The World Junior Championships are underway, and this year, three Nashville Predators prospects are repping their countries. Today, Nick chats with On The Forecheck's prospects guru Eric about how the "Baby Preds" are doing so far. That includes whether Yaroslav Askarov is taking an unfair amount of blame in this tournament, and how much concern Preds fans should have over his up-and-down season... Fedor Svechkov's year so far... and Anton Olsson's minute-munching performance for Sweden. We also dive into under-the-radar prospects playing in the tournament, USA's outlook, and whether anyone can unseat Canada.

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