Even more funny, Stutzle was still eligible to play in this tourney.

Yeah it’s the same rules as the cancelled one. This is the 2022 tournament, so all 2002s are still eligible. Switzerland vs. Germany is gonna be more competitive than it should be lol. I’m not sure why Noah Meier isn’t here for Switzerland though

Zack Ostapchuk moves up from the 13th forward to take Brennan Othmann's spot on the third line.

— Corey Pronman (@coreypronman) August 10, 2022

Ostapchuk supremacy 💪💪💪

At least Canada has one (1) right shot defenseman this time.

pleasantly surprised to see roy on the top line, why isnt othmann playing do we know

Took 2 penalties in the pre-tournament game, while Ostapchuk scored. Also it’s against Latvia, so they can afford to give him a wake-up slap and hope he comes back motivated against better teams.

Mason McTavish just had the coolest interview I've ever seen, actually said some interesting, relevant stuff

Namely and notably, he did not utter the phrase "pucks in deep"

Btw my pre-tournament all-tournament team prediction:

Forwards: McTavish, Bedard, Raty
Defensemen: L. Hughes, Niemela
Goalie: Garand

Gold: Canada
Silver: Finland
Bronze: USA

Note: If Sweden medals, Wallstedt probably wins goalie of the tournament. Otherwise it probably goes to the gold medal winning goalie. Edvinsson, Johnson, Hirvonen, Coronato, KniesBordeleau also in the running for these.

What a shot by both bedard and darzins

Just saw the highlight of the Bedard goal. What a great shot. That quick toe drag to change the angle coupled with a powerful release from range? Disgusting

That drag and rip by Connor Bedard is something else 💦 pic.twitter.com/13a4EwGOKx

— /Cam Robinson/ (@Hockey_Robinson) August 10, 2022

😩😩😩

Gotta love the Latvia pushback - always fun when these WJC games get close with small counties against the big boys.

I just can’t see a world where this kid fails (health aside).

How is this the best 6 defenders Canada could come up with?

Zellwinger is horrible, no idea how he made this team

that aged well

Guess he's another Erik Gustafsson because he skates in cement and has 0 defensive IQ.

Ridly Greig with the one-hander, giving Canada a 4-1 lead!#WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/hvAxgMw4z6

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) August 10, 2022

GREIG 😩😩😩😩😩😩

He’s inflating the Sens fans hype train by 10 fold this last week

first whistle between team canada and lativa and la bamba plays in rogers place. rip ben. ❤️ @m_dan25 pic.twitter.com/t3fz3snmjm

— zach laing (@zjlaing) August 10, 2022

Petition to make this team Canadas goal song in the arena

Latvia diving around, Canada's defense still terrible, Atleast Cossa has looked half decent

Bedard attempts “the McDavid”🥵

Kids scary.

How is Canada only up 2 goals on Latvia

Like thats to close for me should not allow a single goal

This team is horrible. I'm going to put the blame on Dave Cameron, but if we play anything like this for the rest of the tournament we'll be lucky to make the medal rounds.

They dont look disciplined and thats a real concern to me as man being only up 2 goals and Latvia having so many chances to score another is not good

Never was a huge fan of Cameron.
I’m cheering for Canada but if there’s money down - USA.