Winnipeg Jets: Top 3 New Prospects to Keep an Eye on in 2021-2022
The Winnipeg Jets have some new prospects in their organization. Here are three new prospects to keep an eye on during the 2021-2022 season.
With the Winnipeg Jets kicking off their pro minicamp this past Thursday, which features some of the top prospects in the Jets organization on the ice together, many people are looking to the future of the Jets and there is an immense amount of excitement regarding this pool of young talented players.
Our site has been looking at the likes of Ville Heniola, Cole Perfetti, and Dylan Samberg as players to watch out for, but after the draft this offseason, there are some new prospects that fans should watch, and keep tabs on their development during the upcoming season.
This slideshow will look at three new Jets prospects and why you should keep an eye on them during the upcoming season.
3. Chaz Lucius
We start our list with the Jets’ first-round draft pick and the eighteenth overall selection from this past summer’s NHL Entry Draft, Chaz Lucius.
After a successful stint at the United States National Development Program, Lucius is attending the University of Minnesota and his freshman season will begin at the end of September.
Lucius is known as a pure goal scorer with an outstanding shot. In 2019-2020, Lucius led the United States Under-17 team with 31 goals during the season, but unfortunately, he did not play most of last season due to a knee injury he suffered prior to the season. When the eighteen-year-old did return from his injury, he put up some outstanding numbers scoring 13 goals in 13 games with the U.S. Under-18 team.
The centerman definitely has outstanding potential and can be the next pure goalscorer in the future for the Jets.
Lucius will definitely be tested this season with the Golden Gophers and it should be fun to watch his talents on full display against some tough collegiate competition. Lucius and the Gophers play in the Big Ten which features some great teams and NHL draft picks, including the first overall pick in the 2021 Owen Power who plays for the University of Michigan, and Minnesota will also play a tough out-of-conference schedule.