He's bounced between the top line and the bottom six. When he's on the top line he's normally with Lundqvist and Friberg. Lundqvist has 13 in 18 an Friberg has 9 in 19. Not earth-shattering production but they're picking up points. You want to see more than 4 assists (which inludes 2 secondary assists on ENGs) in 17 games. His TOI has slipped a bit, to just over 12 minutes in his last six games. He's 15th on the team in scoring, again despite being given good minutes on the top line, and is one of only two forwards who have played in more than half the games to not have a goal. IIRC the best stretch the top line had was when undrafted 20-year-old Linus Nassen was moved up there when Henriksson was out. He's a creative player, but he's not Michael Nylander and needs to be able to generate more than 1 SOG per game.
His season isn't a disaster as he's been very active across the whole ice surface and he has the trust of the coaches. He is young and it's good to be in the SHL full time, but his production has just not been there. If that continues, he will eventually see more time on the third line than the top line. This is a guy who between Allsvenskan and SHL the past two seasons has 42 games, 0 goals, and 6 assists. Again--very young, age is on his side, but he has no been able to demonstrate he can be productive at the higher levels in Sweden.
I'm less interested in what he does at the WJC. He is probably the 1C for Sweden and we already know from what he did in the J20 last season (good but not great production) that he can play with other players his age. He plays with the twins and they are very comfortable with him, and he will probably play with them this year and also on the first PP unit. I would expect him to post at least a point-per-game at the WJC because we know he can play at that level.
The question with Henriksson has always been whether he can play against men given his limitations with his frame and his skating. If you're going to be small, you really need to be able to skate. He's small, not particularly strong, and his skating isn't horrible but it's not great. That's potentially a huge problem once you step out of your age group and into competition against guys who skate better than you and who have 20-30 pounds on you.
I like Henriksson because he has some nice skills and age on his side. That said, I'd describe my feelings about him more as "hopeful" rather "optimistic" because when I see him in the SHL he doesn't stand out in any noticeable way. He's just a small wing who doesn't look bad but doesn't do anything noticeable. Unless he can adapt his game somehow to compensate for his limitations, he's not going to make it.