Frölunda’s David Edstrom had an eventful Friday. He was traded by the San Jose Sharks to the Nashville Predators as part of the deal for goaltender Yaroslav Askarov. It’s the second time that Edstrom has been traded since he was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the First Round of the 2023 NHL draft.
Nashville have had a busy off-season, acquiring Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault and Brady Skjei, and signing Juuse Saros to an eight-year, $62M contract extension. The latter decision signalled that the highly-rated Askarov could be available if the right offer presented itself to Nashville’s General Manager Barry Trotz.
The Sharks decided to deal from their prospect pool to acquire someone who they will hope can develop into a goalie at the heart of their rebuild.
It shouldn’t have any immediate impact on Edstrom. He was already ticketed to spend the 2024-25 season on loan with Frölunda and there’s no suggestion that this will change. Edstrom doesn’t turn 20 years old until mid-February next year, so the plan should remain for him to have another season in the SHL and then potentially to move across to North America next summer.
Frölunda
Earlier in the evening, Edstrom was centring Frölunda’s second line in a pre-season game against Leksand. Edstrom was flanked by Max Friberg and Linus Weissbach, with Mikael Ruohomaa on the first lines alongside Erik Thorell and Arttu Ruotsalainen.
Leksand
As for Leksand, Jakob Hellsten made his first unofficial start with his new team and conceded five goals. It’s always good to get the bad luck out of the way early!
MoDo
MoDo’s training game on Friday against Björklöven saw Lucas Pettersson, the 35th overall selection in this summer’s NHL draft (by Anaheim), starting on a forward line with Riley Woods and Sam Vigneault.
Rögle
Rögle played their second main training game on Friday night, this one coming against Västerås. Daniel Zaar returned to the line-up, following missing their previous game through illness, and went on a forward line with off-season recruits Leon Bristedt and Josh Dickinson.
Bristedt also has been named as one of Rögle’s three Assistant Captains alongside Dennis Everberg and Ludvig Claesson, with Anton Bengtsson continuing as the team’s Captain.
Timrå
Timrå played their second game against Vassan Sport and, once again, fielded a shortened line-up with only 11 forwards and 6 defensemen.
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