(Hey, everyone. Dan here. Thanks to Patrik and Mitch for this great work and for keeping us posted on Islanders prospects overseas. This was all them with a tiny bit of editing from me. Enjoy.)
After a successful World Junior Championship in 2016, where he led Team Sweden to a semifinal in which they lost to eventual winners Finland, many in Sweden were surprised when goaltender Linus Söderström was sent down to the second tier Allsvenskan league by his club Djurgården.
It was obvious that Djurgården had other plans than to keep the young goaltender around as the team let his contract run out after the season was over.