Confirmed with Link: Berggren signs 3 year ELC

[lhsgolf19]

There we go

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[deca guard]

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

 

[Go Wings]

Great news, I am looking forward to seeing what he can do in GR next year and hopefully get some games with the Wings too.

 

[golffuul]

Berggren Hype Train.....All Aboard!

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Berggren Hype Train.....All Aboard!

I'm super pumped that he'll be over in North America this year. This kid was so much fun to watch in Sweden this year. In terms of sheer talent he is probably more skilled than anyone whose name doesn't rhyme with Piranha on our team this year.

 

[golffuul]

I'm super pumped that he'll be over in North America this year. This kid was so much fun to watch in Sweden this year. In terms of sheer talent he is probably more skilled than anyone whose name doesn't rhyme with Piranha on our team this year.

LOL...Piranha. The Mickey-ism...so good.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

LOL...Piranha. The Mickey-ism...so good.

I'm just hoping he comes to camp and just kills it and gets a top 6 spot. As much as I want to see Zadina and Vrana together I think that Berggren might be a better fit, at least offensively. That's a ton of speed on one line.

 

[Ed Ned and Leddy]

Good to see. I do hope people are patient though. I think Berggren's skill is very real but so are his physical limitations. Whether he's playing under Simon or Blashill, he's probably not going to earn a ton of responsibility until he proves he can hold his own physically. Great skater, but a lot of the half-wall hugging zone entries he relied on in Sweden I don't think translate super naturally to NA ice.

I like the player and the pick a lot, I think in time we could have another Nyquist on our hands. I'd just caution folks not to freak if the production doesn't immediately translate.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Good to see. I do hope people are patient though. I think Berggren's skill is very real but so are his physical limitations. Whether he's playing under Simon or Blashill, he's probably not going to earn a ton of responsibility until he proves he can hold his own physically. Great skater, but a lot of the half-wall hugging zone entries he relied on in Sweden I don't think translate super naturally to NA ice.

I like the player and the pick a lot, I think in time we could have another Nyquist on our hands. I'd just caution folks not to freak if the production doesn't immediately translate.

He's not a physical player but he's not afraid of getting hit. Berggren and Seider had some absolute battles this year. He takes a hit to make a play if he has to, but the kid is slick. We also don't know if he even needs the "adjustment period." It's not like every player coming over from the SHL has to spend a season or two in the AHL getting used to the rink size. And between the NHL and AHL, the AHL is far more physical than the NHL.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

I see you've broken into the vault & shared the under-utilized, much maligned & highly suggestive, game show geek with vexing porn stache & sequin-laden polyester vest giphy.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I see you've broken into the vault & shared the under-utilized, much maligned & highly suggestive, game show geek with vexing porn stache & sequin-laden polyester vest giphy.

It was either that or this gif.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

It was either that or this gif.

These are the Seinfeld episode, karate kids, on their way to the dojo, or to hunt down Kramer. Margin call.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Berggren Hype Train.....All Aboard!

I’ve got my round trip tickets already

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

Very very excited to see what this guy can do over here. I think Berggren has a very good chance to make the team out of camp. I just hope if he does earn a spot, he can actually start with the team,

 

[Ed Ned and Leddy]

He's not a physical player but he's not afraid of getting hit. Berggren and Seider had some absolute battles this year. He takes a hit to make a play if he has to, but the kid is slick. We also don't know if he even needs the "adjustment period." It's not like every player coming over from the SHL has to spend a season or two in the AHL getting used to the rink size. And between the NHL and AHL, the AHL is far more physical than the NHL.

I hear you, but I'm not really worried whether or not he's afraid of the physicality so much as whether or not he can be an effective point producer against better physical players.

I think a lot of folks on this board are underestimating how vastly higher the level of talent is in the NHL compared to the SHL. With very few exceptions, if anyone in the SHL could hack it in the NHL they'd be there. Berggren is a very good prospect, but if he slots into our top 6 he's not going to be working against Jesse Virtanen and Eric Gelinas, he's playing against Victor Hedman and Aaron Ekblad. If he hits the ground running then hats off to him, but I wouldn't be disappointed to see growing pains and inconsistencies.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I hear you, but I'm not really worried whether or not he's afraid of the physicality so much as whether or not he can be an effective point producer against better physical players.

I think a lot of folks on this board are underestimating how vastly higher the level of talent is in the NHL compared to the SHL. With very few exceptions, if anyone in the SHL could hack it in the NHL they'd be there. Berggren is a very good prospect, but if he slots into our top 6 he's not going to be working against Jesse Virtanen and Eric Gelinas, he's playing against Victor Hedman and Aaron Ekblad. If he hits the ground running then hats off to him, but I wouldn't be disappointed to see growing pains and inconsistencies.

Here's the thing about Berggren that I noted in the SHL: His speed and stickhandling allowed him to make the physical defensemen in the SHL look foolish. I think we're going to see him do the exact same thing to NHL defenders. And as good as Hedman and Ekblad and Josi are they don't play 60 minutes a night. You're going to see Berggren get shifts against Adam Boqvist, Nikita Zadorov, and guys that aren't all star level minute munchers as well.

Get pumped, bro! Think positive things into existence!

 

[Ed Ned and Leddy]

Manifesting a Berggren Calder run after a summer spent cultivating mass

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Manifesting a Berggren Calder run after a summer spent cultivating mass

That's still not enough mass. We want him looking like this.

 

[ShanahanMan]

Just about a PPG player in SHL in just his second season. A LOT of potential here.

Note to Blash: Please don’t have him make the team just to have him be the healthy scratch most nights.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Just about a PPG player in SHL in just his second season. A LOT of potential here.

Note to Blash: Please don’t have him make the team just to have him be the healthy scratch most nights.

Broke Forsberg's SHL record this season.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

 

[Oddbob]

So what do we think realistically? Two years before he is ready physically for the NHL? That seems to be what I read from some of you in regards to weaknesses that he is smallish or weaker.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Excited to see a lot of more of him next year.

I am guessing he starts in the AHL, but it would be nice if he could immediately grab a spot on the team.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

So what do we think realistically? Two years before he is ready physically for the NHL? That seems to be what I read from some of you in regards to weaknesses that he is smallish or weaker.

Homeboy is 5'11" 183lbs. There's smaller players in the NHL than him and he's plenty strong on his skates.