Lukas Vejdemo, last year’s number 18 on the Montreal Canadiens Top 25 Under 25 list, has fallen to number 23, no doubt because his point production went down with a move to centre as well as the situation with a struggling Djurgården team in the SHL.
The positional shift facilitated by head coach Robert Ohlsson played its part in an underwhelming season for Vejdemo. While it is a lot tougher to play centre, Vejdemo also lost two good linemates from the previous season: Markus Ljungh and Robin Alvarez. Ljungh stayed in Djurgården and his production went from 36 points (13 G, 23 A) to 23 points (8 G, 15 A) while Alvarez moved to Malmö and his production stayed more or less the same (14-10—24 last season compared to 11-15—26 this season).