Prospect Info: 64th Overall, Mattias Norlinder LD

[Scintillating10]

Kind of puzzled by the trade. Never heard tell of him before but got to trust Timmins on this one. He could have kept the pick and drafted a Robertson or Grewe type. He knew what he wanted in Norlinder and grabbed am extra pick in the process.

 

[Habby4Life]

How many times have you seen them play?

My bet is a big 0.

 

[Harry Kakalovich]

Are we drafting for need??? Or is it just a coincidence that the last 3 BPA's when we picked were left D's???

I don't like this...

Agreed - I dislike it when the Habs do that

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

The scouting reports are great but he's a year older than most players in the draft. Hopefully that means he's a rising star and not just a product of being a little older and a little stronger than his draft peers.

He played against men last year.

 

[Legend123]

i like this player. Was hoping we would go after Puistola and Doro but after those 2, there weren't any players too good to pass up on.

 

[Habsfunk]

He played against men last year.

I get that, but it doesn't change the fact he's a year older than most kids in this draft and has one more year to develop.

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

I get that, but it doesn't change the fact he's a year older than most kids in this draft and has one more year to develop.

Wich lowers the bust factor, no?

 

[cphabs]

Wich lowers the bust factor, no?

How old is he?

 

[calder candidate]

Not a bad player but he is a overager and even if I had him rank around 61, there was a lot of player I had rank higher Grewe would have been my pick...

 

[montreal]

I hope it works out but our Swedish picks have stunk for a long time now.

He played against men last year.

only 14 games though, the rest was in the SuperElit which is the J20 junior league. seems like good numbers there but should be at 18.

How old is he?

Turned 19 at the end of the season, so he can play in the WJC's if he makes the cut in december.

 

[cphabs]

only 14 games though, the rest was in the SuperElit which is the J20 junior league. seems like good numbers there but should be at 18.



Turned 19 at the end of the season, so he can play in the WJC's if he makes the cut in december.

Can we get him to Laval?

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Btw Durzi was a big overager, now look at him

 

[bleuetbio]

only 14 games though, the rest was in the SuperElit which is the J20 junior league. seems like good numbers there but should be at 18.

For sure it is, its 2x better than Broberg

 

[Carl182]

Not a pro scout, but really liked Jones, Kokkonen and Fensore...

 

[TT1]

The swedish scouts over at Eliteprospects absolutely love him, gonna be fun to track his progress in the next few years.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I don't have anything against the pick at this spot.. it's the trading to this spot and watching the talent go between that ruffled my feathers.

 

[NotProkofievian]

I would rather have had Zac Jones, but I have nothing against this player per se.

 

[canadiensnation]

I would rather have had Zac Jones, but I have nothing against this player per se.

Timmins might have been looking for a sure thing with potential to improve offensively. He got a sure thing in Norlinder, he's gonna play in the NHL

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

So scouts from elite prospects thinks it’s a good pick,

You and several hfboards members here don’t,

I mean do you guys even know who they are before *****ing???

It is the same herd of tools that were bawling over picks like Romanov, Brook, Subban etc.

 

[Maitz]

Not against the pick but we always tend to follow a list and when a player is ranked lower we tend to disagree with it. I liked our first 3 LD today

 

[Treb]

Can we get him to Laval?

You can get any drafted euros in Laval as they don't have the CHL restriction. That would be a bad move though considering we have already 9D signed for AHL/ECHL counting Alzner. 99.99% he'd be in the ECHL, so 99.99% he wouldn't sign knowing that.

 

[Whitesnake]

Fine pick.

 

[Minato is God]

Norlinder fractured his hand a week ago and won't be at the habs dev camp

 

[LaP]

Fine pick.

Dunno for what basically is a mid 2nd round pick i'm not trilled about him. I've not seen him play since well he did not really play where we could watch him but from what i can gather doesn't look that great. We will see next season.

 

[Darz]

Trade Was pretty bad! Maybe the Guy can play, but certainly not the guy we waited...him or the fairbrother Guy!!!

Timmins mentioned he would of been the pick at 50