It might be the dead of summer, but the Columbus Blue Jackets are all over the headlines for different reasons. Some of their prospects are playing meaningful games while other players are showing off their style.
Let’s get you caught up on what’s going on around the Blue Jackets. Who’s impressing at the World Junior Championships? Who has a new look these days? And when will we see some meaningful hockey? The answers to all of this and more forthcoming.
Blue Jackets Impressing in Edmonton
Four Blue Jackets’ prospects have taken center stage at the World Junior Championships. All four played in the same game on Saturday when Team Canada defeated Czechia 5-1.
The game-winning goal of that game was scored in spectacular fashion by Kent Johnson. He successfully pulled off the Michigan to the joy of his teammates. The play was number one on SportsCenter’s Top-10.
That goal was Johnson’s first of the tournament. He has stood out despite not finishing more. Entering Sunday’s play, Johnson was second in shots on goal in the tournament with 17. Only Connor Bedard had more with 19.
You can see the confidence Johnson has every time he has the puck. It feels like something amazing is about to happen. This experience will certainly bode well for him as training camp approaches. He seems ready to make the Blue Jackets out of camp.
As for Czechia, David Jiricek, Stanislav Svozil and Martin Rysavy are the Blue Jackets’ prospects playing. While Jiricek and Svozil have been fine so far, it’s Rysavy who’s getting attention.
Rysavy scored Czechia’s only goal Saturday against Team Canada, his second of the tournament. It came shorthanded to open the scoring.
When thinking of Blue Jackets’ prospects on the rise, we aren’t giving enough attention to Rysavy. He seems comfortable on the big stage while showing that he can score.
Rysavy is a big-bodied winger at 6-foot-3 and approaching 220 pounds. He was the Blue Jackets’ seventh-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft. In his first season in the WHL for Moose Jaw, he recorded eight goals and 26 points and added a goal and three points in the postseason. He is teammates with 2022 first-round pick Denton Mateychuk.
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