Welcome to another week of summer!
The World Juniors Summer Showcase, a sort of staging area for the power countries of the sport (USA, Canada, Sweden, Finland) to help decide their rosters for the real thing is currently being held in Minneapolis.
For Canada, it’s the ground zero for every roster mistake they’ll make come this December and learn absolutely nothing from as they furiously scribble out good prospect after good prospect out of consideration for not attending. It’s very exciting stuff!
Thankfully for all parties involved, the rosters of these teams are all pretty damn good: James Hagens of course has already made his presence felt on Team USA, Will Moore has found a groove if not the back of the net, but they’re just the Bruins-shaped tip of the iceberg.