The 2022 World Junior Championship resets and restarts on Tuesday, August 9th, and the Red Wings’ organization should have as many as 9 prospects taking part in the event.
Three of the nine prospects will be playing for Team Sweden, and MLive’s Ansar Khan posted an early-morning story which discusses Simon Edvinsson, Theodor Niederbach and William Wallinder:
A trio of Detroit Red Wings prospects will impact Sweden’s fortunes at next week’s World Junior Championship in Edmonton.
The tournament will serve as a warmup for Simon Edvinsson prior to training camp, where the sixth overall pick in 2021 will compete for a spot on the Red Wings’ blue line.
Defenseman William Wallinder and forward Theodor Niederbach, second-round selections in 2020 (32nd and 51st), will return to Sweden for another season of development with Rogle BK.
The event was rescheduled from December, when it was canceled four days after it began due to COVID-19. Sweden, seeking its first gold medal since 2012, opens Wednesday against Switzerland.
“When I was a little kid, I always wanted to play in the World Junior Championship,” Edvinsson, 19, said. “I just played two games. That hunger goes a little bit more. I think that’s a good run-up to be prepared for training camp.”
