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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jun 27, 2015 18:04:37 GMT -5
Yeah, in his post draft interview, he seemed very excited talking about Vejdemo. Here are some of his highlights. He is #44. Pretty decent skating and hands there. m.youtube.com/watch?v=r0LOB173qgkHe also was the MVP for the Swedish junior league championship tournament. |
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Post by Lord Bebop on Jun 27, 2015 19:12:33 GMT -5
Nice find... I really like what I saw especially on the broken plays he just kept going with the 2nd and 3rd efforts!! nice hands and some good speed.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jun 27, 2015 19:24:11 GMT -5
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Post by Lord Bebop on Jun 28, 2015 8:11:26 GMT -5
watching NWT vidoe he posted... seems like Vejdemo missed most of last season,his draft year, due to injury so 19 year olds playing in the swedish jr league not playing in any of the big tournaments he wasn't on too many scouts radar. he thinks there is lots of offensive upside.
Im very excited about this guy. Timmins is usually excited about his draft choices but last time i heard him talk of a guy like this is when the got Mcdonagh.
Our Swedish scout was the guy who got credit for drafting Nik Lidstrom and Henrik Lundqvist so he knows talent.
Bradley is another guy Timmins says he was expects more offense from too. 40 points last season looks bad but apparently its more due to lack of opportunely and ice time then lack of talent.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jun 28, 2015 9:05:43 GMT -5
The international man of mystery! The real test for Vejdemo will be to see how he does once he gets to play against men and whether Sweden picks him for their WJC team. Ice time in the SHL is often hard to come by for young players, and you will want to see your young prospects develop with enough ice time. He is under contract with Djurgarden for the next two years, so likely no rush on him. I do hope they get him over for the July development camp. The Euro leagues start earlier, so the rookie tourney is pretty unlikely.
Bradley is a guy that TT thought was on a nice development curve this past year. Should get to see him live a bit this year, so rather looking forward to that. He did put up good numbers in his last year in midget. One draft guide I read had him as their top sleeper due to his tenacious 200 foot game.
While you statistically don't expect much pro success from sixth and seventh round picks, both Bourque and Addison are good value picks. One of the draft guides I bought had Bourque in the third round range. Grant McCagg, head scout for McKeens and a buddy of TT's, saw Addison ten times last year and liked what he saw. He scored 6 goals and added 4 helpers in 6 playoff games this year for Ottawa, so pretty good for a seventh rounder.
And our late first rounder is the balanced two way defender with good wheels and good puck retrieval skills that are so highly valued these days. Getting an invite to Canada's WJC summer camp in his draft eligible year is a good sign that Hockey Canada likes his game too. juulsen's offensive numbers went way up from his rookie season in the Dub, so that is good to see. He was a stock riser this year.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jun 30, 2015 9:27:37 GMT -5
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