Do you smell it in the air? The stench of teenagers playing meaningful hockey as we just sit on our couches for the entire holiday season? It’s World Juniors time.
The 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa this year should be an interesting one. There is no definitive frontrunner among the top nations that we typically expect — Canada has questionable team building, USA has some depth issues, Sweden lacks punch, and Finland is just steady — but more on that later.
With all that going on, we need to look at the other teams first.