World Juniors Championship Pool

[dmvincent]

Here's mine.

Captain
Jarden Schwartz, Canada

Forwards
1. Teemu Pulkinnen, LW, Finland
2. Tomas Jurco, RW, Slovakia
3. Radek Faska, F, Slovakia
4. Mark Scheifele, C, Canada
5. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, Canada
6. Nick Bjugstad, C, United States
7. Johan Larsson, C, Sweden
8. Alexander Khoklachev, C, Russia
9. Nikita Kucherov, RW, Russia
10. Mikhail Grigorenko, C, Russia
11. Nail Yakupov, LW, Russia
12. Sven Bartschi, LW, Switzerland

Defencemen
1. Jon Merrill, D, United States
2. Adam Clendening, D, United States
3. Martin Marincin, D, Slovakia
4. Oscar Klefbom, D, Sweden
5. Nathan Beaulieu, D, Canada
6. Dougie Hamilton, D, Canada

Goalies
1. Jack Campbell, G, United States
2. Petr Mrazek, G, Czech Republic

[Big Ev]

Swapped somebody in for Strome last minute. Damn. He has 4 points tonight. Oh well.

Big Ev's team:

Captain: Mika Zibanejad (SWE)

Forwards:

Mark Stone (CAN)
Johan Larsson (SWE)
Johan Sundstrom (SWE)
Teemu Pulkkinen (FIN)
Rickard Rackell (SWE)
JT Miller (USA)
Jason Zucker (USA)
Mark Scheifele (CAN)
Mikhail Grigorenko (RUS)
Jonathan Huberdeau (CAN)
Nikita Kucherov (RUS)
Nikita Gusev (RUS)

Defense:

Brandon Gormley (CAN)
Jonas Brodin (SWE)
Jacob Trouba (USA)
Adam Clendening (USA)
Nikita Nesterov (RUS)
Olli Maatta(FIN)

Goalies:

Mark Visentin (CAN)
Jack Campbell (USA)

[Dean Youngblood]

Great looking roster Mac. Definitely less risky than mine haha

Big Ev, you didn't take Shane Prince out of spite?

[Big Ev]

I am willing to bet that I am the only one that took Sundstrom and/or Rakell

[dmvincent]

Thanks, I definitely did more research this time around and I discovered a few potential gems. Tried to find as many reliable players as I could.

[dmvincent]

Huberdeau was the only Canadian player I really needed on my team. All of the others were "meh" for me as I think the scoring will be spread around.



DY's Team:

CPT - Mikael Granlund

F1 - Gallagher (CAN) - Don Hay will give him plenty of ice time.
F2 - Charlie Coyle (USA) - I flip flopped between him, Bartschi and Girgensons
F3 - Huberdeau (CAN) - a must have for me. As good as most Captain options
F4 - Pulkkinen (FIN)
F5 - Bjugstad (USA)
F6 - Donskoi (FIN) - my one sleeper on forward. He's played well in international play
F7 - Grigorenko (RUS)
F8 - Yakupov (RUS)
F9 - Kucherov (RUS)
F10 - Johan Larsson (SWE)
F11 - Filip Forsberg (SWE)
F12 - Brandon Saad (USA)

D1 - Dougie Hamilton (CAN)
D2 - Nathan Beaulieu (CAN)
D3 - Adam Clendening (USA)
D4 - Mattias Backman (SWE) - underrated Swede
D5 - Rasmus Ristolainen (FIN) - longshot but with Maatta out I like his chances better (very young tho)
D6 - Ivan Telegin (RUS)

G1 - Jack Campbell (USA)
G2 - Johan Gustafsson (SWE) - swapped him in last minute for Visentin. I needed a G that other teams were less likely to take.


I took a lot of '12 players as I really want to cheer for them. Should be interesting.

Wow, you really did take a lot of 2012 guys.
Best of luck.

[Dean Youngblood]

Wow, you really did take a lot of 2012 guys.
Best of luck.

