All hail our top prospect
WJC Media All-Stars
G Hugo Havelid
D Lane Hutson
D Theo Lindstein
F Cutter Gauthier
F Jonathan Lekkerimaki
F Jiri Kulich
MVP: Jonathan Lekkerimaki— Corey Pronman (@coreypronman) January 5, 2024
by BroliasBoesersson
@Vancouver Canucks
14 Comments
Well deserved, he was targeted hard by USA and it showed that Swedens offense was very lackluster without Lekkerimaki doing his usual thing, instead they let Ostlund make flashy moves but ultimately not a lot of high danger chances from that line
Glad he finally had a good showing at the WJHC. This was definitely the year I was really expecting it from him. Hope he continues his great play back home
Other Canucks prospects to have been named to the WJC All-Star Team: Petri Skriko, Pavel Bure, Mattias Ohlund, Luc Bourdon, Cody Hodgson, Olli Juolevi.
Patrik Allvin you have rocked my world
trade value will probably never be higher
Very excited to see him develop and in the line up someday soon hopefully – but not too soon lol.
This kid’s gonna become one of my all-time favourite Canucks, I can feel it now
Can’t ask for more than this.
[Lekkerimak this year](https://media.tenor.com/NfIVKQifkOoAAAAe/waynes-world.png)
The strength of our Swedish players and prospects is going to make it more challenging to root against them when Canada inevitably meets them in the Gold Medal game in Milano-Cortina in 2026. Not impossible, but challenging for sure.
Some incredible company he’s in:
2023-2024 Jonathan Lekkerimäki (F) 2004
2022-2023 Connor Bedard (F) 2005
2021-2022 Mason McTavish (F) 2003
2020-2021 Trevor Zegras (F) 2001
2019-2020 Alexis Lafrenière (F) 2001
2018-2019 Ryan Poehling (F) 1999
2017-2018 Casey Mittelstadt (F) 1998
2016-2017 Thomas Chabot (D) 1997
2015-2016 Jesse Puljujärvi (F) 1998
2014-2015 Denis Godla (G) 1995
2013-2014 Filip Forsberg (F) 1994
2012-2013 John Gibson (G) 1993
2011-2012 Yevgeni Kuznetsov (F) 1992
2010-2011 Brayden Schenn (F) 1991
2009-2010 Jordan Eberle (F) 1990
2008-2009 John Tavares (F) 1990
2007-2008 Steve Mason (G) 1988
2006-2007 Carey Price (G) 1987
2005-2006 Yevgeni Malkin (F) 1986
2004-2005 Patrice Bergeron (F) 1985
2003-2004 Zach Parise (F) 1984
2002-2003 Marc-André Fleury (G) 1984
He was terrific all tournament. He was dangerous everytime he was on the ice.
After a lacklustre past 2 world junior tournaments, there was a lot of pressure on him to perform in this tournament, he didn’t just perform but delivered, can’t wait until he joins Abby after his season his over
You guys see him and Cutter Gauthier talking during the handshake line? Wonder what that was all about.
Also, interesting fact, Cutter was born in Sweden when his Canadian dad was playing there.