VANCOUVER — The 2019 World Junior Championship concluded with Finland taking gold. I watched all 30 games between a combination of live and video viewings in order to provide my thoughts on the drafted prospects who helped and hurt their stocks the most, as well as thoughts on draft-eligible players who intrigued me.



It was a tough tournament in regards to evaluations due to a bad bug that was going around both venues that left many players either out or not playing close to 100 percent.



I’m sure everyone will want to know about prospects of their favorite teams who I didn’t mention. If you have further questions, I’ll try to get to as many as I can in the comments section.



This column will serve as a lead-in to my upcoming midseason drafted prospect rankings.



Standouts



The Goalies: This was a tournament for goalie lovers. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF), Lukas Dostal (ANA), Michael DiPietro (VAN), Pyotr Kochetkov...