The world championships begin today, with Team USA taking on Germany. In lieu of watching your team in the playoffs, the world championships are the only place to see your favorites play, and the Buffalo Sabres have four players participating, with one hopefully-future player participating as well.
Jack Eichel and Cal Petersen are playing for Team USA, Ryan O’Reilly is wearing an A (or is it an “eh”?) for Team Canada, and Zemgus Girgensons is reprising his role as the hero of Team Latvia. All three forwards have prominent, top-line roles for their respective teams (though O’Reilly is playing on the wing) but Petersen is serving as third goalie on Team USA and likely won’t see too much action.