RW Niklas Nordgren - Pelicans Lahti, Liiga (2018, 74th, CHI)

[Steve Kournianos]

Love this kid. A lot. Skilled and battles.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Scored one goal and assisted 2 goals Plymouth's U18 tournament game vs Sweden Today.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Niklas Nordgren | FinnProspects.com
Niklas Nordgren's new player report

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Scored 3 goals tonight's A juniors SM liiga game vs TPS Turku.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Scored 2 goals and assisted 1 goal vs Porin Ässät A juniors playoff qualification round's game 2 tonight.
HIFK won 3-0 and made A juniors SM liiga's quarterfinals winning Ässät series 2-0.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Niklas Nordgren's player analysis.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Why does every finnish prospect seem to have problems with acceleration, power and explosiveness? Might be time to look at our skating trainers.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Scored Finland's 2nd goal in powerplay
and assisted Jesperi Kotkaniemi's goal in 3rd period in U18 WJC game vs Slovakia today.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Scored once again 2 ( 1+1) points today vs France.
After 2 games Nordgren has scored 4 points in U18 WJC's

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Scored 2 goals vs Russia in U18 WJC's today.
Showed also his stick and puck handling skills and played with huge confidence.
But also took one idiotic penalty and lost the puck which caused breakaway for Russia.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Another 2 goals game in U18 WJC's today vs Czech Republic.
Also player of the game award today.

If Nordgren would be 10-15cm taller he would be late 1st round NHL draft pick this summer.
This kid has got lots of skill.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Another 2 goals game in U18 WJC's today vs Czech Republic.
Also player of the game award today.

If Nordgren would be 10-15cm taller he would be late 1st round NHL draft pick this summer.
This kid has got lots of skill.

Someone's going to get a "steal".

 

[jalperi]

6+2 points already on 4 games.

 

[joshik]

This guy going to be next Sebastian Aho type of steal

 

[Howe Elbows 9]

This guy going to be next Sebastian Aho type of steal

Did you know that there's a Swedish Niklas Nordgren?

The swedish Niklas Nordgren was drafted in 1997 by the Carolina Hurricanes.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Nordgren's 5-1 goal vs Belarus

 

[Finnished]

Knowing HIFK they will get rid of him this summer like they did with Vesalainen a couple of years ago. Well luckily it's already way too obvious that Nordgren is very talented so even HIFK can't be as stupid as they were at evaluating Vesalainen..

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Knowing HIFK they will get rid of him this summer like they did with Vesalainen a couple of years ago. Well luckily it's already way too obvious that Nordgren is very talented so even HIFK can't be as stupid as they were at evaluating Vesalainen..

Only scenario where Nordgren could leave for HIFK is that London Knights or other CHL's top team drafts him in CHL import draft.

HIFK's new GM Tobias Salmelainen isn't so stupid as Tom Nybondas was.
So there's no that risk HIFK gets rid of Nordgren and why they even should do that.

Also Salmelainen has made it very clear that HIFK needs to keep better care of their juniors what they did when Nybondas was GM.

And if i have to choose who'i'll trust more Salmelainen or Nybondas i'll choose Salmelainen 100 / 100 times

 

[Hfbsux]

Nordgren's 5-1 goal vs Belarus

What a shot!

 

[rt]

How does Jiri Hudler sound as a comparable?

 

[Albatros]

His game winner in the final won him the U18 WJC scoring title to go with the gold medal, interesting to see whether that'll make him a first-rounder this summer.

 

[King Weber]

I'd be really surprised if he wasn't a first rounder at this point.

Which is a shame cause I was hoping he'd fall to the Predators in the 3rd round.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

This tournament did a solid for him. If he's not picked in the first round, it'll be second for sure.

 

[Hockeyisl1fe]

Late first/early second round would be my guess. Size is the only reason why he isn't ranked around 10th.

 

[Gordian Knot]

Late first/early second round would be my guess. Size is the only reason why he isn't ranked around 10th.

This.

I saw much to like about. Things he is not great at now are the ones which most players develop at later age anyway but he has great skill set and is willing to pay the price for goals around the blue paint.