Prospect Info: Jacob Olofsson

[Yoshidas Island]

''Sometimes I think Jacob was a little too committed defensively this season, always trying to be in the perfect place on the ice...''

Julien:

How do you always have the best gifs that I've never seen before??

 

[NotProkofievian]

How do you always have the best gifs that I've never seen before??

I am but a poor player. The ol' lady is the real talent. We have gif battles via messenger, and I can't ever beat her.

 

[Bryson]

I am but a poor player. The ol' lady is the real talent. We have gif battles via messenger, and I can't ever beat her.

Take this for your next gif battle and beat her with style.

 

[Maitz]

I might be one of the few who have high expectations offensively for him this year. I clearly saw a guy who has an excellent on ice vision and pretty good hockey IQ at the camp. With confidence this guy will put up 30 pts this year for Timra. 11-20-31 pts mark my words.

 

[yianik]

''Sometimes I think Jacob was a little too committed defensively this season, always trying to be in the perfect place on the ice...''

Julien:

This is so funny , I laughed.

Awesome.

 

[Mdamico]

Jacob Olofsson playing on the 1st line for Sweden yesterday and potting a goal using speed, size and sick mitts. He should be on Swedens top-2 lines come December. Has a lot of offensive potential to tap into. Very intriguing prospect and great value at 56th overall for a projected late 1st rounder.

 

[BLONG7]

Jacob Olofsson playing on the 1st line for Sweden yesterday and potting a goal using speed, size and sick mitts. He should be on Swedens top-2 lines come December. Has a lot of offensive potential to tap into. Very intriguing prospect and great value at 56th overall for a projected late 1st rounder.

Great to hear...we can use some good news these days!!

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

Jacob Olofsson playing on the 1st line for Sweden yesterday and potting a goal using speed, size and sick mitts. He should be on Swedens top-2 lines come December. Has a lot of offensive potential to tap into. Very intriguing prospect and great value at 56th overall for a projected late 1st rounder.

any video? Did you hear anything about how he played the rest of the game?

 

[Captain Mountain]

Sweden's WJC coach likes Olofsson:

CP: The other one is Jacob Olofsson (MTL), who was the top junior player in the Allsvenskan. He had an interesting season, somewhat up and down.
Monten: He was very good every time I had him in November and in the pre-tournament games in December. I still don’t know if I made the right call not to put him on the final team. My feeling is he should have maybe been on that team. I know he was up and down. He had an injury at the Under-18s. I know a lot of scouts had issues with him before the draft. His club team went up a division, he scored I think eight game-winning goals. It was a surprise for me he didn’t get picked earlier.
CP: What stands out the most to you about him?
Monten: His hockey IQ. He’s so smart, he’s big, strong, he always ends up on the right side of the puck. I think a lot of NHL teams are going to feel down the road we made a bad call.

Pronman: Sweden's world juniors coach Tomas Monten reports...

 

[JohnLennon]

Jacob Olofsson playing on the 1st line for Sweden yesterday and potting a goal using speed, size and sick mitts. He should be on Swedens top-2 lines come December. Has a lot of offensive potential to tap into. Very intriguing prospect and great value at 56th overall for a projected late 1st rounder.

None of the boxscores or blogs I've read confirm this, do you have any sources or video of Olofsson's goal? By all accounts, it was actually Sebastian Walfridsson who scored.

EDIT: I was looking at the wrong boxscore, sorry!

 

[Sam I Am]

None of the boxscores or blogs I've read confirm this, do you have any sources or video of Olofsson's goal? By all accounts, it was actually Sebastian Walfridsson who scored.

Here you go:

https://hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-...19/summer-camp/stats/game-summary?gameid=2276

Walfridsson scored in Sweden's first game against the USA. Olofsson's goal came against the Finns.

 

[JohnLennon]

Here you go:

Game Summary

Walfridsson scored in Sweden's first game against the USA. Olofsson's goal came against the Finns.

Ah, got it. Thanks for pointing that out, I got mixed up!

 

[OldCraig71]

Take this for your next gif battle and beat her with style.

I honestly cannot stop laughing at this!

 

[Andrei79]

I'm repeating myself, but this was such a good pick where we got him.

He's going to be a top 6 C at the WJC.

 

[Goldenhands]

I'm repeating myself, but this was such a good pick where we got him.

