, I don't really care how he does in a single tourney like this. I still think he has tons of work to do defensively.


Oh yeah for sure, I'm not saying otherwise, or concluding that he's a bust or anything lol, just highlighting him specifically since he's been hyped up like crazy this tournament but I personally don't think he has been very good. I think his defense has been a mess but he has been clutch af on offense and yeah I've always talked Ed's defensive game up and I think there's potential for them to look amazing on a pair together.

Yeah, ASP definitely needs another year in the SHL, imo. It would let him mature physically, because he still looks like a bb, and give him more time to work on the defensive side of his game, which he definitely needs.

If they bring him over to Grand Rapids next year, there's just going to be a ASP-shaped smear on the corner boards.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

That's totally fair. I have watched a single game of ASP in the SHL this year and I thought he was good, so like I said, this is just a tournament, I don't really care how he does in a single tourney like this. I still think he has tons of work to do defensively.


Oh yeah for sure, I'm not saying otherwise, or concluding that he's a bust or anything lol, just highlighting him specifically since he's been hyped up like crazy this tournament but I personally don't think he has been very good. I think his defense has been a mess but he has been clutch af on offense and yeah I've always talked Ed's defensive game up and I think there's potential for them to look amazing on a pair together.

His defensive work and compete level was what I liked least about his game in his draft year but it's been much improved in Skelleftea. There's just something about the Swedish national teams where players are coached to become more passive than they would normally play, and you can see how it hurts the team.

 

[Realgud]

His defensive work and compete level was what I liked least about his game in his draft year but it's been much improved in Skelleftea. There's just something about the Swedish national teams where players are coached to become more passive than they would normally play, and you can see how it hurts the team.

Absolutely. I felt the same watching Raymond.