2018 World Junior Championship Pool

[PenguinHunter]

If you can't win with 60 + 10 minutes + 5+ shooters...you don't deserve to...

So you are suggesting that the NHL playoffs should switch to a shootout as well? Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals decided by a Shootout goal?

Its a team sport... and the best team doesn't always have the best shootout individuals on the team.

[als_revenge]

So you are suggesting that the NHL playoffs should switch to a shootout as well? Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals decided by a Shootout goal?

Its a team sport... and the best team doesn't always have the best shootout individuals on the team.

No, I'm suggesting there is nothing wrong with international rules. Unlimited overtime is never gonna happen in international play, so beating that drum is useless. Just my opinion.

Not to mention, I'd take Finland's shootout specialists over the Czech's any day of the week. Finland didn't lose because of their weak shootout specialists....

[Nights]

Updated for 3/4 games today (The other one is a late one).

I'll have to put in the USA-RUS game tomorrow after work due to the timing of it all.

Weird seeing Canada win 8-2 and so many points just sitting on the side as no one picked them (Howden with 4, Comtois with 3, Timmins with 2, etc...). Same with Sweden - only guy who got points (outside the goalie who practically everyone owns anyways) was Lundestrom, who was only picked twice.

Rank	Team	Points
1	newfcollins	101
2	CaptainCally	99
3	markyj	98
4	Axeman33	97
5	Pit Bulls	96
6	kjamieson	95
7	vandalay	94
8	Driedger18	92
9	dodospice	91
10	dennis	90
11	Jouko-Pouko	90
12	PenguinHunter	90
13	Hollywood	89
14	pmorrow	89
15	metaldude26	88
16	Magicstew	88
17	watchingthegame	88
18	Rocky71	87
19	Nights	87
20	Doulos	86
21	Essej	86
22	praba	86
23	forsbergfan	86
24	VintageVibe	85
25	NorthernNuck	83
26	Crazy Joe Daviola	81
27	StuntMan12	81
28	InForAPenny	80
29	Eskimo Brother	79
30	Ankle Breakers	76
31	toddmackay	69

[newfcollins]

I'm hoping for a Russian win tonight. I have three Russians and three Americans, but I feel like the USA losing would screw over more people.

[Nights]

Updated everything with the USA-RUS game from last night.

Don't bother reading the rest of the text up here, I'm just using it as an excuse to write more with my mechanical keyboard that just came in today.

Rank	Team	Points
1	newfcollins	104
2	CaptainCally	102
3	markyj	102
4	Axeman33	101
5	kjamieson	100
6	Pit Bulls	99
7	vandalay	97
8	Driedger18	95
9	pmorrow	94
10	Hollywood	93
11	dodospice	93
12	Jouko-Pouko	93
13	dennis	92
14	PenguinHunter	92
15	Magicstew	92
16	metaldude26	91
17	Doulos	91
18	watchingthegame	91
19	Rocky71	90
20	Nights	90
21	praba	90
22	forsbergfan	89
23	VintageVibe	89
24	Essej	87
25	NorthernNuck	86
26	StuntMan12	85
27	Crazy Joe Daviola	84
28	InForAPenny	83
29	Eskimo Brother	82
30	Ankle Breakers	79
31	toddmackay	72

[Axeman33]

Just read that Logan Brown could be back today for the US. That would be a big help against Sweden.

Mete is in for Canada as well.

[JagrBomb]

Winner of SWE/USA probably takes Gold, huge game today.

And I wouldn't be surprised if CZE can take out Canada, they've had a great tournament.

[Axeman33]

Im expecting another US vs Canada matchup.

[StuntMan12]

Winner of SWE/USA probably takes Gold, huge game today.

And I wouldn't be surprised if CZE can take out Canada, they've had a great tournament.

That's what I was thinking.

Gold: USA
Silver: Canada
Silver: Sweden

[PenguinHunter]

Just doing some analysis of the top 5 teams (newfcollins, Captain Cally, markyj, Axeman33, kjamieson)

Players that all 5 teams have and are still in tournament:

- Elias Pettersson
- Adam Fox
- Carter Hart
- Filip Gustavsson

Number of players remaining (Outside of the common owned players above)

newfcollins - 10
Captain Cally - 11
markyj - 12
Axeman33 - 11
kjamieson - 10

Lone wolves (Players that are only on 1 team that could win the pool for there team)

newfcollins - Necas, Hajek, Liljgren
Captain Cally - None - every player remaining is on at least one other of the top 5 rosters.
markyj - 12 - Filip Chytil or Kale Clague - guaranteed one of these guys in the gold medal game that none of the other top 5 have.
Axeman33 - Boqvist
kjamieson - Mittlestadt, Tufte, Bean

[PenguinHunter]

I think Canada wins against the USA in the finals.

[Savvy1982]

Winner of SWE/USA probably takes Gold, huge game today.

And I wouldn't be surprised if CZE can take out Canada, they've had a great tournament.

Czechs and Slovaks both were good this year. They’d be a terrifying team if Czechoslovakia was still a thing...

[Axeman33]

Just doing some analysis of the top 5 teams (newfcollins, Captain Cally, markyj, Axeman33, kjamieson)

Players that all 5 teams have and are still in tournament:

- Elias Pettersson
- Adam Fox
- Carter Hart
- Filip Gustavsson

Number of players remaining (Outside of the common owned players above)

newfcollins - 10
Captain Cally - 11
markyj - 12
Axeman33 - 11
kjamieson - 10

Lone wolves (Players that are only on 1 team that could win the pool for there team)

newfcollins - Necas, Hajek, Liljgren
Captain Cally - None - every player remaining is on at least one other of the top 5 rosters.
markyj - 12 - Filip Chytil or Kale Clague - guaranteed one of these guys in the gold medal game that none of the other top 5 have.
Axeman33 - Boqvist
kjamieson - Mittlestadt, Tufte, Bean

So you're saying other than kjamieson, we all have Alex Nylander as our Captain?

[PenguinHunter]

So you're saying other than kjamieson, we all have Alex Nylander as our Captain?

Except newfcollins... who has Tolvanen who will no longer accumulate points.

And that is only the current top 5 teams.

[Eskimo Brother]

Im expecting another US vs Canada matchup.

That's what I'm hoping for. Bought tickets to the gold medal game yesterday. No matter who of these four teams makes it, should still be a fun one to watch!