The 2023 World Junior Championship will soon kick off in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the under-20 men will compete for their countries and the gold medal. Several prospects of the Columbus Blue Jackets are participating, but a few notables will be missing from the Team Canada roster. Jordan Dumais was invited to the camp and was one of the final cuts, but Denton Mateychuk and Corson Ceulemans were completely left off of the camp roster. Curious decisions indeed.
Let’s take a look at the teams Columbus fans should keep an eye on.
Team Czechia
All three Columbus prospects in the tournament will be playing for Czechia — David Jiricek, Stanislav Svozil, and Martin Rysavy.