Lose a Swede, gain a Swede
The hockey world learned yesterday afternoon that free agent Fabian Brunnstrom decided to sign with the Dallas Stars. So that is one victory the Dallas organization can claim over the Red Wings. The decision makes sense as he’ll be going to a very solid hockey organization [Toronto’s biggest shortcoming], to a place where there won’t be a lot of pressure on him [probably the biggest shortcoming for both Toronto and Montreal], and he shouldn’t have a ton of competition to play winger on a scoring line [the biggest shortcoming for Detroit and Montreal]. Opting to play alongside Brad Richards is certainly understandable.
However it is being announced that Red Wings goaltending prospect Daniel Larsson is going to sign with Detroit and will move to North America to be the starting goalie in Grand Rapids next season.
Larsson is probably ranked a bit low on the RWC prospect list - the bible for keeping up on Red Wings prospects - as he’s had a breakout season during his rookie year in the Elitserien this season. He was named the rookie of the year which indicates he is a very high-level prospect. Here are some other rookie of the years from past seasons:
Michael Nylander
Henrik Zetterberg
Tobias Enstrom
Nicklas Backstrom
Michael Tellqvist was also a rookie of the year and hasn’t exactly taken the NHL by storm. But the Red Wings have a much better track record of developing prospects than the Coyotes. Larsson will likely compete with Jimmy Howard for the backup spot in Detroit behind Chris Osgood but the odds are good he ends up being the #1 netminder in Grand Rapids.
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