Prospect Info: WJC 2023 Dec 26 '22 - Jan 5 '23

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Vilmanis finishes the tournament with a goal and one assist in six games played.
Latvia beat Austria 2-0 in the relegation round, holding their spot in next year's tournament.

Here's his goal from this morning (1:20). Pretty give-and-go goal.

 

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Let the good times roll, Jansson strikes again!

 

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Let the good times roll, Jansson strikes again!

He's really having a great tournament.

 

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Czechia ties it with under a minute , then in overtime won 2-1.
Jansson named one of the Sweden's top three players in the tournament.

 

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Wohoo! Czechs beat Sweden after 20 years and we’re in the finals

 

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Wohoo! Czechs beat Sweden after 20 years and we’re in the finals

I hope to see you there soon. Nothing finer than crushing the Americans!

 

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I hope to see you there soon. Nothing finer than crushing the Americans!

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This Canada USA game is electric!

 

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Let the good times roll, Jansson strikes again!

 

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I hope to see you there soon. Nothing finer than crushing the Americans!

See you at the game tomorrow

 

[Prominence Problem]

Vilmanis finishes the tournament with a goal and one assist in six games played.
Latvia beat Austria 2-0 in the relegation round, holding their spot in next year's tournament.

In the intermission they mentioned that Austria was relegated, and Norway will be in the tournament next year.

 

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Ludvig “Future Forsling” Jansson named one of the two all star Ds with Jiricek who was drafted sixth in same draft. Lost out the the top D award to Jiricek but was tied for sixth in scoring. Tied for both most points for D and points for team Sweden.

We have a new top three prospect!

 

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Kos scored the equalizer to 2-2; overall 5 points in 7 games playing on the third line. Didn't stand out but he is a 6th round pick; if he's going to be even a depth player, it's at least 5 years away.

 

[GermanPanther]

Ludvig “Future Forsling” Jansson named one of the two all star Ds with Jiricek who was drafted sixth in same draft. Lost out the the top D award to Jiricek but was tied for sixth in scoring. Tied for both most points for D and points for team Sweden.

We have a new top three prospect!

For me is this always hard to guess, is this a joke or might be true.

Let´s say it was not a joke, good for his own development on international Level.
For the overall you have to look where he looked good or bad. Games against Canada or Czech are different to score, as Games against Austria, Latvia or Germany.
But to be annouced as an Allstar in a youth Tournament, big step. To hit your best Game on the right Point at Time is hard to do.
Hope his process goes on and he work on his Game.

 

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For me is this always hard to guess, is this a joke or might be true.

Let´s say it was not a joke, good for his own development on international Level.
For the overall you have to look where he looked good or bad. Games against Canada or Czech are different to score, as Games against Austria, Latvia or Germany.
But to be annouced as an Allstar in a youth Tournament, big step. To hit your best Game on the right Point at Time is hard to do.
Hope his process goes on and he work on his Game.

Is he the next Forsling? That’s a Swede joke.

Did he take a big step up? yes. He scored consistently throughout the tournament after lackluster numbers in a men’s leagues

Is he one of our best prospects? After Samos, I’d say we have a flat group with many flaws so yes

 

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Ludvig “Future Forsling” Jansson named one of the two all star Ds with Jiricek who was drafted sixth in same draft. Lost out the the top D award to Jiricek but was tied for sixth in scoring. Tied for both most points for D and points for team Sweden.

We have a new top three prospect!

Jansson also got two assists in Sweden's 8-7 OTL to the US in the bronze medal game.

I was able to watch almost all of his games this tournament. What a pleasant surprise he was! He had an excellent tournament offensively (7gp, 4g 6a) in what was pretty consistent scoring through the entire tournament.

He has average height (6'), but would need to put on some weight (176lbs.) to his slender build. He didn't have trouble with contact, but definitely didn't go seeking it. He definitely held his own when people hit him, but didn't really seem to initiate it.
He plays a very smart game, both offensively and defensively. Defensively he always seems in the right position and has a very active stick. This would help him with not being so physically engaged. Offensively he is also very smart. He never gets caught rushing the puck. On the power play, Sweden seem to play a 1-3-1, with him being the up top man. He always seem to hang back so there's one man back, by the obviously got fed the puck enough to get some shots. He had a quick wrister on net that never seemed to get blocked.
He is smart with skating up the puck, almost fluid like. He doesn't seem to take unnecessary strides. I would almost compare him to a Lindstrom type, but without the size and booming shot. The rest of his game seems to be modeled after him.

I would think a contract is in order when the season is over, getting him over into the North American System would be a top priority.