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16 hours ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said:

 

There's still time for him to grown an inch or two at only 18 years old. I think I gained an inch at 18. 

 

Really hoping Jimbo smartens up and offers this kid a 15 year 67.5million dollar contract. If not, I want him fired! FEED HIM TO THE WOLVES! 

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Kole Lind, Jonah Gadjovich, and Micheal DiPeitro all invited to Canada's WJC Camp

 

http://www.vancourier.com/pass-it-to-bulis/three-canucks-prospects-heading-to-team-canada-world-junior-development-camp-1.21045154

 

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The last Canucks prospect to play for Team Canada in the World Junior Championship didn’t fare too well. Jake Virtanen was expected to be an offensive leader on the 2016 team after a solid 2015 tournament in a supporting role. Instead, he and Team Canada crashed and burned, falling to the eventual gold medalists Finland in the quarterfinals.

Canucks prospects will hope for a better result in the 2018 tournament. The Canucks could have as many as three prospects playing for Team Canada, as Michael DiPietro, Jonah Gadjovich, and Kole Lind have all been invited to the Canadian National Junior Team development camp.

DiPietro is the youngest of the four goaltenders invited, but still has a strong case for making Canada’s final roster in December, with strong international performances in the Under-17 championships and the Ivan Hlinka tournament. Carter Hart is the incumbent, with a World Junior silver medal already under his belt, which is, admittedly, a strange place to keep a medal.

Gadjovich has no international experience, but a 46-goal, 74-point season at 6’2”, 200+ lbs will get you noticed. He’ll be in tough, with a lot of returning players boasting similar size, but another goal-filled season for Owen Sound will make it difficult to leave him off the roster.

Lind isn’t listed on the camp roster just yet, as he was a late addition. Like Gadjovich, he has no international experience, which puts him behind the 8-ball, but Canada would be foolish to leave one of the top scorers in the WHL off of their camp roster.

All three will presumably play in the World Junior Summer Showcase in Plymouth, MI, which runs from July 28th to August 5th, featuring games between split-squad American and Canadian teams, as well as teams from Finland and Sweden.

They won’t be the only Canucks prospects participating. Will Lockwood, their 2016 3rd round pick, is on the USA development camp roster after a strong freshman season at the University of Michigan, while Olli Juolevi and Elias Pettersson will presumably represent Finland and Sweden, though their rosters have yet to be released.

TSN broadcast the last World Junior summer showcase, but they have yet to indicate they will be doing so again this year.

 

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11 minutes ago, Tre Mac said:

Kole Lind, Jonah Gadjovich, and Micheal DiPeitro all invited to Canada's WJC Camp

 

http://www.vancourier.com/pass-it-to-bulis/three-canucks-prospects-heading-to-team-canada-world-junior-development-camp-1.21045154

 

 

In this draft alone there's a chance we have 4 players in the whc.  That's awesome.

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2 hours ago, 73 Percent said:

In this draft alone there's a chance we have 4 players in the whc.  That's awesome.

 Yea this could be one of the best represented world juniors yet.

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A coach wants a goalie that he knows can win the big game. Dipietro has shown he can thrive in the big games and stay calm under pressure. I think that alone will give him an edge.

 

Hart will likely be starter, but if he falters early I don't think it's impossible that Dipietro could be given the reigns.

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