Can Konsta Helenius use the World Championship to catapult his NHL Draft stock?
Only four players have ever skated in the U-18, U-20 and senior men’s World Championship in the same year. USA’s Jack Hughes did it in 2018-19; Kevin Fiala was everywhere for Switzerland in 2013-14; and both Andrei Kostitsyn and Vadim Karaga did the triple of Belarus in 2002-03. Now, Finland’s Konsta Helenius is about to join the club. It’s been a whirlwind season for Helenius, who, back in August, was turning heads by just being part of Finland’s World Junior Summer Showcase team instead of playing at the more age-appropriate Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Considered a top prospect even back then,...
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