The bad news for most of you reading this is that Team Canada doesn’t look very good right now. The good news is that Andreas Johnson does.

Johnson has 4 points in 2 games to start the tournament including a goal and two assists in this morning’s game versus Finland. Johnson is an undersized, skilled kid, and whether he’ll be able to bring his game over to North American ice is certainly open for debate. So far in the 2013-14 World Junior’s, he’s been the Leafs prospect to watch. Even in the pre-tournament games, Johnson was a standout. Those of you who were able to catch the Canada-Sweden game probably noticed the problems he was causing the Canadian defense and he was rewarded with a goal in that game as well.

As far as the Leafs‘ other assets are concerned, Gauthier hasn’t really had much of an impact thus far. To my eye, his line doesn’t seem to be getting all that much icetime (which is a bit surprising since he’s been skating with team Captain, Scott Laughton) but even when he has been on the ice, he hasn’t been that noticeable one way or the other. He’s big and skates well but the amount of time he’s had the puck on his stick has been pretty limited thus far. Given that Canada has done the vast majority of its damage thus far on the powerplay, it’s no great surprise that Gauthier’s sitting at 0G, 1A through 2 games.

I didn’t catch either of Switzerland’s games, but Fabrice Herzog has one of the 4 Swiss goals which is about in line with the expectations that I’d have for him in this tournament. The Swiss have played Sweden and Russia so far so the mushy part of their schedule is still upcoming.

In non-World Junior news, Connor Brown and the Erie Otters play the Kitchener Rangers tonight. It will be interesting to see how Brown makes out with both Connor McDavid and Adam Pelech overseas.

Maple Leafs Prospect Statistics - 2013-14 Season

Last Update: Tuesday, May 27.