Prospect Info: The 2023-2024 Prospects Thread Pt. 3

[Aqualung]

Lekkerimaki cut from the Sweden squad and a player a year younger Felix Sorum made it. Obviously it's 1 tourney but Lekkerimaki has a lot of maturing to do in his game He's very up and down with consistency.

Sorum made it (so far) because his game can work on a 4th line. Lek is an offensive player more suited for the top 6. They have different skill sets that kept Sorum on the team.

 

[sting101]

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[Andy Dufresne]

Just looking at Sweden's roster and Unger-Sorum is the only guy under 24. So it's not like Lekk got beat out by a bunch of young guys.

 

[Yultron]

Lekkerimaki cut from the Sweden squad and a player a year younger Felix Sorum made it. Obviously it's 1 tourney but Lekkerimaki has a lot of maturing to do in his game He's very up and down with consistency.

It makes absolutely 0 sense how Sorum made the team, but yet the World Juniors MVP and breakout player of the year in the SHL in Lekkerimacki gets cut .

 

[Yultron]

Just looking at Sweden's roster and Unger-Sorum is the only guy under 24. So it's not like Lekk got beat out by a bunch of young guys.

But it’s still a really impulsive decision , this reminds me of the 2006 World Juniors when Team
USA cut Bobby Ryan from the main roster less than a year after he was drafted right behind Crosby and destroyed junior hockey ,

I understand the situations are very different , but it still makes 0 sense

 

[VanJack]

It doesn't shock me that Lekerimakki has been sidelined or the World Hockey Championships.....I figured he'd end up on a taxi squad, rather than being cut altogether.

Looking back, it's kind of too bad the Swedish Hockey officials even invited him to training camp in the first place. He could have learned a lot more just staying in Abbotsford and helping their playoff run.

 

[Tables of Stats]

The stats are updated. There are a few notables still playing in the NHL so it's not entirely locked up, but I probably won't update it again until the playoffs are done.