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Wings' prospect Jonatan Berggren adjusts quickly to North American brand of hockey

The biggest adjustment any young European player has when he arrives in North America is playing on the smaller ice surface.

It takes many a while to get adjusted to the quicker decisions and plays that have to be made with the puck.

Red Wings forward Jonatan Berggren, the 2018 second-round pick, seems to like the North American game.

"It's difficult, you have much less space and time," Berggren said Friday. "But I like it, too. You need to be 100 percent ready all the time when you have the puck. I like to make hard plays and give my teammates good spots to score.