I would try to pry Filip Bystedt(drafted 27th overall 22') out of San Jose. They already have Smith and Celebrini, and his biggest knock against him is skating, while we have a miracle worker in Danielle Fujita.
Here is his prospect profile from the Athletic:
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Bystedt is a big boy who moves well (especially when he builds a head of steam through the neutral zone) and thrives in puck control, with the skills of protection out wide to his body that you expect in a player his size, but also the propensity to pull and drag pucks through his feet. Though he isn’t a very adjustable skater in tight/against coverage, he skates well north-south and around wider crossover paths once he gets going. Those tools make him noticeable and intriguing by default, and have allowed him to really hold pucks against his peers and work his way into being a good SHL contributor as a teenager. The reach, length and size (6-foot-3 and nearly 200 pounds) make him so strong in puck protection at this age. When he’s carrying pucks and looking to attack, he’s a lot to handle. He’s got some real dexterity. He stays around it, he goes to the front of the net, he involves himself physically, and he has become a much more consistent game-to-game, shift-to-shift player over the last two years. His one-timer has some pop because of his strength and size. There were times in his draft year, in viewings across the J20, SHL and U18 worlds, where he played a different style in each and seemed to have a bit of an identity crisis. Since, I think he has found himself in the SHL as a driver who uses his decent skill and skating where required instead of out of necessity. He has been one of the SHL’s better young players in consecutive seasons and there’s more than meets the eye with his game offensively. He projects as a good third-line center for me.
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