I watched him play 2 years ago in the ahl Allstar game. His Swedish team against the ahl all stars. I paid pretty close attention as he was only 16 at the time and my son thought it was cool he had to wear a cage to play.
At 16 his skating was on par with the ahl Allstar players. I can't imagine it regressed any. He was out of his league when it came to puck battles and his first decision was slow but so were a lot of other players on that Swedish team as the smaller ice really gave them trouble the first 2 periods of that game.
His stick handling was really good. We got to watch him in the skills completion the day before and he was on par or above most of the players there. He took part in the hardest shot and registered the 3rd hardest shot of 6 shooters. So skills wise the kid had talent at 16 to justify playing in that game.
That being said, he was raw, you could just tell he was sheltered a little and the other players spent a lot of time talking to him about positioning before draws. Oh.. I and didn't like the way he taped his skates... Lol
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