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Six Elite Blackhawks Prospects Participating in the Swedish WJC

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Six Elite Blackhawks Prospects Participating in the Swedish WJC

Chicago Blackhawks draft picks made up five of Canada’s gold-medal winning team at the 2023 World Junior Championship, led by Connor Bedard. Top Blackhawks prospects make up four members of Team USA at the World Junior Championship in Sweden this year. Slovakia’s squad has two draft selections from Chicago. The competition takes place in Göteborg, the hometown of current Blackhawks goalie Arvid Söderblom, from December 26, 2023 to January 5, 2024. Even if defenseman Kevin Korchinski, 19, and forward Bedard, …

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Cristall and Hagens are 2024 World Juniors’ biggest omissions

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It is not uncommon for a few talented players to be overlooked for inclusion on the roster of their country’s world juniors team, and this year is not an exception to this rule. Quite frequently, this causes the player in question to have an exceptionally hot second half of the year in order to demonstrate to their national program that they made a silly mistake. Not included in this group are players like Connor Bedard and Logan Cooley who have …

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Part 5 of the LWOS December Rankings for the 2024 NHL Draft

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Part 5 of the LWOS December Rankings for the 2024 NHL Draft

  Greetings and welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the column showcasing the upcoming generation of hockey players. Our LWOS Prospects Writers will provide you with 2024 draft class profiles and other articles as the 2023–2024 season progresses. Here is the fifth section of our initial 2024 NHL draft rankings! December Edition: LWOS 2024 NHL Draft Rankings 21) Michael Brandsegg-Nygaard, Right Wing, Mora IK (Hockey Allsvenskan) This season, Norwegian forward Brandsegg-Nygaard has alternated between the Allsvenskan and the Swedish J20 …

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