Prospect Info: At 20th Overall the Wild Select Jesper Wallstedt

[Parax]

 

[BagHead]

Kahkonen who?

 

[TaLoN]

They couldn't have made the replay any worse

 

[57special]

They couldn't have made the replay any worse

Yeah, the TV feed was wonky tonight. There was a lot of that.

 

[ZEBROA]

How has he been?

 

[DeagleJenkins]

Yeah, it was a 6 on 4 with a minute or so left, and Iowa leading by two. the opportunity presented itself, and he didn't hesitate. He had a very strong game in the nets, also. Seems very calm back there, and doesn't give out rebounds.

He looked sooo happy to score that.

 

[Nino Noderreiter]

How has he been?

Well in that replay, Iowa was winning 4-2 despite being outshot 37-16... so that's promising. But, he's 1-5 with an .899 save percentage so overall not great although the team is bad.

 

[57special]

Well in that replay, Iowa was winning 4-2 despite being outshot 37-16... so that's promising. But, he's 1-5 with an .899 save percentage so overall not great although the team is bad.

two things;
- CHI is notorious for under counting opponents shots
- Iowa takes a lot of penalties, and this tends to make the SA more dangerous. They are a weak team because most of their best players have been brought up to the big club. Wallstedt looks much better than his stats suggest.

 

[Southern Minny]

Congrats Wally on your first AHL goal and victory!!

 

[Digitalbooya]

Decided to pony up an AHL TV team pass for Iowa. Watching the highlights from last night, Wallstedt is a little worrisome. First goal was definitely a bad one to give up.

 

[P10p]

Decided to pony up an AHL TV team pass for Iowa. Watching the highlights from last night, Wallstedt is a little worrisome. First goal was definitely a bad one to give up.

Welcome to the club! Some great hockey is played down there.

As for Wallstedt, he gad definitely ran a bit hot and cold to start his pro career. Not worried yet, lots of time for the young lad.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Welcome to the club! Some great hockey is played down there.

As for Wallstedt, he gad definitely ran a bit hot and cold to start his pro career. Not worried yet, lots of time for the young lad.

Very true. Off to a really good start tonight.

 

[57special]

Decided to pony up an AHL TV team pass for Iowa. Watching the highlights from last night, Wallstedt is a little worrisome. First goal was definitely a bad one to give up.

As far as Wallstedt, it's all about letting in the bad angle shots. It's a definite weakness- he's got to cover the post better. The announcer keeps talking about how the angles are different on SHL ice, and i get that to a certain extent, but we are talking BAD angles(near goal line) from 25'+ out.
Otherwise, i like his play.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

I think Wallstedt has looked good. It’s going to take time to Adjust to North America. He’s very smart and reads the play well. Swallows a lot of shots. He’ll be fine. This season will be good for him. Wouldn’t be upset if he’s in the AHL next season either. He’s a 20yo goalie.

 

[Digitalbooya]

As far as Wallstedt, it's all about letting in the bad angle shots. It's a definite weakness- he's got to cover the post better. The announcer keeps talking about how the angles are different on SHL ice, and i get that to a certain extent, but we are talking BAD angles(near goal line) from 25'+ out.
Otherwise, i like his play.

I think Wallstedt has looked good. It’s going to take time to Adjust to North America. He’s very smart and reads the play well. Swallows a lot of shots. He’ll be fine. This season will be good for him. Wouldn’t be upset if he’s in the AHL next season either. He’s a 20yo goalie.

He’s such an interesting player. He was saving a lot of high danger shots last night, but the night before he let in a weak shot through the five goal from the corner boards near the goal line.

 

[ThatGuy22]

He’s such an interesting player. He was saving a lot of high danger shots last night, but the night before he let in a weak shot through the five goal from the corner boards near the goal line.

He's also only 20.

Lundqvist was putting up a .900 in Sweden at 20 (and spent 4 more years there).

MAF a .900 in Wilkes Barrie.

Luongo a 905 in the AHL.


Anything around .900 in the AHL for him is going to be a great season. Also worth noting that in his first 5 games, he broke .900 + only once. In his last 5, he's broke a .900+ save percentage 4 times.

Already trending well in the small sample sizes.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Awesome weekend for Wallstedt against Rockford! Stopped 20 of 21 last night and 33 of 34 tonight. He's given up 1 goal in each of his last 3 starts.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Awesome weekend for Wallstedt against Rockford! Stopped 20 of 21 last night and 33 of 34 tonight. He's given up 1 goal in each of his last 3 starts.

That's what you want to see with your goaltender.

2.87GAA and a .906 SV%.

He's trending upwards.

Also why is he not considered a rookie?

 

[Digitalbooya]

That's what you want to see with your goaltender.

2.87GAA and a .906 SV%.

He's trending upwards.

Also why is he not considered a rookie?

I think it's a mistake on the AHL website. He's definitely a rookie,

 

[57special]

It also helps that Iowa(and Wallstedt) has some of their more talented players back on the ice. They were looking pretty thin for a while there. Still think that the goalies down in Iowa have their stats deflated by the high amount of penalties that they take. I am not 100% sure of this, but I think that shots taken on the PP have a higher shooting % than ES shots, right?

 

[BagHead]

It also helps that Iowa(and Wallstedt) has some of their more talented players back on the ice. They were looking pretty thin for a while there. Still think that the goalies down in Iowa have their stats deflated by the high amount of penalties that they take. I am not 100% sure of this, but I think that shots taken on the PP have a higher shooting % than ES shots, right?

I'm sure oddities happen, but typically yes, PP Save % is lower than 5v5.

As an aside, what I'd be interested in learning is what PK Save % looks like compared to 5v5. I have a feeling it'd actually be worse than 5v5 simply because any shot you face tends to be an odd-man or breakaway situation, but I'm not sure where to find that information.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I'm sure oddities happen, but typically yes, PP Save % is lower than 5v5.

As an aside, what I'd be interested in learning is what PK Save % looks like compared to 5v5. I have a feeling it'd actually be worse than 5v5 simply because any shot you face tends to be an odd-man or breakaway situation, but I'm not sure where to find that information.

Not sure if you were talking about Wallstedt in particular, but both NHL goalies have a 1.000 save % when we're on the PP.

Even Strength:
Gus .933%
Fleury .908%

Penalty Kill:
Gus .870%
Fleury .856%

 

[BagHead]

Not sure if you were talking about Wallstedt in particular, but both NHL goalies have a 1.000 save % when we're on the PP.

Even Strength:
Gus .933%
Fleury .908%

Penalty Kill:
Gus .870%
Fleury .856%

I just meant in general, but thanks for providing that info! Where did you find it? I was searching Google a bit but didn't see any promising stat sites.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I just meant in general, but thanks for providing that info! Where did you find it? I was searching Google a bit but didn't see any promising stat sites.

Natural Stat Trick lets you sort by situation.

 

[BagHead]

Natural Stat Trick lets you sort by situation.

Thanks! I just decided to check it out. Looks like there's a lot of variance for 2022-23 (ranges from 1.000 to .500), but that was expected on such a small sample. Looking at the last 3 years for guys who've had at least 85 shots against while killing a penalty, it's actually surprisingly high at .929. My guess appears to have been wrong, at least for the last 3 years. Sorry for the off topic, done now!