New York Islanders prospect Simon Holmstrom #15. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
In this latest New York Islanders prospects report, I wanted to focus on 2019 first-round pick Simon Holmstrom and his display for Team Sweden at the WJC.
Going into the World Junior Championship Simon Holmstrom was still relatively unseen by a number of New York Islanders fans. The 2019 first-round pick has spent the 19-20 and 20-21 season bouncing from the AHL’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Vita Hasten in the Swedish Allsvenskan, and now playing for Team Sweden at the World Junior Championships.
But it wasn’t until the WJC that many fans got to see Holmstrom in action thanks to the tournament being broadcast on the NHL Network in the US and TSN in Canada.