Prospect Info: Lukas Vejdemo

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[Jee]

Montreal Canadiens select Lucas Vejdemo 87th overall

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[Intangir]

Montreal Canadiens select Lukas Vedjemo 87nd in the 2015 Draft

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[Smokey Thompson]

Sweet I love Swedes

 

[that is unfortunate]

Was hoping for Michael Spacek, can't believe he hasn't been drafted yet.

 

[le_sean]

36th ranked European skater? Okay...

 

[Ezpz]

Only scouting agency that had him ranked had him in the 6th round. Really unlikely he wouldn't have been there in the 5th.

 

[Hope Of Glory]

Some random overager guy? Didn't see that coming.

 

[AvsRobin]

Very smooth player. Scores a lot of points. Would have gone higher if Djurgården gave him a bigger chance on their first team last season. Which they absolutely should've. Reminds me of Alexander Wennberg a bit, but more offensively, not sure if the two-way game is there.

 

[Garo]

He's dreamy.

 

[Seb]

Need to read a report on him

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

Mehh, not sure about this one. I am usually not a fan of drafting overage player with high round picks. But pretty good stats, best ppg in the SElit. Does anyone know how his skating is?

 

[Whitesnake]

Hockey prospect has this to say.....

This Swedish center took a significant step forward in his development this past season. Passed over in last year draft after playing at the U18 level, this year he was probably the MVP of the U20 SuperElit. Vedejmo has been effective in pretty much every area of the game and it will be interesting to see what kind of player he will be able to become at the senior level after an adaption period. He has good puck control and has some power to his shot, but he is not overly skilled and his projection from an offensive standpoint is far from a safe one. However, he has a few things going for him along with his size. He is no stranger to the net, works hard, doesn’t quit on the play and doesn’t mind going into the corners to dig the puck to create opportunities. His strong two-way all around game makes him a candidate to develop into a 3rd liner that can bring some secondary scoring. He is not a flawless skater, his stride seems to have room for mprovement, yet he can generate surprising power and use his skating as an asset, for example when chasing the puck. He can stickhandle through traffic, but he can be at fault for trying to do too much, sometimes taking too long shifts. Should further develop his physical game, as it will probably be needed to become the kind of player he projects to be at the next level.

 

[Smokey Thompson]

This could be a sleeper. Good size and has produced everywhere he's played. Timmins must have seen something special in him that no one else has

 

[Frozenice]

All your Vikings belong to us!

Good luck, kid.

 

[DekeLikeYouMeanIt]

Gilbert, I think is a better pick there. Not confident in this.

 

[Whitesnake]

Totally underwhelming pick. For a team with no 2nd and 4th....

 

[Intangir]

Looking at his staline from Eliteprospect.com, Vedjemo seems to be quite the productive center playing out of Djurgården J20, and in the U18 league last year. Interesting to note, he was passed over in last year's draft it appears (born in January 1996).

2013-14 Djurgården J18 J18Allsvenskan 17GP, 10G, 15A, 25P

2014-15 Djurgården J20 ''A'' SuperElit 34GP, 23G, 25A, 48P

Some reports state that he is a strong skater with good hands who needs to improve his physical play, but does anyone have any more info on the guy? I can't seem to find any that is worthwhile.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

...could be another Eller...I like it...

 

[MXD]

My only gripe is the following : could he have been available in the 5th?

 

[Ezpz]

...could be another Eller...I like it...

Defensive play is his weakness apparently.

My only gripe is the following : could he have been available in the 5th?

I think so but we said the same thing about Crisp and apparently Buffalo really wanted him. Should have let him have him in retrospect but if Timmins/Bergevin trust our Euro scout they're gonna take this guy in the third.

 

[kernkraft]

Almost like we're making it a point to make boring picks. It's not like we desperately need offense or something. I know you don't draft for need... But this is ridiculous. Don't need more 4th liners.

 

[Habsfan18]

Were they tipped off that he would have been gone before the 5th? That's the only way this makes sense.

 

[Whitesnake]

Defensive play is his weakness apparently.

So he's a 2-way player that won't score in the higher level and his defensive play is his weakness? He had great stats in the Junior league 'cause he was 19 years old. I have no idea what they did there. It's their Crisp and Koberstein moment all over again.

 

[Whitesnake]

Were they tipped off that he would have been gone before the 5th? That's the only way this makes sense.

And if he would....is he that sensationnal that they couldn't absolutely not take the risk? They went with needs.......a need that is so far away from making it....

The only reason they drafted him is because they saw a huge improvement from last year to this year and see it continiuing.