He's going to be a top 6 C at the WJC.

he plays and thinks the game like a Pro... he has good size and skates well, offensive upside might be limited but thats indeed a strong pick at that spot if he ends up as a good third line center in the same mold as Lars Eller....

 

[Adam Michaels]

Olofsson is #21 on EOTP's T25U25 series: 2018 Montreal Canadiens Top 25 Under 25: #21 Jacob Olofsson

 

[LaP]

They occasionally played together but in general Olofsson had the bigger role.

As a separate matter I'll point out a difference between Pastrnak's stats and Olofsson's stats, beyond the obviously higher PPG for David. David was also the leading scorer of his team. Jacob was the 5th scorer of his team.

Doesn't mean that much though (either way). Scherbak was easily the leading scorer of his junior teams. It was crappy teams and he was pretty much the only good player on them. Pretty sure you can find guys who were the 2nd or 3rd scorer of their junior team who became better than Scherbak.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

he plays and thinks the game like a Pro... he has good size and skates well, offensive upside might be limited but thats indeed a strong pick at that spot if he ends up as a good third line center in the same mold as Lars Eller....

I think he think the game better than Eller and is much more creative (though with slightly less tools), but ya I can see him becoming that level of player.

 

[danyhabsfan]

Olofsson is #21 on EOTP's T25U25 series: 2018 Montreal Canadiens Top 25 Under 25: #21 Jacob Olofsson

Seems like a pretty bad list.

We voted him 8th best prospect + possibly Drouin, Domi, Scherbak, Lekhonen and Hudon. (De la Rose too)

That makes him 13th. Which tells me that 8 prospects that we voted after him are now in front of him...

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

he plays and thinks the game like a Pro... he has good size and skates well, offensive upside might be limited but thats indeed a strong pick at that spot if he ends up as a good third line center in the same mold as Lars Eller....

LOL Lars Eller who is the player with the less creativity In the league. Eller is only good defensively and to protect the puck on fore check.
In no way Olaf and him looks similar... not even the same play style at all.

 

[Goldenhands]

LOL Lars Eller who is the player with the less creativity In the league. Eller is only good defensively and to protect the puck on fore check.
In no way Olaf and him looks similar... not even the same play style at all.

Eller was a key player in the Caps Stanley cup conquest, he is a very strong and smart 2-way center with some nice stickhanding and great puck possession skills, his lack of vision and finish around the net is what prevented him to become a top 6 center but he is a pretty solid third to have on your team, I like him better than Danault personally... If Olofsson can become that, Ill be very happy, if he becomes better, thats absolutely great...

 

[Sterling Archer]

LOL Lars Eller who is the player with the less creativity In the league. Eller is only good defensively and to protect the puck on fore check.
In no way Olaf and him looks similar... not even the same play style at all.

Incorrect. They are both tall, blonde and Scandinavian so they both technically LOOK similar.

 

[Habs]

You mean we might actually have a couple prospects to watch at this years wjc? That would be nice.

 

[Frankc]

LOL Lars Eller who is the player with the less creativity In the league. Eller is only good defensively and to protect the puck on fore check.
In no way Olaf and him looks similar... not even the same play style at all.

Before being drafted, Lars Eller was also a highly touted prospect with creativity.

"Here is Eller's scouting report from Elite Prospects.
A very allround and skilled forward. Eller has quick feet, soft hands and a good work ethic. He is a skilled playmaker, but also a decent scorer. Workd hard and is valuable in shorthanded situations. Quite spectacular player with few weaknesses."

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/danish-top-prospect-lars-eller.343763/

Nothing says Olafson will be able to bring his offensive skills to the NHL.. but he's already strong defensively so at the worst if he become like Eller, a great 3rd liner centerman, that's a solid pick for a guy selected 56th overall. We drafted guy in the first round in the past with the hope they would become amazing 3rd line centermen (Chipchura, McCarron, etc)

 

[montreal]

I wouldn't compare him with Eller yet, at 18 he didn't play much in the SHL but at 19 he had a big year in the SHL so we'll see as Olofsson will easily have a much better year at 18 in the SHL since he just needs 1 pt to outproduce Eller but how much will he progress at 19? It's going to be interesting to see how it goes for him, he clearly had a good year and now we need to see how much he can build off that and progress over the next few years.