LD Adam Wilsby - Skellefteå AIK, SHL (2020, 101st, NSH)

[Pavels Dog]

I did not find a thread on this kid.

Look like another potential homerun defensive pick by Nashville.

Nice goal yesterday:


17 points in 47 games this season.

Fantastic skater, really good instincts offensively. Just love watching him play. He's 20, but still played as an SHL rookie this year and has done really well.

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[NJ Fan 12]

Not seeing much (any) of the SHL this year, it seems like the league has a few strong teams and a lot of mediocre (or worse) ones. How much of Wilsby's success this season is due to skating with Skelleftea?


And what has he done since his original draft year that he is a prospect now?

 

[Pavels Dog]

Not seeing much (any) of the SHL this year, it seems like the league has a few strong teams and a lot of mediocre (or worse) ones. How much of Wilsby's success this season is due to skating with Skelleftea?


And what has he done since his original draft year that he is a prospect now?

I've seen a lot and find myself watching him more and more closely. Last night he was dominant! Yes Skellefteå is good but it's easy to compare to for example Broberg who is not looking very good in contrast.
Skates like the wind, really moves the puck well and he's pretty good defensively.

 

[EXTRAS]

I'm a big fan of Wilsby as well. He is signed for 2 more years in the SHL through 2022-23. bringing him over around 22 years old sounds like a good idea if he continues to impress.

 

[romelson]

Not seeing much (any) of the SHL this year, it seems like the league has a few strong teams and a lot of mediocre (or worse) ones. How much of Wilsby's success this season is due to skating with Skelleftea?


And what has he done since his original draft year that he is a prospect now?

The fanbase of Skelleftea was rather upset all through the autumn 2020 by the fact that Wilsby was getting so little icetime, while Broberg (both d-men NHL prospects). Finally, after new year, coach starting giving Wilsby the ice time he so well deserves. But he really should have got it way earlier.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Sick 1st career goal.

 

[Juxtaposer]

That's the kind of first NHL goal I think every defenseman dreams of. Slick move and snipe.

 

[EXTRAS]

I'm a big fan of Wilsby as well. He is signed for 2 more years in the SHL through 2022-23. bringing him over around 22 years old sounds like a good idea if he continues to impress.

I like being right.

 

[SoundAndFury]

He plays 22 minutes per night in the last 4 games and has been very good with what is basically a mid-pairing workload. So Trotz is probably going to want to put him on waivers ASAP.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I think Wilsby is showing us that you don't have to be piling up big AHL points to actually be good at hockey. Spencer Stastney was like that when he got called up for us too. Neither of these guys was killing the AHL from the stats-watching perspective. But they both look better in the NHL than a lot of our incumbents have. I'd cheerfully fire Lauzon and Carrier into the sun and hand permanent jobs to Wilsby and Stastney.