I have to say I'm somewhat surprised over the early signing of defenseman Linus Arnesson. There's talk over here that he'll play for Djurgården whom he has yet to establish him as a regular.
As I said here earlier I expected Linus Arnesson to play another year at least in the SHL. Last year he played with the same team but then they were playing in Allsvenskan which is a division lower.
Since they qualified for the top Swedish League they have acquired some more experienced players.
I don't expect Linus to make the Providence team as early as this fall. It seems Peter Chiarelli signs every draft pick now.
But, who knows, why would they sign him to play for Djurgården.
Linus had as far as I know, another year left on his contract, but he said he was very happy to sign with the Boston Bruins.
There is Another player in Djurgården that I like for the NHL entry draft: Andreas Englund who really raced the charts and improved his game over the season to play all the playoff games: born 1996, he's 6'3 210 left shot. He's way more aggressive than Arnesson while he needs to work on skating and doesn't have the same hockey sense Linus has.
- Linus Arnesson was born Sept 21, 1994 in Stockholm, Sweden
- Hgt: 6'2 -- Wgt: 200 -- Shoots left
- Drafted by Boston in the second round 60th overall 2013.
- Has played for Djurgården in junior and at elite level
- Has represented Swedish National U20 World Jrs 2013, 2014.
- Plays a good positional defensive game, used as a shutdown defensemen mainly. Good balance and good hockey sence
- Needs to improve overall strength and aggressiveness plus an improved shot from the blue line would be needed
- Untapped resource: I believe that we haven't yet seen the real Linus Arnesson. A fine outlet passer and playmaker who skates well, will in time develop into a fine allround defenseman who could very well challenged for a top six spot on the Bruins defense. Let's say 2-3 years down the road.