2021 World Juniors: Players to Watch in Group B
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It’s going to be a real fight to see who finishes first in Group B.
As you’ll see below, Sweden features the best goaltending tandem in the tournament, the United States has high-end forwards who have played together for many years, and this year’s Russian squad is probably the most detail-oriented that we can remember.
There aren’t as many draft-eligible players among this group only five among those three teams but fans of the 67s can watch Marco Rossi on display, and there’s some intriguing talent coming out of the Czech Republic to keep your eye on for the next two drafts.
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The 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship is scheduled for Dec. 25-Jan. 5 at Rogers Place in Edmonton. Today, we look at some draft-eligible prospects to keep an eye on in the tournament.
Matthew Beniers of the United States National Junior Team will be one of several draft-eligible players looking to play a key role for his country at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. [Beniers] is an accelerated player for sure; his motor is always going, United States general manager John Vanbiesbrouck said. I think that he can play center and can play the wing and when you re that usable, you re going to play a lot of
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DETROIT As the Detroit Red Wings begin preparing to start the new NHL season on January 14, several aspiring Red Wings are preparing to display their talent on the global stage in the IIHF World Junior Championship, which starts Friday in Edmonton, Alberta.
Detroit boasts the second-most NHL player representatives in this year s World Junior Championship with seven Wings prospects representing three countries in the under-20 tournament.
Red Wings representatives for Team Sweden include 2020 No. 4 overall pick Lucas Raymond, 2020 second-round pick Theodor Niederbach, 2019 second-round pick