Team Canada released their roster for the upcoming World Junior Championship selection camp yesterday, and all but three players had already been drafted by an NHL team. Alexis Lafreniere, Raphael Lavoie and Brett Leason are the only invitees who have yet to be picked by a professional franchise. That number grows slightly when looking at the rosters of two other prime hockey nations, but that’s not to say there isn’t plenty of NHL prospects among them.
Finland and the Czech Republic also released their selection camp rosters yesterday:
Team Finland:
G Lassi Lehtinen (undrafted)
G Filip Lindberg (undrafted)
G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF)
D Aleksi Anttalainen (undrafted)
D Ville Heinola (2019 eligible)
D Anttoni Honka (2019 eligible)
D Olli Kaskinen (undrafted)
D Mikko Kokkonen (2019 eligible)
D Oskari Laaksonen (BUF)
D Otto Latvala (undrafted)
D Joona Riekkinen (undrafted)
D Lassi Thomson (2019 eligible)
D Toni Utunen (VAN)
F Teemu Engberg (undrafted)
F Aleksi Heponiemi (FLA)
F Kaapo Kakko (2019 eligible)
F Rasmus Kupari (LAK)
F Anton Lundell (2020 eligible)
F Niklas Nordgren (CHI)
F Linus Nyman (undrafted)
F Sampo Ranta (COL)
F Aarne Talvitie (NJD)
F Samuli Vainionpaa (undrafted)
F Santeri Virtanen (WPG)
F Jesse Ylonen (MTL)
Czech Republic:
G Lukas Dostal (ANA)
G Jiri Patera (VGK)
G Jakub Skarek (NYI)
D Daniel Bukac (BOS)
D Jakub Galvas (CHI)
D Michael Gaspar (undrafted)
D Hugo Has (2019 eligible)
D Filip Kral (TOR)
D David Kvasnicka (undrafted)
D Dalimil Mikyska (undrafted)
D Radim Salda (TBL)
D Libor Zabransky (undrafted)
D Matyas Zelingr (undrafted)
F Petr Cajka (2019 eligible)
F Filip Chytil (NYR)
F Jan Hladonik (undrafted)
F Krystof Hrabik (undrafted)
F Jan Jenik (ARI)
F Martin Kaut (COL)
F Jachym Kondelik (NSH)
F Jakub Lauko (BOS)
F Ondrej Machala (undrafted)
F Martin Necas (CAR)
F Matej Pekar (BUF)
F Karel Plasek (undrafted)
F Jakub Pour (undrafted)
F Ostap Safin (EDM)
F Filip Zadina (DET)
*There will likely be other players added to the tournament roster that do not take part in the selection camp for one reason or another.