The hockey world turns it’s eyes to Buffalo as this years edition of the World Junior Hockey Championships drops the puck on what’s known as Boxing Day in Canada. Although the December 26th holiday is not celebrated in the United States, the WJC is cause for celebration. The two week long obsession with junior hockey is followed closely by rabid hockey fans, especially those of teams with headliners in the tournament.
The last few tournaments haven’t had any Predators prospects filling prominent roles but peer a few more years into the past and you’ll see the budding careers of Filip Forsberg which spanned three medals runs with Sweden (one gold and two silvers) and Juuse Saros who backstopped the Finns to a gold medal of their own in defeating Forsberg and the Swedes in overtime in 2014.