we did draft ehn when arvidsson was still available. and then preds took him few picks later.
but even the best miss at times.
That pick has a little bit bad taste, because Ehn was only known from Frölunda, where Andersson sits on the board of governors.
And, overager, 21-year-old Arvidsson was shining at Swedish playoffs, where they did won a Championship. Scored 16 points in 14 playoff games.
So everybody knew Arvidsson. He wasn't hiding anywhere. They even had Jimmie Ericsson on that Skellefteå team (Jonathan Ericsson's older brother) to ask something about personality if needed.
Quite sure Ehn would have been there at 5th round. 11 points at 45 games at Swedish U20 junior level games was kind of, meh.
Of course, he was 18-year old and on this draft age and Arvidsson was 21-year-old.
But mostly, I think Red Wings other scouting brazz could have terminated picking a 5'9 overaged midget. Who knows if Andersson suggested him, but others could have denied. Because in 2014 we had the old NHL, and the management was saying that "we need to get bigger and tougher". Ehn had that skinny but tall 6'3 frame to build around.
They couldn't see the NHL future (which started after 2016 World Cup) where small skating players could thriwe.