C/W C/LW Swedish Twins Max and Joel Wahlgren Modo J20 (2019 Draft)

[lawrence]

Well look what we have here.....

on the year the Canucks host the draft, 2 Swedish twins from Modo happen to be 2019 draft Eligible. They wear numbers 44 and 55 not sure if this is some coincidence . Both can play centre and wing.

Any Swedish fans seen these kids play? are they top round material? Are they future NHLers? any comments?

thanks in adavnce.

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[McKappa]

It would honestly be so cool if the Canucks draft them high and they end up being stars the year after Daniel and Henrik retire.

 

[lawrence]

It would honestly be so cool if the Canucks draft them high and they end up being stars the year after Daniel and Henrik retire.

the thing is that no one even knew there are Swedish twins from Modo eligible for the 2019 pick until like today, when a Canuck fan mentioned it, means they might not be as good as the twins, which is expected but even if they are considered 1st rounders they would have been somehow mentioned. but it will be cool tbh. trying to get a feel of their game. Stats seem to resemble Jonathan Dhalen at the same age.

 

[AcerComputer]

wow very weird. Even stranger if VAN lands them.

 

[Tryamkin]

Pretty crazy. They don’t seem to be near the level of the Sedins, but cool nevertheless. I was thinking of posting this thread a few months ago but I didn’t even think they’d appear relevant, I haven’t really seen anything special from them.

For any FIFA fans out there, in career mode, once a legend in the game retires, like Ronaldo or Messi, a “regen” spawns in the game at the age of 16/17 with the same position and country of origin. This eerily reminds me of that.

 

[Mathew Barzal]

Can anyone who watched the Gretzky Hlinka comment on how these two looked?

 

[M2Beezy]

Can anyone who watched the Gretzky Hlinka comment on how these two looked?

Didnt see them, cant say

 

[TwoPiece]

They're not as cool as the Sedins without matching length of names.

Henrik/Daniel = 6
Joel = 4
Max = 3

Wtf parents?

 

[Killerjas]

They were quite invisible in the Hlinka tournament.

 

[Weylspin]

Max had a few nice offensive spurts during the tournament but they were both fairly underwhelming. I noticed Joel took quite a few penalties

 

[DDRhockey]

They were quite invisible in the Hlinka tournament.

Did they even play?

 

[Tryamkin]

Did they even play?

Yes, no points in 5 games. The had 6 penalty minutes combined.

 

[VictorLustig]

The only reason this thread exists is because they are twins playing for Modo. Maybe they can become SHL players one day. NHL is a longshot.

 

[GetFocht]

I'm done with twins in Vancouver now. We are now on adopting the Hughes brothers

 

[bossram]

They're obviously not close to the level of the Sedins but...

Swedish twins from Modo. Draft eligible the season after the Sedins retire. Just eery...

I would not be opposed to loading up some middle-round picks just to draft them for the novelty.

 

[Albatros]

The only reason this thread exists is because they are twins playing for Modo. Maybe they can become SHL players one day. NHL is a longshot.

Even SHL might be a longshot to be honest, unless then they make it with Modo.

 

[Master Radishes]

Wasn't there another pair of Swedish twins a few years back? The Canucks drafted only one of them, though.

Edit: found them
Pathrik Westerholm at eliteprospects.com
Ponthus Westerholm at eliteprospects.com

 

[Tryamkin]

Wasn't there another pair of Swedish twins a few years back? The Canucks drafted only one of them, though.

Edit: found them
Pathrik Westerholm at eliteprospects.com
Ponthus Westerholm at eliteprospects.com

Yeah, we drafted Pathrik I believe, but neither really booked. Still both ended up around 30 points in the SHL and are still 26 years old, I expect the Wahlgren twins to end up around this, go slowly grow and become around this level.

 

[Tryamkin]

So to bump this thread, an interesting development... Max is scoring at a very good pace with 6 goals and 6 assists in 8 games, good for 6th in the league points wise, with a higher PPG than other higher ranked eligibles like Albin Grewe and Oscar Bjerselius. He’s also higher than Holtz and Raymond. He’s easily the more dynamic of the two, in fact he looks like he has more skill than Joel.

Joel however is struggling with 4 goals and no assists in 6 games. Interesting the difference in points from the two.

 

[vanarchy]

Brian Burke somewhere reading this like

 

[member 105785]

Wasn't there another pair of Swedish twins a few years back? The Canucks drafted only one of them, though.

Edit: found them
Pathrik Westerholm at eliteprospects.com
Ponthus Westerholm at eliteprospects.com

the Canucks drafted one so that the second one would come to training camp without spending a draft pick on them, which worked

 

[LeafChief]

Are these kids legit?

If so, don't they deserve their own threads?

 

[tony d]

Haven't heard much about them as of yet. Have to see how the rest of their draft year pans out to see if and where they get drafted.

 

[Killerjas]

Haven't heard much about them as of yet. Have to see how the rest of their draft year pans out to see if and where they get drafted.

Right now Max is the better of the two.

 

[Kotkaniemi15]

Are they going to get drafted?