LD Albert Johansson (2019, 60th, DET)

[De Montreal]

Is he young enough to qualify for the next WJC?

 

[JimboA]

Is he young enough to qualify for the next WJC?

Yes, this is his last year of eligibility.

 

[Seiza]

He is.

I know the knock on Johansson is size, but his father and 2 brothers who play in Sweden are all 6'2"+. This kid has tremendous upside. I'd like to see him running the PP on his SHL team this year. His passing and skating skills are phenomenal.

Agree that it would be nice to see him running Färjestad´s PP, but with both Jesse Virtanen and Jonathon Blum in the line-up it´s going to be a battle to get PP time. I wouldn´t mind seeing Albert outplay them both though.

 

[Pavels Dog]

 

[Sticktape]

Kid looks good.

 

[wings5]

Looks to have great tools, going to be an interesting prospect to track going forward

 

[Killerjas]

Underrated defender

 

[teemussalami]

SHL Spotlight on Johansson

SHL Spotlight: Albert Johansson

 

[wings5]

I feel he is going to surprise many in the WJC and show he is much better prospect than originally thought

 

[Ricelund]

Burke says Johansson is Detroit's third-best prospect after Raymond and Seider. Says he has the potential to be a core piece. He also says Hakan told him people are going to be laughing in a few years about the Wings being able to draft Niederbach in the second round.

 

[deca guard]

 

[deca guard]

 

[wingerdinger]

Wow he put his skating on display there.

 

[Pavels Dog]

 

[deca guard]

 

[wingerdinger]

he's looked a lot better than at the wjrs, still needs to add muscle.

 

[deca guard]

 

[newfy]

he's looked a lot better than at the wjrs, still needs to add muscle.

That whole team was a mess at the world juniors, especially the defense. I wouldnt read too much into anything that went on there. At one point they had a media guy running practice I believe due to all the covid issues with the coaches

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

This kid's skating is something to watch.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

The kid is also tied with his father for 7th most points by an under 20 defenseman in SHL history.

10 points in his last 11 games and has been a totally changed player since the WJC defeat.

 

[Christien]

Johansson scored a nice goal today. He's taken a lot of steps this year and looks really good. Detroit's prospect pool on defense is starting to look pretty promising...

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Johansson scored a nice goal today. He's taken a lot of steps this year and looks really good. Detroit's prospect pool on defense is starting to look pretty promising...

11 points in the last 12 games. Tied for 6th most points in a season by an under 20 SHL defender with former Swedish great, Freddy Olausson.
3 more points to tying Victor Hedman for 4th.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

11 points in the last 12 games. Tied for 6th most points in a season by an SHL defender with former Swedish great, Freddy Olausson.
3 more points to tying Victor Hedman for 4th.

overall or U20?

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

overall or U20?

Under 20. Editing the post. It's still special company to be in when you look at the list of U20 defensemen.

 

[Tetsuo]

Burke says Johansson is Detroit's third-best prospect after Raymond and Seider. Says he has the potential to be a core piece. He also says Hakan told him people are going to be laughing in a few years about the Wings being able to draft Niederbach in the second round.

I know this is a while ago but I couldn't agree more. I seriously think between Johansson and Niederbach we are going to make teams look extremely foolish in retrospect. Both have been having pretty good seasons, with Johansson being an absolute heater since the WJC and Niederbach making the jump up to the SHL.