4 Winnipeg Jets Who Could Play at World Juniors 2022

The 2022 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship begins on December. 26th on the 26th of December in Edmonton as well as Red Deer, Alberta. This leaves just six weeks for the players to show their skills and show why they are worthy to be representing their country at this highly regarded tournament.

 

There are Winnipeg Jets' prospect pool comprises the following players, all from different nations that are all qualified to participate in the World Juniors Live Stream. Some players have a legitimate chance to compete, and I'm about examine the players they're.

Cole Perfetti, Team Canada 

There's still a bit of uncertainty regarding whether Cole Perfetti will be loaned to Team Canada. But, he'd be a fantastic addition to the already impressive team. He's one of the few players who can come back from the team which won silver last year, when it was the United States beat them in the gold-medal match. At 2021's World Juniors, Perfetti scored six points (two goals and 4 assists) in seven games. In the summer of 2018, he played for Canada at the world stage in the World Championships in Latvia, which he scored two goals and took home an award of gold.

Perfetti has scored six points (three goals and three assists) in his 10 game this season with the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League (AHL). He's getting off to a decent beginning with the Moose I'm certain Hockey Canada would be happy to have him on their roster.

Nikita Chibrikov, Team Russia

Russian winger Nikita Chibrikov stood out in the 2021 IIHF Under-18 World Junior Hockey Championships scoring 13 points over seven matches (four goals 9 assists). Prior to the tournament, Chibrikov represented Russia on the international stage several times, including the tournament for under-13 players in 2015-16. The Jets chose him to be 50th overall at the time of the 2021 NHL Draft, and he has already established himself as one of the team's most promising prospects.

The Moscow player is a player with SKA-Neva St. Petersburg in the Supreme Hockey League (VHL) and has scored sixteen points (nine goals seven assists) in 14 games. It's a great start to his campaign. Chibrikov will be among the top Russian forwards to keep an eye at throughout this tournament.

Chaz Lucius, Team USA

A Minnesota University player Chaz Lucius is a possibility to be among the top center forwards in the Americans. Lucius was selected 18th overall during the 2021 NHL Draft and has been very successful for Team USA at the international level. He played in the Under-17 World Hockey Championships (WHC-17) in 2019-20, recording 10-points (seven goals and 3 assists) in 10 games and he won an Olympic silver medal. He was the leader of the tournament in both goals and points.

Lucius plays for Lucius plays for University of Minnesota Golden Gophers in the NCAA in which he scored just three goals and two assists (one goal and 2 assists) in six games. The addition of a high-octane center on the American team would be a great idea.

Daniel Torgersson, Team Sweden

Sweden is a team to keep an eye on in the World Juniors as they are full of talented players. Daniel Torgersson, the Jets 2020 second-round selection will be a part of the group. He's 19 years old, a 6-foot-3 winger who has represented Sweden internationally in the past and even played in the WHC-17 tournament where Torgersson was a contributing player. Torgersson was a part of Team Sweden again in 2019-20 at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, where he scored three points over 5 games (two goals and 1 assist). He was also picked to represent Sweden in the under-20 4-Nations Cup in this last month, and played with other players likely to be picked for Sweden's World Junior team.

The past season Torgersson is playing for AIK as part of AIK's HockeyAllsvenskan League where he has two goals in 12 games. He was recently invited for Frolunda as part of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and has only played one game thus far. He is likely to be relied upon for a lot throughout the tournament. 

Thanks to these stars, Jets fanatics will allowed enjoy the opportunity to sit back and look at their top prospects compete in one the most important hockey tournaments on Boxing Day.