While Bud Holloway had a mediocre season by his standard in the SHL, Oscar Möller stepped up his game leading the playoff in points (14 games 18 points), being 6th in points in the regular season (48 games 45 points) and his team Skellefteå AIK winning their second consecutive championship. Now it appears the Kings are taking note, judging from the comments by Rob Blake in the article below.
http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/nhl/nhl-klubben-vill-ha-tre-kronor-stjarnan/
My translation so please forgive the rough edges:
"The Kings' Nordic Scouts Christian Ruuttu and Niklas Andersson have been monitoring Möller's progress in SHL and been reporting back to the brass in LA.
- We've been carefully following Oscar this season and in addition to the scouting reports we have video of Skellefteå's games to watch. We've seen he's been making great progress and would like him to come back, said Rob Blake.
The Kings will keenly be watching Oscar during the Hockey World Championships in Belarus. Once the tournament starts Rob Blake will be in Minsk as the GM of Team Canada.
- I'm looking forward to watch Möller play for Sweden. We know he's had a good season in the SHL and won the Swedish championship, said Rob."
Pretty cool. I think Oscar took another step this season for sure, whether that will be enough to make him into an NHL player I'm not sure but he's apparently moving in the right direction. Now we've seen this all play out in Bud Holloway before so I'm definitely not saying the Kings are gonna sign him, but they seem to be taking notice.
http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/nhl/nhl-klubben-vill-ha-tre-kronor-stjarnan/
My translation so please forgive the rough edges:
"The Kings' Nordic Scouts Christian Ruuttu and Niklas Andersson have been monitoring Möller's progress in SHL and been reporting back to the brass in LA.
- We've been carefully following Oscar this season and in addition to the scouting reports we have video of Skellefteå's games to watch. We've seen he's been making great progress and would like him to come back, said Rob Blake.
The Kings will keenly be watching Oscar during the Hockey World Championships in Belarus. Once the tournament starts Rob Blake will be in Minsk as the GM of Team Canada.
- I'm looking forward to watch Möller play for Sweden. We know he's had a good season in the SHL and won the Swedish championship, said Rob."
Pretty cool. I think Oscar took another step this season for sure, whether that will be enough to make him into an NHL player I'm not sure but he's apparently moving in the right direction. Now we've seen this all play out in Bud Holloway before so I'm definitely not saying the Kings are gonna sign him, but they seem to be taking notice.