Just a quick post but if you are interested in getting a glimpse of top prospects Nail Yakupov and Mikhail Grigorenko, TSN has the full Russia World Juniors games on demand.
Here is yesterday's game versus Slovakia.
Here is their first game versus Switzerland.
Neither player are exactly tearing up this tournament yet through two games.
Grigorenko has 1g 2a for 3p.
Yakupov has 0g 1a for 1p.
Two other top prospects in forward Felip Forsberg and dman Ryan Murray are scoreless in 2gp each.
Team USA lost to Finland yesterday by a final of 4-1. They are now 1-1 and will face Czechs at 1:30 EST on Friday. That is a must win.
As for the Jackets prospects in the tourney, here is how they are performing statistically:
TJ Tynan
0g 2a 2gp
Booner Jenner
0pts 2gp
Petr Straka
0pts 2gp
Lukas Sedlak
0pts 2gp
Anton Forsberg
0 starts thus far in nets for Sweden.
Of course we know that statistics only tell part of the story.
-LTL
