LD Albert Johansson (2019, 60th, DET)

[newfy]

11 points in the last 12 games. Tied for 6th most points in a season by an under 20 SHL defender with former Swedish great, Freddy Olausson.
3 more points to tying Victor Hedman for 4th.

On an absolute heater right now, good for him.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Kid is one of the most 'beautiful' skaters I've seen. Just smooth as hell.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

His team has taken up the same pre-game doorknob licking ritual as Malmo. As a result his team is on a pause due to COVID.

 

[Christoph53]

Albert Johansson´s regular season is almost finished (one game left) and it was pretty great.

8 Goals 10 Assists in 43 GP
+16, 14PIM, 69 SOG and an average ice time of 17:21

Really in love with his skating ability, the best skater in the Redwings prospect pipeline imo.
Will be very exciting to see how he develops in the next few years. He has to get stronger, then he definitely has a chance to be a Top 4 NHL Dman.

Here´s a season recap showing off a few of his goals, assists, skating etc with a few nice interview snippets. (from youtube channel IceHockeyGifs)

 

[lilidk]

Watched little bit today Albert. Played ton , very solid, great skating. My hockey app shows that he is LD, but he was playing on the right side

 

[slumpy43]

Albert eclipsed a lot of his SEL peers in the point production at even strength with a projected 37.9 points at ES per 80 games.
As a comparison standpoint, the highly touted prospect Nils Lundqvist had an even strength point production of 23 points
This guy deserves more hype.

Player	Team	ESP per 80 gms	Team goals	Ratio vs Team
ÉricGélinas	Rögle	40.3	164	0.246
OskarNilsson	Skellefteå	38.5	154	0.250
AlbertJohansson	Farjestads	37.9	157	0.241
MoritzSeider	Rögle	36.9	164	0.225
AdamWilsby	Skellefteå	36.8	154	0.239
JesseVirtanen	Farjestads	34.6	157	0.220
IlariMelart	Växjö	33.0	153	0.215
BobbyNardella	Djurgården	32.3	139	0.233
JonasJunland	Linköping	32.1	132	0.243
JoelPersson	Växjö	30.8	153	0.201

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Top 10 Even strength Dman (normalized data; min 12 mins ES per g)
The projected ES points was normalized using the average ES ice time of the top 20 Dmen in the SHL this season (16min 40 seconds) and applied as an 80 game schedule

 

[WADEugottaBELAKthat]

I am but a mere stat-follower on this guy, so ... grain of salt.

But 6 points in 7 games as a 21-year-old D-man in the SHL is awesome! Plus is earlier aforementioned solid stats the two seasons prior in the SHL.

Can any Swedish posters enlighten me: should we be paying more attention to Albert?

 

[VictorLustig]

I am but a mere stat-follower on this guy, so ... grain of salt.

But 6 points in 7 games as a 21-year-old D-man in the SHL is awesome! Plus is earlier aforementioned solid stats the two seasons prior in the SHL.

Can any Swedish posters enlighten me: should we be paying more attention to Albert?

I think he'll play in the NHL eventually so yeah, probably.

I see him as a solid allround second pair D playing on the 2nd PP unit if things go right.

 

[Cenzhin]

One of the more underrated prospects. Rarely talked about but has outperformed guys like Broberg and Norlinder since drafted.

 

[Pavels Dog]

I am but a mere stat-follower on this guy, so ... grain of salt.

But 6 points in 7 games as a 21-year-old D-man in the SHL is awesome! Plus is earlier aforementioned solid stats the two seasons prior in the SHL.

Can any Swedish posters enlighten me: should we be paying more attention to Albert?

He's weirdly overlooked imo.

Last season he had more even strength goals/points than Nils Lundkvist and was the youngest player on the national team.
So far he has 6 points in 7 games, all at even strength.

 

[Gardiner Expressway]

Sticks out on the SHL dman leaderboard in two ways.... very low SOG relative the others and very low TOI... anyone watching him with input on these two things?

 

[Pavels Dog]

Sticks out on the SHL dman leaderboard in two ways.... very low SOG relative the others and very low TOI... anyone watching him with input on these two things?

No powerplay time contributes. Low SOG mostly seems like an early season anomaly though.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

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Sticks out on the SHL dman leaderboard in two ways.... very low SOG relative the others and very low TOI... anyone watching him with input on these two things?

4 SOG? He's been getting his shots tipped so maybe that might have something to do with it...

I'm also dead certain he's got more than 3 hits. He's thrown some pretty good highlight worthy hits so far

 

[MBH]

What's his current height/weight?

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

What's his current height/weight?

Elite Prospects is generally spot on, They've him listed as 6'0" 168 lbs.

 

[MBH]

Elite Prospects is generally spot on, They've him listed as 6'0" 168 lbs.

Hmmm...
Doesn't seem like he's ever gonna get to that 6'2 height his brother/dad got to.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Hmmm...
Doesn't seem like he's ever gonna get to that 6'2 height his brother/dad got to.

Very doubtful, He's going to be 21 in less then 3 months time. Pretty sure if he was going to hit that 6'2" make it would've happened by now.

 

[cjeagle]

I am but a mere stat-follower on this guy, so ... grain of salt.

But 6 points in 7 games as a 21-year-old D-man in the SHL is awesome! Plus is earlier aforementioned solid stats the two seasons prior in the SHL.

Can any Swedish posters enlighten me: should we be paying more attention to Albert?

You can take Detroit Redwings legend Niklas Lidstrom's take on it. He has a very postive impression of Albert.

 

[WADEugottaBELAKthat]

You can take Detroit Redwings legend Niklas Lidstrom's take on it. He has a very postive impression of Albert.

Well thank you kind sir for the great reply. Obviously not flying under the radar in Sweden!

 

[eulatron]

1 goal and 8 assists in 17 games played for Farjestad this season.

 

[wingerdinger]

1 goal and 8 assists in 17 games played for Farjestad this season.

and he hasnt even hit his full stride yet.

 

[Seiza]

and he hasnt even hit his full stride yet.

Färjestad has been awful so far, with the team they can ice they should be top of the league. Albert has been okay, but can do better.

 

[DougBodger]

 

[Craig Ludwig]

This kid was full of potential a couple of years ago, how is he generally looking in the AHL?

 

[lilidk]

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