World Juniors 2016: Switzerland team preview

Switzerland is coming off of a year where they finished last in their group and needed a relegation round series win against Germany to stay in the top division. But, this wasn't a typical year for Group A.

No one suffered more from the emergence of tournament darlings Denmark than the Swiss. They had actually beat the Czech Republic and looked safe, but a loss to Denmark followed by a Czech win over silver medalists Russia (the Czechs also beat Denmark) put Switzerland in the relegation round.

The good news this year for the Swiss is that they have a lot of their team coming back for another year. Even with the Nashville Predators not loaning first-round pick Kevin Fiala (who is currently in…