According to HockeyNews.se’s staff, former Swedish Ice Hockey Association general secretary Tommy Boustedt has announced that he’ll be working as an area scout for the Detroit Red Wings this upcoming season:
Sedan januari 2021 har jag fungerat som Senior Advisor åt Danmarks Ishockeyförbund. Nu kommer jag också att arbeta för Detroit Red Wings som European Pro Scout. Jag har alltså bryr blågult mot rödvitt, och lagt pensionstankarna på hyllan. pic.twitter.com/kHn5cLPmd8
— Tommy Boustedt (@TBoustedt) August 30, 2021
Roughly translated:
“Since January of 2021, I’ve worked as a Senior Advisor for the Danish Ice Hockey Federation. Now I will also work for the Detroit Red Wings as an European Pro Scout. So I’ve cared for the blue-and-yellow [Sweden] to the red-and-white, and I’ve put my thoughts of being a pensioner on the shelf.”
Boustedt, 62, has a long history of working to revamp Swedish ice hockey’s developmental model. He’s no spring chicken, obviously, but his experience will help the Wings’ braintrust.
Update: From DetroitHockey.net’s Clark Rasmussen:
The Wings actually added Boustedt as “European Pro Scout” on their website’s “staff” page on the 23rd. Also added Eric Soltys, Corey Crocker, and Greg Hawgood. Removed Bruce Haralson, Rob Rassey, and Marty Stein.— DetroitHockey.Net (@detroithockey96) August 30, 2021
No Hawgood, Haralson or Stein = the end of the KH era, officially speaking.— George Malik (@georgemalik) August 30, 2021
Update #2: Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff has more:
Two more longtime members of the Detroit Red Wings’ scouting staff that date back to the era when Ken Holland was GM are no longer with the team. Pro scout Bruce Haralson and amateur scout Marty Stein have been replaced.
Haralson, a veteran NHL scout, had been with the Wings for 26 years. He spent his first 14 seasons with the team as an amateur scout and the past 12 years as a pro scout, covering western Canada and the USA.
Stein joined the Wings in 1996 and served as an amateur scout for his entire tenure with the club.
Rob Rassey also left Detroit’s amateur scouting staff after two seasons with the club. Rassey accepted a position as Director & Head of Hockey for Total Package Hockey’s Chicago Center of Excellence.
Greg Hawgood and Corey Crocker are additions to Detroit’s amateur scouting staff, with Tommy Boustedt and Eric Soltys are joining the team’s pro scouting staff.
More good news! Our long time scout in Europ has dug up some steals and has the tenacity to get his ideas approved.
ADDED european eyes and maybe a replacement for our current Swedish Scout. They do get old, don’t they?