Third overall draft pick Dubois looks to find game at world junior championship
BOISBRIAND, Que. — Highly rated prospect Pierre-Luc Dubois hasn’t dominated the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League since his return from the Columbus Blue Jackets camp, but he has a chance to make up for it at the world junior championship
The big centre, who will reportedly be traded by the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Dec. 18, has a decent but hardly overwhelming six goals and 18 points in 20 QMJHL games this season, well off-pace from the 42 goals and 99 points he put up in 62 games last season.
That performance prompted the Blue Jackets to skip over higher-ranked Jesse Puljujarvi and take Dubois third overall in the NHL draft in June.
“It’s never easy to come back to junior from the NHL,” Canadian junior coach Dominique Ducharme said of Dubois. “There’s always a period to adapt and to bring your mind back to it.