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Prospect Info: Stian Solberg

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He delivered what we hoped for in his AHL debut. And media folks also liked what they saw from him. The analysis from The Hockey News...

"Solberg didn’t miss a beat in his first professional game of North American hockey. He displayed his typical brand of physicality and made an impact on every shift he played while tallying two shots on goal and taking a minor penalty for high-sticking.

Defensively, he did well to close gaps as pucks moved up ice, and he kept those gaps as pucks came back his way. He consistently won battles in the corners and in front of the Gulls’ net, punishing attackers attempting to gain position. He was relentless when his assignment had the puck in defensive zone coverage and unwavering when his check was off-puck.

He was poised on retrievals, baiting forecheckers toward him before sending slip passes or stretch outlets to awaiting, open teammates. He confidently swung pucks high to low in the offensive zone and walked the blueline astutely in search of shooting angles. He instantly became one of the Gulls' best defensemen in his first game".

Anaheim Ducks Prospect Spotlight: Pair of Defensemen Make AHL Debuts

On March 16, Farjestad BK of the SHL and the Anaheim Ducks <a href="https://www.nhl.com/ducks/news/ducks-assign-solberg-to-ahl-san-diego">announced that the Ducks recalled prospect defenseman Stian Solberg</a> to their organization with the intention of assigning him to the AHL with the San...
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It would be so huge for this team if everything came together right for this team. I'm fantasizing more than anything but if he could become a guy who is reliable presence in the defensive zone through a blend of punishing physicality and strong gap control, while having good offensive/puck moving instincts he'd be such a good counterbalance on a pair with a guy like Mintyukov, Zellweger or Luneau.
 
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HanSolo said:
It would be so huge for this team if everything came together right for this team. I'm fantasizing more than anything but if he could become a guy who is reliable presence in the defensive zone through a blend of punishing physicality and strong gap control, while having good offensive/puck moving instincts he'd be such a good counterbalance on a pair with a guy like Mintyukov, Zellweger or Luneau
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If he pans out he’s prob doing a year in AHL, then potential Nhl the following year… potentially allowing us to replace trouba/gudas. He should also be able to get a lot of playtime next to Luneau in the AHL… could def see them being partners at the nhl lvl too…. Games kinda compliment each other.

Crazy, we’re not far from having to make some hard decisions on the back end.

In NHL
Lacombe
Mintyukov Helleson
Zellweger
W/ vets gudas and trouba

In AHL
Solberg Luneau
Hinds Moore
Warren

Still to come
T smith, k smith (prob forgetting some)

+ you got to imagine we grab another dmen or 2 in this draft
 
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So, according to the coach this kid (as well as Moore) is an unbelievable puck mover with excellent offensive upside.

I wonder how much of that is just pumping the new kids' tires vs reality? Especially in the case of Solberg who was definitely not drafted for any offensive skill sets? That would be quite a huge, positive, surprise if he could contribute offensively as well.
 
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Deuce22 said:
The Solberg experience is exactly why Verbeek brought Leo over here and didn't let him marinate in Sweden. Teams that invest high draft picks on prospects want to control their development, not leave it up to someone else.
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Solberg and Carlsson are two totally different situations. Carlsson has been playing with Orebro since age 16 and developed him into #2 OA pick in the draft. Orebro said Carlsson would be their 1C for Carlsson's D+1 season and had grandeur of sugar plums dancing in their heads knowing that Lekkerimaki would be Carlsson's RW.

Solberg made the move between his D+0 and D+1 from Norwegian play to SHL play. I think Farjestad did a good job reining in a wild stallion to be a more controlled one while also trying to develop his offense. The SHL is a higher level of competition than the Norway men's league. The fact Farjestad reduced his PIM's from 47 minutes the previous year to 16 this year is great progress, while allowing Solberg to hit everything in sight as he was Farjestad's leading hitter with 58 hits. Although, I would have loved to see more than 21 blocked shots from Solberg, he's still a rookie in the SHL.

I don't get why Farjestad gets a bad rap. They didn't prevent Solberg from hitting everything, but they were able to help him limit his PIM's as well as try to develop some offense in a more competitive league. What they're trying to do is control the unnecessary behavior after the whistles are blown.

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The Gulls/Anaheim org had to ship LD Dionicio out of North America b/c they couldn't control his behavior after the whistles were blown.

Maybe we shouldn't be casting stones.

On a tangent, the addition of Solberg and Moore shows how lacking in talent the Gulls were on the blue line. The Gulls needed more talent in order to push for the playoffs, especially with already losing several players to the NHL club in C Harkins, RD Helleson, RW Colangelo, and F Nesterenko.
 
Deuce22 said:
The Solberg experience is exactly why Verbeek brought Leo over here and didn't let him marinate in Sweden. Teams that invest high draft picks on prospects want to control their development, not leave it up to someone else.
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Exactly. A big reason why they wanted Solberg was explained by Verbeek himself: "I love his physicality, I love how aggressive he is". Färjestad tried to remove that part of his game, Ducks certainly didn't like this and pulled him out of there. It's that simple.

You may question the timing, Färjestad was about to hit the playoffs. But the Gulls are also still in the playoff race, and he's a big reinforcement there.
 
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Webster said:
Exactly. A big reason why they wanted Solberg was explained by Verbeek himself: "I love his physicality, I love how aggressive he is". Färjestad tried to remove that part of his game, Ducks certainly didn't like this and pulled him out of there. It's that simple.

You may question the timing, Färjestad was about to hit the playoffs. But the Gulls are also still in the playoff race, and he's a big reinforcement there.
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I’m not trusting the development of a highly drafted prospect to anyone else-if I can help it.
 
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Webster said:
Exactly. A big reason why they wanted Solberg was explained by Verbeek himself: "I love his physicality, I love how aggressive he is". Färjestad tried to remove that part of his game, Ducks certainly didn't like this and pulled him out of there. It's that simple.

You may question the timing, Färjestad was about to hit the playoffs. But the Gulls are also still in the playoff race, and he's a big reinforcement there.
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F farjestad
 
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