The Hockey Wilderness’s Top 25 Under 25 continues today as the Minnesota Wild’s 2018 5th round pick Simon Johansson cracks the list at number 19 for his first appearance on this list. Nope, he’s not the Johansson that made every Wild fan say, “Who the hell is he?” on draft day. This is all about Simon and not that draft day hiccup, Filip. Simon Johansson was drafted by the Wild, as an over-ager on the second day of the draft, 5th round, 148th overall.
Let’s back it up though. The 19 year old defenseman Simon Johansson was born in Stockholm, Sweden during which his father, Thomas Johansson was in the middle of his long career in the SHL.