Today should be the eve of the 2022 World Junior Championship (WJC) gold-medal match, but...well...you’ve all heard what happened. After an unorganized, unprepared, and unfair (to players and staff) start to the WJC, the tournament was canceled after just two games played for the few Nashville prospects in attendance.
I don’t have enough to do a full WJC recap, so I’m using the December PPR to do so alongside regular prospect updates.
December
1. Another WJC, another year of disappointment for Yaroslav Askarov. But while the league-wide perception may be firmly against him at this moment, I’ll make a case in his favor.