At least one young Canucks hot shot will probably feature at the WJC.
A week after Czech centre Lukas Jasek (a 2016 6th rounder) was included in his country’s short list, 2015 first-rounder Brock Boeser is among 29 players invited to the Team USA world junior championship selection camp.
There are sixteen forwards in the USA camp. You figure Ron Wilson (yes, ex-Ducks & Capitals & Sharks & Leafs & USA Olympic coach Ron Wilson) will cut three. He’s allowed a 23-man roster, so you figure two defencemen and a goalie will go as well.
Boeser, a forward for the University of North Dakota, has 19 points in 18 games this season, his first as a collegian. Last year the 18 year old had 68 points in 57 games for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the USHL.
The other Canucks prospect with a shot at the world juniors is Dimitry Zhukenov, who has played at the U18 WJC for Russia.
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