Grape Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Canucks 2014 5th Round Pick PLAYER HISTORY 2011-12: Forsling played for Linkoping's U18 and U16 teams and played in three international games with Sweden's U16 team; representing Ostergotland for the second time in the TV-Pucken tournament. He scored 5 goals with 3 assists and was +9 with 10 penalty minutes in 27 U18 regular season games and was +1 with 1 assist in three playoff games. Forsling scored 1 goal with 12 assists and was +5 with 4 penalty minutes in 16 games with the Linkoping U16 squad. He was +3 with no points nor penalties skating for the Sweden U16 team. Forsling was +3 with 3 assists and 6 penalty minutes in eight TV-Pucken games. 2012-13: Forsling appeared in 15 games, including one playoff game, for Linkoping in the U20 SuperElit league and was an assistant captain for the club's U18 team. He played for Sweden's gold medal-winning U17 squad at the 2013 World Hockey Challenge in Canada. Forsling had 1 assist and was +4 with 8 penalty minutes in SuperElit play. Forsling scored 7 goals with 8 assists and was +32 with 20 penalty minutes in 31 regular season games and was -2 with no points or penalty minutes in two playoff games for the Linkoping U18 team. In six games at the WHC he had 2 assists with 2 penalty minutes. 2013-14: Forsling played 44 regular season games and two playoff contests for Linkoping in his first full SuperElit league season and played for Sweden's U18 team in the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial and 2014 World Junior Championship tournaments. He scored 6 goals with 12 assists and was -3 with 36 penalty minutes during the SuperElite regular season and was -2 with 1 goal, 3 assists and 2 penalty minutes in the playoffs. Forsling played 10 games, including five playoff contests, for Linkoping's silver medal-winning U18 squad. He scored 4 goals with 3 assists and was -2 with 2 penalty minutes. Forsling was -1 with no points and 6 penalty minutes at the Ivan Hlinka Tournament and led all defensemen at the WJC with 4 goals — finishing +2 with 1 assist and 2 penalty minutes — in seven games. Forsling was ranked 25th amongst European skaters in Central Scouting's final rankings prior to the 2014 NHL Draft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horvat Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I remember seeing this guy play with nylander, great pick, this guy could surprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I like it, Swedish OFD. I actually had him on my list as a consideration, I was hoping we might take him later in the later rounds of this draft coming in, and now we took him. I would have liked Dystin Mayo at this pick, then Forsling later on, but still a very solid choice. Good pickup. If you check the Nylander U18 highlights, he's was a top D man on the Swedish PP, #4 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill F-ing Murray Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 undersized d man that has offensive upside considered a sleeper here http://montrealhockeytalk.com/nhl-news/springhetti-nhl-draft-sleeper-picks/ Gustav Forsling, Defenseman, Linkoping U18 (Sweden) Slightly undersized defenseman is especially effective in the offensive zone where he adept at either using his very heavy shot or distributing the puck quickly and efficiently. Size is always a factor but his skating and hockey I.Q make up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRAY Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Under-sized dman from Sweden. 5'11" and weighs 175 I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumquats Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Breaking Bad fans... Reworked his named... Gustavo Fring L.S... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex the Great Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 History 2011-12: Forsling played for Linkoping's U18 and U16 teams and played in three international games with Sweden's U16 team; representing Ostergotland for the second time in the TV-Pucken tournament. He scored 5 goals with 3 assists and was +9 with 10 penalty minutes in 27 U18 regular season games and was +1 with 1 assist in three playoff games. Forsling scored 1 goal with 12 assists and was +5 with 4 penalty minutes in 16 games with the Linkoping U16 squad. He was +3 with no points nor penalties skating for the Sweden U16 team. Forsling was +3 with 3 assists and 6 penalty minutes in eight TV-Pucken games. 2012-13: Forsling appeared in 15 games, including one playoff game, for Linkoping in the U20 SuperElit league and was an assistant captain for the club's U18 team. He played for Sweden's gold medal-winning U17 squad at the 2013 World Hockey Challenge in Canada. Forsling had 1 assist and was +4 with 8 penalty minutes in SuperElit play. Forsling scored 7 goals with 8 assists and was +32 with 20 penalty minutes in 31 regular season games and was -2 with no points or penalty minutes in two playoff games for the Linkoping U18 team. In six games at the WHC he had 2 assists with 2 penalty minutes. 2013-14: Forsling played 44 regular season games and two playoff contests for Linkoping in his first full SuperElit league season and played for Sweden's U18 team in the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial and 2014 World Junior Championship tournaments. He scored 6 goals with 12 assists and was -3 with 36 penalty minutes during the SuperElite regular season and was -2 with 1 goal, 3 assists and 2 penalty minutes in the playoffs. Forsling played 10 games, including five playoff contests, for Linkoping's silver medal-winning U18 squad. He scored 4 goals with 3 assists and was -2 with 2 penalty minutes. Forsling was -1 with no points and 6 penalty minutes at the Ivan Hlinka Tournament and led all defensemen at the WJC with 4 goals — finishing +2 with 1 assist and 2 penalty minutes — in seven games. Forsling was ranked 25th amongst European skaters in Central Scouting's final rankings prior to the 2014 NHL Draft. http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/gustav-forsling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 10/10 name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lui's Knob Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Guess that's it for benning trades today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 The Swedish contingent does it again!!! Gradin? Where would we be without him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Heyman Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Lots of scouts/reporters hyping him up as one of the best offensive d in the draft. Here's hoping we have our lucky 5th round dman pick for another consecutive year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel_3 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Sounds a lot like a Swedish Frankie Corrado, No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derp... Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 He had a solid u18, smart enough to play with good players, and good skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Link to a video on HF from the U18 world juniors: http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/107171/2014-u18-video-gustav-forsling-sweden/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOgRook Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Seems like we got a really good mix of prospects with everything that has happened in the last 2 days . GCG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanTSN Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Ah, wasn't he Nylander's power play passing target in U18? Guy's got a shot at least. But needs to put on 20lbs at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Sounds a lot like a Swedish Frankie Corrado, No? Corrado is a mid sized two way D, not a guy who rushes the puck and quarterbacks the PP. Edit: Forsling better described as a Swedish Torey Krug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gustavo Fring Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Seems like we draft defenseman with our 5th rounder every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70seven Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Draft Guys on 1040 had this kid at 46. Says his offensive upside is very comparable to that of Julius Honka, but says the difference is his ability to handle the forecheck is lesser than that of Honka. BUT, definately one of the top offensive d-men in the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I like this pick given how late in the draft it is. Lots of defensemen in the NHL are drafted late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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