Prospect Info: C Noah Ostlund, 16th Overall, 2022 NHL Draft, Assigned to Rochester 4.17.24

[Chainshot]

Sounds like he's heading back to Djurgarden and playing in the Allsvenskan.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Djurgården på is – kedjor, roller, backjakt och toppkonkurrenter

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With Öhgren, & Lekkerimäki going to WJCs, Östlund has practiced on a line with Krüger, & Daniel Brodin, with Djurgården's coach saying they're spreading out the lines right now considering the former two are away.

He also says no lineup decisions have been made, but that the junior trio's line is "very, very good together." They won't make any decisions line-wise, will let the lines come to them, but that of course they've had an idea when they've signed who they've signed.

Calls Östlund an incredibly smart player, says he could play as a dman. And everything.

Says the trio will have big roles, as they're that skilled.

From the main board

 

[Matt Ress]

From the main board

Swedish posters seem to agree that Ostlund is a no brainer and should have already been invited

 

[Puppa2Miller]

NHL.com Ostlund article

 

[Prntscrn]

Djurgården is currently playing their first preseason game of the season. Östlund has scored a hattrick playing 1st line LW with Marcus Krüger (formerly Chicago and Carolina) and Daniel Brodin

 

[Ace]

Djurgården is currently playing their first preseason game of the season. Östlund has scored a hattrick playing 1st line LW with Marcus Krüger (formerly Chicago and Carolina) and Daniel Brodin

He’s angry about the world juniors snub and is showing he don’t need those Lekkerimaki and Ohgren fools

 

[jc17]

Djurgården is currently playing their first preseason game of the season. Östlund has scored a hattrick playing 1st line LW with Marcus Krüger (formerly Chicago and Carolina) and Daniel Brodin

This game televised at all? Will we get highlights?

 

[Prntscrn]

This game televised at all? Will we get highlights?

Yeah, it's on Expressen.se (one of our two biggest newspapers). Only a few minutes left though. Hopefully they will have a highlight package available

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Matt Ress]

Yet another town named after the great Jets wr Al Toon.

 

[Faceboner]

Yet another town named after the great Jets wr Al Toon.

Nah its named after almond flavored tuna

 

[Ace]

I’m very interested in seeing the goals. One of the analysts I listened to before the draft really believed Ostlund had an entire part of his offense he just hadn’t had to use with his shooting given his role on the line. I won’t remember who it was…those breakdowns are lost. It’s interesting that he would immediately throw down a hat trick when pressed to play differently without Lekkerimaki and Ohgren.

 

[Chainshot]

I have a feeling he's breaking a skate boot off up someone's backside as as statement to not being included on the August U20 team.

 

[Ace]

 

[Fjordy]

This guy is a diamond, did anyone else doubt this choice?

 

[Ace]

Well…funnily the guy I wanted at 16 when we were up was Kulich so I’m always going to be perfectly happy with how it turned out. The only guys I would have considered honestly between 16 and 28 if we reversed it were Kemell and Yurov. Kemell because the value for his finishing was there and Yurov because I like his all around game…but they actually needed an Ostlund more in the system than those guys. The only high end silky playmaker they have who might end up down the middle is Krebs.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Me, I doubted. Would have preferred Ohgren or Snuggarud

 

[theslatcher]

Edit: nvm

 

[Fjordy]

This guy is a diamond, did anyone else doubt this choice?

If anything, I was mostly ironic at myself, since I myself said that #16 was probably too early for him.

 

[Matt Ress]

Good product placement on that first goal

 

[HaNotsri]

Experts are bitter he's not in the jwc. The excuse from the coach is ultra dumb as well: "it will be too much pressure for him his last jwc year if he's in now"

Like... Östlund can obviously handle pressure (u18). And he won't play the final jwc since he'll be in the AHL/NHL.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Experts are bitter he's not in the jwc. The excuse from the coach is ultra dumb as well: "it will be too much pressure for him his last jwc year if he's in now"

Like... Östlund can obviously handle pressure (u18). And he won't play the final jwc since he'll be in the AHL/NHL.

No he most likely won't.

 

[HaNotsri]

No he most likely won't.

He could easily be over ppg in the HA, after that it will be better for him to learn how to apply his skills in AHL rather than the SHL.
I think he'll develop quickly.

 

[MOGlLNY]

He could easily be over ppg in the HA, after that it will be better for him to learn how to apply his skills in AHL rather than the SHL.
I think he'll develop quickly.

This is you doing assuming the absolute best case scenario and also assuming Adams/Rochester won't allow him to go to the WJC. Which I also doubt he'd block that from happening.

 

[Rastin]

He could easily be over ppg in the HA, after that it will be better for him to learn how to apply his skills in AHL rather than the SHL.
I think he'll develop quickly.

I think we should absolutely slow cook him. Leave him overseas for another year or two, then the AHL. He needs some time to grow and fill out before he'll be ready for the NHL. He gets pushed around too much by his peers right now to even consider moving up. I think he'll be a good one but he's a lnger term project IMO.