Oliver Bjorkstrand may have played in his final WHL game of the year on Sunday night, but his season isn't over just yet.
Bjorkstrand, whose Winterhawks blew a 3-0 lead in Game 6 to Kelowna, will be joining Team Denmark at the World Hockey Championships, as the list of Blue Jackets representatives continues to grow.
The likes of Marko Dano, Artem Anisimov, Sergei Bobrovsky, and Jeremy Morin, among others, were already competing at this year's tournament.
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Sticking with Bjorkstrand, he has now played his final WHL game, and what he was able to accomplish in three years with the Portland Winterhawks was truly amazing.
They made it to at least the conference finals in all three seasons he played in Portland, and he was a big reason why.
His numbers resemble what you'd see playing on rookie in NHL 15.
Oliver Bjorkstrand Final Reg Season Stats
193GP 144-146-290 +142 81PIM
Final Playoff Stats
59GP 37-40-77 +36 22PIM #CBJ
— CBJ Prospects (@CBJProspects) May 4, 2015As you can see, Bjorkstrand tallied almost 100 more points than games played in the regular season, and averaged well over a point per game when things tightened up in the playoffs.
For a better idea of his development as a player, I tabled his numbers by year.
The Blue Jackets already have an abundance of good, young forwards, and it appears there is another one on the way.
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