Name: William Wallinder
Team: MODO Hockey (Allsvenskan and SuperElit)
Position: Defense
Stats: 37 games played, 5 goals, 19 assists, 24 points, 16 PIMs, +1 plus/minus rating (SuperElit)
NHL Central Scouting ranking: 14th (European skaters)
My previous iteration in this series of draft prospect profiles was about Swedish defenseman Helge Grans, so it makes sense to make this post about a very similar Swedish defender in William Wallinder.
The shared nation of birth is not the only notable similarity between Grans and Wallinder.