This morning, the 2022 IIHF World Championships will begin in Finland, in the cities of Tampere and Helsinki. While the Columbus Blue Jackets will visit those cities in November, several players are there now with their national teams.
Group A
Canada
The defending champions will feature two Blue Jackets rookies: Cole Sillinger and Kent Johnson. Sillinger played a full season in the NHL at just 18 years old, while Johnson split time this season among the University of Michigan, Canada’s World Juniors and Olympics teams, and the Jackets.