When the Traverse City Tournament roster was announced earlier today, the list included 1 surprise name: Karl Henriksson. The 18-year old Swedish center who was selected in the 2nd round, played for his Swedish team Frölunda in the past few weeks, contributing to some goals in several pre-season games. What does his inclusion to the TCT roster mean?
The New York Rangers don’t often invite unsigned prospects from Europe to the Traverse City tournament and the last time a European prospect attended the tournament before spending the entire season in Europe, was 2014. At the time, it was Swedish defenseman Calle Andersson (no relation to Lias).