In case you missed it on Tuesday, the Vancouver Canucks announced their 27-man roster for this weekend’s Young Stars tournament in Penticton. via @Canucks on Twitter For the most part, the roster was what we expected.
It was definitely the quietest day of the week at Canucks development camp. Day three saw the groups split into their teams that we will see match up against each other on Wednesday night for their end-of-camp scrimmage.
The Russian prospect played for a dazzling six different teams in 2021-22. Gary “Suitcase” Smith would have been proud of Dmitri Zlodeyev’s traveling accomplishments this season.
The second day of the World Juniors didn’t feature either North American team, but there were four other games with big group implications played as all eight European nations were in action.
Vancouver Canucks draft pick Dmitry Zlodeyev scored a highlight-reel goal to give Team Russia a 2–0 lead over Switzerland in the first period of Monday’s round-robin game at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship.
With no first-round picks during the last two NHL Drafts, the Vancouver Canucks’ prospect pool is getting very shallow. If they don’t find a way to fill it up soon, they will be scraping the bottom of the barrel in no time.
The Canucks may only have one prospect at this year’s World Junior Championships but he will be playing a prominent role for Russia and now has earned quite the honour.
The Vancouver Canucks will have only one prospect participating at the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championships. Over the last week, participating country’s have cut down their rosters in order to finalize the list of players that will take part in the world’s biggest junior hockey tournament.
Russia is notoriously stingy when it comes to allowing draft-eligible players to make the team, usually choosing instead to bring along the more polished, committed, 19-year-old national program options.
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