Prospect Info: Round 5, Pick #143: Samuel Ersson, G, Västeräs (Allsvenskan)

[Appleyard]

Yeh, they cannot wait for him to be back in goal...

 

[Appleyard]

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

Alex, is he above Sandstrom at this point or is it too early to say?

 

[TheKingPin]

So he clearly is not the product of the team. This guy seems like a steal!

 

[Appleyard]

Alex, is he above Sandstrom at this point or is it too early to say?

Too early. He will be in the SHL though next year... can probably assess that then.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Alex, is he above Sandstrom at this point or is it too early to say?

Not a goalie expert, but I'd have to say yeah. Imo anyway.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

Alex, is he above Sandstrom at this point or is it too early to say?

Lol. Look at you guys trying to assess goalies like it's actually possible. Haha

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

Lol. Look at you guys trying to assess goalies like it's actually possible. Haha

Probably true.

 

[Appleyard]

Changed from original... my data exportation into excel messed up and threw me massively as columns were not aligned!

 

[DaveH]

Youth player of the year in Hockeyallsvenskan.

 

[FLYguy3911]

His numbers are more impressive when you consider that his backups had sub-.900 sv% and 3+ GAA.

 

[baudib1]

If Ersson develops into a viable 25-start a year goalie by 2024 it'll have been a worthy pick.

 

[Appleyard]

 

[theslatcher]

Has been invited to play for the national team, in games against Slovakia, & Hungary at the start of next month.

 

[theslatcher]

Succémålvakten kommer hem — Samuel Ersson återvänder till Brynäs IF

Officially presented by Brynäs IF(SHL). 2 year contract.

 

[Tripod]

Succémålvakten kommer hem — Samuel Ersson återvänder till Brynäs IF

Officially presented by Brynäs IF(SHL). 2 year contract.

Will that be as a backup?

 

[FLYguy3911]

His competition will be Joacim Eriksson lol. Doubt very much that he'd sign on without thinking he had a good chance to start most of the games.

Ersson spent most of his youth playing in the Brynas system too so they are obviously familiar with him.

 

[theslatcher]

Will that be as a backup?

That's entirely up to him. He'll probably start off splitting games with Eriksson, and then their play will determine who gets to play more games.

 

[Larry44]

That's entirely up to him. He'll probably start off splitting games with Eriksson, and then their play will determine who gets to play more games.

It’s an honour for him to share the net with the greatest goalie in history! LOL!

 

[dingbathero]

Sunshine . Right.

 

[Appleyard]

 

[Appleyard]

Seems a really level-headed guy, well spoken and very open, talked about some really interesting things on a range of subjects related to the Flyers, his development, his philosophy on netminding etc.

Looking forward to the article coming out actually (once I have transcribed it and made it into one!)

 

[Appleyard]

 

[Larry44]

He sounds like a Zen master, perfect partner for Hart. Felix has competition!

 

[Appleyard]