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Four more Kings prospects named to final World Juniors rosters

December 12, 2020, 11:13 PM ET [0 Comments]
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Four more Los Angeles Kings prospects have been named to final World Juniors rosters, while one player has been cut from their respective team.

Brock Faber, Arthur Kaliyev and Alex Turcotte have all been named to Team USA’s final World Juniors. Kaliyev and Turcotte are both returning players, while this will be Faber’s first time representing the United States at the tournament.


Forward Kasper Simontaival, who was selected by the Kings in the third round of this year’s NHL Draft, was also named to Finland’s final roster. Juho Markkanen, however, was not selected as one of Finland’s goalies for the tournament.

As for other prospects competing to play in the tournament, Tobias Bjornfot and Helge Grans remain with Sweden, though the team’s roster has not yet been finalized. Lukas Parik also remains with Team Czech Republic (and will be one of the team's goalies, even though the roster is not finalized), while Martin Chromiak remains with Team Slovakia.



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Here’s today’s poll question (results and discussion will be posted in a future article):

What surprised you most?
Brock Faber making Team USA
Kasper Simontaival making Team Finland
Juho Markkanen not making Team Finland
None of the above



OTHER KINGS ARTICLES FROM DECEMBER:

Faber, Kaliyev and Turcotte named to USA’s preliminary WJC roster
Kings have yet to use cap space to acquire future assets
Tobias Bjornfot and Helge Grans named to Sweden’s preliminary WJC roster
Markkanen and Simontaival named to Finland’s preliminary WJC roster
Weekly Recap: Kings Edition (December 6)
Byfield and Spence named to Team Canada’s World Juniors roster
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