Prospect Info: Leafs 2018 6th Rd Pick (#156 acquired from BUF) Pontus Holmberg - (5'10", 174, RW, VIK Vasteras HK)
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hockeynorth
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Leafs at Knight
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Bergman special and we traded up to get him. Makes me think Bergman really wanted him, so that alone makes this a good pick.
supermann_98
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Did he have asthma or mono last year?
The Leafs picked an overager who spent most of the year in the third-tier Swedish league.
... and I'm perfectly okay with that.
(To be fair, he did play 2GP for Växjö in the SHL and according to EliteProspects, will be with them next year. That's a team the Leafs have scouted heavily the past couple years).
... and I'm perfectly okay with that.
(To be fair, he did play 2GP for Växjö in the SHL and according to EliteProspects, will be with them next year. That's a team the Leafs have scouted heavily the past couple years).
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WestCoastLeafs
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Usually if you want to make a move in the draft it costs you something. Weird that Buffalo basically let us move up for free.
ULF_55
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Yes, something else to drop?
Expect Leafs' 6th. to be worse than this next year.
Mikeyg
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They were probably just list picking and didn't have a player they really liked.
Fogelhund
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Leafs traded their 6th round pick in 2019, for Buffalo's 6th round pick in 2018.
With that pick, Thommie Bergmann selects.
PONTUS HOLMBERG European Skater - VASTERAS, SWEDEN-3
FINAL RANK: MIDTERM RANK:
POSITION: Right Wing SHOOTS: Left
HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 174
With that pick, Thommie Bergmann selects.
PONTUS HOLMBERG European Skater - VASTERAS, SWEDEN-3
FINAL RANK: MIDTERM RANK:
POSITION: Right Wing SHOOTS: Left
HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 174
kyle n00bas
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Scott Malkinson
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Love Bergman.
Love skilled Swedish forwards so much.
Holmberg's numbers at all levels of hockey are excellent.
Excited about this pick.
Love skilled Swedish forwards so much.
Holmberg's numbers at all levels of hockey are excellent.
Excited about this pick.
Leafs at Knight
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
How have no Swedish hockey fans chimed in on him yet? Bergman pick and we traded up for him, has to be something there.
It pretty well has to be. This was the highest 6th rounder possible. At best Leafs tank, finish last and end up in the same position so it’s a 1-year pick for pick swap, except the Leafs still win because it’s a year earlier.
Bergman should have had an extra pick to compensate for last draft when no swedes were taken. I frickin love this pick. 0.5ppg in div-1 shl is pretty good. His u20 isn’t that great though but still love the pick!
He played for my home town team but as I really dislike that team I never watched a game. To be honest I have never heard of him but if he can crack Växjös lineup next season then he must be good.
Draftin Europe
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At Draftin Europe we really liked what we saw of Holmberg this season:
We feel he should have gone higher in this year’s draft even if eligible for the second time. When projecting his ranking overall in fact we gave him 3rd Round value, but that’s without taking into account draft strategies.. like, if the Leafs were comfortable he would have not gone before the 6th Round then they felt like securing the first pick of the 6th was probably going to be enough to grab him. Maybe some other team was playing the same game and got screwed.
He is expected to play LW with Vaxjo next season, but ideally we’d project him as a C long term.
We feel he should have gone higher in this year’s draft even if eligible for the second time. When projecting his ranking overall in fact we gave him 3rd Round value, but that’s without taking into account draft strategies.. like, if the Leafs were comfortable he would have not gone before the 6th Round then they felt like securing the first pick of the 6th was probably going to be enough to grab him. Maybe some other team was playing the same game and got screwed.
He is expected to play LW with Vaxjo next season, but ideally we’d project him as a C long term.
Love the whole ‘Bergman Special’ angle....what other scout - anywhere - has this kinda tag? It’s like what he touches turns to gold.
So, the thread title says RW, but Draftin Europe says LW maybe C. One of my other favourite features of late picks....the unknown
So, the thread title says RW, but Draftin Europe says LW maybe C. One of my other favourite features of late picks....the unknown
