"Milton Gastrin, the team's second-round pick in the 2o25 NHL Draft, was named to Sweden's roster for the tournament earlier this month. Gastrin, 18, signed his three-year, entry-level contract with the Capitals this past July and is playing the 2025-26 season in the second tier of Swedish pro hockey, the HockeyAllsvenskan, with MoDo Hockey. In 25 games for Modo, Gastrin has recorded 17 points (8g, 9a). He is the league's highest-scoring under-19 forward."
"Leon Muggli, one of the Capitals' second-round picks from the 2024 NHL Draft, was named to Switzerland's roster for the tournament. Muggli, 19, played two games for the AHL's Hershey Bears this season, recording one assist, before suffering an upper-body injury. The Capitals signed Muggli to a three-year, entry-level contract after he attended his first development camp in 2024. Muggli will be participating in his third World Junior Championship for Switzerland, having served as an alternate captain at the 2025 tournament."
"Hershey announced that the young defenseman had been re-assigned to his national team on Monday afternoon. Muggli has been a healthy scratch for the past two Bears games after missing almost the entirety of the fall schedule with his injury. Gastrin and Muggli will join fellow Capitals prospects Cole Hutson (USA), Nick Kempf (USA), Petr Sikora (Czechia), and Maxim Schafer (Germany) at the tournament in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota."
Two Washington Capitals prospects earned roster spots for the 2026 World Junior Championship. Milton Gastrin, 18, signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Capitals and is playing the 2025-26 season in Sweden's HockeyAllsvenskan with MoDo Hockey, recording 17 points in 25 games and ranking as the league's highest-scoring under-19 forward. Gastrin captained Sweden at the Under-18 World Championship and won silver. Leon Muggli, 19, signed a three-year entry-level contract after attending development camp, played two AHL games before an upper-body injury, and will represent Switzerland in his third World Juniors. Both players join several other Capitals prospects in Minneapolis–St. Paul; the tournament runs December 26 to January 5.
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