Moritz Seider is turning in a dominant SHL season. His 0.77 points per game (24 points in 31 games) are the third most among all SHL defenders this season, and, as of right now, would be the
best rate ever by a U20 defenseman in that league (with a minimum 10 games played). Those are major accomplishments, particularly considering offensive production is not even considered the hallmark of Seider’s game.
The Red Wings felt Seider needed to become more of a scoring threat from the point, and he put the work in to become one: Seider has already more than doubled his AHL goals total in 18 fewer games in Sweden.
“I think that’s given him more confidence to get pucks to the net,” Red Wings director of player development Shawn Horcoff told
The Athletic recently. “He distributes the puck well, his offense is just — I think it’s more of a confidence thing than anything. He’s starting to feel good in those situations and feeling like he can score.”
Rögle is getting nearly 60 percent of all shots with Seider on the ice, according to
Svengelska Hockey. Perhaps more impressively, Seider’s 5-on-5 goals for percentage is 68.9 percent.
“Especially the last month and a half, he’s just been such a dominant (player),” Horcoff said. “He might be the best defenseman in the SHL, which in my opinion is the third-best league in the world at this point. And the kid just reeks of confidence. He’s a guy that wants to have the puck all the time, he’s open to criticism, he’s open to teaching.
“He just has a quiet confidence about him, and he knows that he can be a player that can contribute on the ice in all situations. And that’s what we like the most, is he seems to be a guy that you can kind of throw over the boards given anything that the game calls for.”