D Theo Lindstein - Brynas IF J18, J18 Region (2023, 29th, STL)

[MMC]

I saw this player listed as a potential top prospect for the 2023 Draft, and didn't see a thread on him. Can someone who knows this player tell me more about him?

Theo Lindstein at eliteprospects.com

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[MMC]

Is he currently the best D prospect for the 2023 Draft? I don't recall hearing any other names.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Is he currently the best D prospect for the 2023 Draft? I don't recall hearing any other names.

I don't know whose the best at this point, but Hunter Brzustewicz will be up there.

 

[theslatcher]

From what I've seen so far there's a lot to like about Lindstein. Very exciting prospect.

A highlight from TV-Pucken a month ago:

 

[OiledUp]

From what I've seen so far there's a lot to like about Lindstein. Very exciting prospect.

A highlight from TV-Pucken a month ago:

That's some great puckhandling, very tight puck control.

 

[theslatcher]

16-årigt backlöfte tar för sig i Brynäs – Theo Lindstein spås en lysande framtid: ”Ska göra mitt bästa”

Practiced with Brynäs' men's team yesterday.

 

[theslatcher]

Making his SHL debut today, as one of the 2 extra D.

Won't just ride the pine according to the coach.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Mikko Manner the coach of Brynäs said about him "he is called up becsue he is a very very good player".

 

[theslatcher]

Thought he was ok in his debut, he was a little nervous(fell twice in his first or second shift), otherwise invisible.

Lineup today has the 3rd pairing swapped with the extra D's/4th pairing from last game, so we'll see if that'll reflect deployment.

 

[Eye of Ra]

More space was opened up for him when John Nyberg left for LHC.

Bertilsson is always injured and Berglund/Bergman have been bad.

i could see Lindstein get quite many minutes and games in SHL this season.

 

[Janvonpobben]

Played 11 minutes today

 

[theslatcher]

His first SHL point:

 

[CoSi]

5 points today! Going to be interesting to track him this year, couldn't produce in J20 last year but got a dozen SHL games in as a 16/17-year-old.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Looking like the only real challenger to Cam Allen for first defender off the board, early on.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Looking like the only real challenger to Cam Allen for first defender off the board, early on.

How can you say that? The season hasn’t even started. Let’s wait to say stuff like this.

 

[QJL]

Looking like the only real challenger to Cam Allen for first defender off the board, early on.

For me it’s

Dragicevic
Gulyayev

sizeable gap

Allen
Lindstein

 

[WeThreeKings]

How can you say that? The season hasn’t even started. Let’s wait to say stuff like this.

Because I qualified in my post that its "early on"; that would be taking into account last year and what little we've seen so far this year.

 

[theslatcher]

Hlinka Gretzky Cup 3 Stars: Lindstein, Yager, and Kiviharju Shine on Day 3

Sweden's Theo Lindstein, Canada's Brayden Yager and Finnish sensation Aron Kiviharju stood out during Tuesday's Hlinka Gretzky Cup action. Tony Ferrari took a deeper look at all of them.

thehockeynews.com

Steven Ellis about Lindstein's game against Switzerland that wasn't streamed.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

It’ll be him or Allen as the top D in the draft. Don’t see a challenger as of now - although I doubt it’ll be this way when the 2023 draft comes around.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I thought Lindstein was average at the Hlinka. But average for a defenseman in this draft could be good enough for first round. There are very few good defensemen in the upcoming draft, and a number of the ones with first round potential are shorter than 6'0. Lindstein being 6'0 and a solid two-way game is going to at least get consideration in the 20's range. Could be higher, but nothing about his game really pops to me.

 

[neelynugs]

anyone seen this guy lately?

 

[theslatcher]

Due to an illness today he stepped into the top pair for Brynäs and has played really well from what I've seen. Just scored his first SHL goal, too, to bring Brynäs 2-1 over Malmö with 3 minutes to go.

His goal:

SHL

www.shl.se

 

[theslatcher]

Will be interesting to see where Theo ends up going.

He struggled to start the season(should be noted that he was in a car crash in the off-season, which might have affected him).

Since a few games back he has been playing on Brynäs' top pairing(this time without any injuries/illnesses to other Brynäs dmen) and looks like he belongs in the SHL now, needs to get stronger though.

 

[theslatcher]

His apple on the GWG in OT2 to keep Brynäs alive in the play-outs. Was Brynäs' 7D in the first 2 games where Brynäs got blown out 5-2, has since moved up to play with Sklenicka again on the 2nd pairing and gotten the ice time to go along with it.

 

[theslatcher]

Considering many other players at the U18's have had their threads bumped it's odd that Lindstein's hasn't.

Finished the SHL relegation series as one of Brynäs' best dmen, and has been fantastic at the U18s so far.