Maple Leafs' William Nylander and David Kampf headed to the world championship

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There is a little more hockey to go in William Nylander and David Kampf this spring.

After hinting he would be interested in joining Team Sweden at the world hockey championship in the tournament’s host country after his Maple Leafs were eliminated, Nylander was added to the Tre Kronor roster on Wednesday, just in time for Thursday’s playoff quarter-final against Czechia.

It will be Nylander’s seventh appearance for Sweden including junior hockey representation. The right winger had five points in three games in the 2022 worlds and had two assists in three games during February’s 4 Nations Face-Off.

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Sweden versus Czechia sets up Nylander against teammate Kampf, who it was announced later Wednesday would be joining in defence of his nation’s world title.

Kampf played last year when Czechia defeated Switzerland for the gold. He appeared in just one playoff game for the Leafs after being phased out of Toronto’s lineup following the acquisition of Scott Laughton at the trade deadline.

“Don’t worry, we’ll take care of him,” the country’s ice hockey federation X account tweeted to Leafs fans.

Canada, which finished first in its group, plays co-host Denmark Thursday in its quarterfinal match.

Nylander had a career-best 45 goals for the Leafs this season and 15 points in 13 playoff games, though lamented not being able to cash chances that could’ve allowed Toronto to get past Florida in losing their seven-game series.

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