The Hockey Writers' prospects experts Matthew Zator, Peter Baracchini, and Greg Boysen get together to discuss the rescheduling of the World Juniors and whether Juraj Slafkovsky has entered the first-overall discussion with his play at the 2022 Olympics. Then they dive into the top players in the USHL who went undrafted in 2020 and 2021 and prospects to watch in the first round and beyond.
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2:44 Is it unfair for countries to be able to re-select their rosters?
5:39 Are you surprised to see the World Juniors rescheduled after the 2022 Draft rather than before?
10:24 Countries Benefiting From the Tournament Being Played in August
12:46 Has Slafkovsky entered the first-overall conversation?
17:24 Undrafted Prospects Tearing Up the USHL
17:38 Stephen Halliday (Dubuque Fighting Saints)
19:49 Jeremy Wilmer (Tri-City Storm)
22:42 Jacob Guévin (Muskegon Lumberjacks)
26:12 Who gets drafted out of Halliday, Wilmer & Guevin?
29:16 Players To Watch in the First Round
29:52 Jimmy Snuggerud (USNTDP Juniors)
31:00 Cutter Gauthier (USNTDP Juniors)
33:00 Seamus Casey (USNTDP Juniors)
34:11 Players To Watch Outside of the First Round
34:31 Ryan Greene (Green Bay Gamblers)
36:05 Zam Plante (Chicago Steel)
37:02 Adam Ingram (Youngstown Phantoms)
38:18 Players That Could Sneak Their Way into the First Round
38:47 Sam Rinzel (Waterloo Black Hawks)
40:56 Cameron Lund (Green Bay Gamblers)
42:34 Lane Hutson (USNTDP Juniors)
44:58 Is Adam Fantilli the "Connor Bedard" of the USHL?
49:34 Prospects of the Week
49:46 Juraj Slafkovsky
51:04 William Dufour (St. John Sea Dogs)
52:50 Matthew Wood (Victoria Grizzlies)
55:19 Send-Off For Greg Boysen
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The Hockey Writers Prospect Corner - 2022 NHL Draft: USHL Spotlight, World Juniors Rescheduled, Slafkovsky & More