Adding mass and strength is what he needs to worry about right now, no harm in leaving him in what may be the 2nd best league in the world under a good coach vs being in the AHL on a crowded roster and a bad coach imo.
I agree with this, it's not like he's in the same situation as DLR who sometimes wouldnt even get to play 10 minutes of icetime if I remember correctly, he's in a great organization getting some quality icetime and thriving with it. I usually prefer having our Euro prospects come over ASAP because I feel like the organization has better control over their preparation and development when they're here but Lehkonen seems to be in a really good situation with Frolunda.
Do we know how they are trained over there? As far as AHL and crowed roster well sorry, but if I think he's a serious prospect, he's playing top 6. This AHL team do not have enough top players to not make room for 1 more. Especially not next year when at one poitn, some decision will need to happen for Ghetto and Lessio who each have to go through waivers next year. Are we going to re-live another Tinordi moment with Ghetto?
Compared to say Reway, he seems to have a good attitude so I'm not too worried about his training over there. A good friend of mine (Deschamps) who's conditionning is top notch played for Karpat for a little bit last season and said it was pretty intense training wise so my guess is it's similar in Frolunda.
Dont know if this video was ever posted here but he seems to be on a pretty good program.
Is Lehkonen a good skater? Does he have elite speed?
Yes he is, his speed is not elite but he has good jump and especially good edge work, seems really strong on his skates.