from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
“I want to temper the enthusiasm and the excitement,” Yzerman said. “He’s a great young player. His next move is to the NHL. We’ll see how training camp, the preseason, goes. It’s a huge step up from the American league or the Swedish league to the NHL, but he probably exceeded our expectations last year going into the American league, he did very well.
“He’s got size. His skills are good. He’s got a lot of work to do, but I think there’s a lot of potential for him.