Red Wings current rise is based on players matured in Sweden

[Henkka]

Lucas Raymond - SHL Frölunda
Marco Kasper - SHL Rögle
Moritz Seider - SHL Rögle
Simon Edvinsson - SHL Frölunda
Albert Johansson - SHL Färjestad
Elmer Söderblom - SHL Frölunda

So our 1st line has now that SHL boost, and 3/4 TOP4 defencemen are former SHL guys. Pretty important impact overall.

And there's more to come...

Axel Sandin Pellikka - SHL Skellefeå
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård - SHL Skellefteå
etc.

So is it either Håkan Andersson drafting or Niklas Kronwall development, or both. But this path is working.

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[Frk It]

I personally tend to think a lot of these guys would have succeeded regardless of where they were developed, but it is interesting.

We also are seeing some of our NA players developing well now too. Cossa, Augustine, Plante, Mazur, Danielson, etec.

 

[Ricelund]

...and soon to be Elias Pettersson - SHL Växjö

 

[Tatar Shots]

Well yeah, we’ve drafted players in the 1st round who have played in Sweden every year Yzerman has been GM. I doubt Seider becomes any different of a player without the COVID year playing in Sweden.

 

[izlez]

Meh... don't think there's too much to read into here. Yzerman came in 6 drafts ago. He took guys from Sweden in the first round early on. Those guys unsurprisingly have done well. Lots of other guys that played in Sweden also failed. We'll also be getting a wave of non-Swedes soon.


And a bit of a side note: At this point I'm kinda gonna enjoy the collective whiplash this board has when we lose 2 or 3 in a row