New Jersey Devils: Jack Hughes Should Not Play At World Junior Championships

VICTORIA , BC - JANUARY 2: Jack Hughes #6 of the United States skates during a quarter-final game versus the Czech Republic at the IIHF World Junior Championships at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on January 2, 2019 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images)

There’s buzz around Jack Hughes suiting up for Team USA at the World Junior Championship. It’s a bad idea.

The New Jersey Devils are likely still a few weeks away from even knowing when next season is going to start, and likely it would be a couple weeks after that before training camp begins. The January 1st start date is looking more and more like a longshot, and the Devils could be a full nine months…