I took 3 2012 draft eligibles (Yakupov, Grigorenko and Forsberg) and one 2013 draft eligible (Rasmus) so not really "a lot" haha. You yourself have 3 2012 draftees haha. Duhhhhh

All of Yakupov, Grigorenko, Forsberg and Rasmus will play important minutes for their countries.

[ccsitdown]

I'm on the board here too, it seems, I went with Huberdeau, Stone, D Hamilton, Visentin and Scheifele from Canada. 10 from the forwards, + whatever we get for the goalie wins. Not a bad start, although I would like to see a bit more out of my two Finns and Scheifele.

[cannon]

I am willing to bet that I am the only one that took Sundstrom and/or Rakell

I've got Rakell but not Sundstrom. I really like your team, pretty much all of your players expect for Miller and Nesterov were on my short list when I was putting my team together

Ps What's the word on Maatta? I couldn't watch the game today, is it a tourny ending injury?

[dmvincent]

I took 3 2012 draft eligibles (Yakupov, Grigorenko and Forsberg) and one 2013 draft eligible (Rasmus) so not really "a lot" haha. You yourself have 3 2012 draftees haha. Duhhhhh

All of Yakupov, Grigorenko, Forsberg and Rasmus will play important minutes for their countries.

I could of sworn more were 2012 draft eligibles, but maybe that's because I've never heard of them haha.

[JagrBomb]

here's mine:


ZIBANEJAD Mika

FORSBERG Filip
SMITH-PELLY Devante
HUBERDEAU Jonathan
JASKIN Dmitrij
RAKELL Rickard
RASK Victor
KHOKHLACHEV Alexander
COYLE Charlie
SAAD Brandon
KUCHEROV Nikita
YAKUPOV Nail
GRIGORENKO Mikhail

BEAULIEU Nathan
MERRILL Jon
HAMILTON Dougie
BRODIN Jonas
NESTEROV Nikita
CLENDENING Adam

CAMPBELL Jack
VISENTIN Mark


banking on smith pelley to stay healthy...

[reeveta]

Stone picked by 8 teams.
Jack Campbell leading the way with 27 out of 29 team picking him.
Jaden Schwartz picked as the captain most (10 times)


More stats when I get back.

[dodospice]

I picked:

Captain: Jaden Schwartz

Forwards:
Sergei Barbashev
Nail Yakupov
Nick Bjugstad
Johan Larsson
Rickard Rakell
Filip Forsberg
Jonathan Huberdeau
Mark Scheifele
Devante Smith-Pelly
Charlie Coyle
Mikhail Grigorenko
Teemu Pulkkinen

Defence:
Viktor Antipin
Adam Clendening
Jon Merrill
Oscar Klefbom
Nathan Beaulieu
Jonas Brodin

Goalie:
Jack Campbell
Andrei Makarov

I regret a few of the Russians and Brodin and Smith-Pelly right now

[Dean Youngblood]

I wouldn't regret Brodin. He's looked well.

Johan Larsson has left the game with an injury (DAMN) already and it appears Olli Maatta has a concussion (for those who took him). Plus, Devante Smith-Pelly will miss some time as he left on crutches

[vandalay]

Here's mine:

KUZNETSOV Yevgeni RUS

KUCHEROV Nikita RUS
GUSEV Nikita RUS
GRIGORENKO Mikhail RUS
YAKUPOV Nail RUS
BJUGSTAD Nick USA
COYLE Charlie USA
PULKKINEN Teemu FIN
HUBERDEAU Jonathan CAN
STONE Mark CAN
SCHEIFELE Mark CAN
LARSSON Johan SWE
KARLSSON William SWE

BEAULIEU Nathan CAN
HAMILTON Dougie CAN
CLENDENING Adam USA
MERRILL Jon USA
BRODIN Jonas SWE
KLINGBERG John SWE

CAMPBELL Jack USA
GUSTAFSSON Johan SWE