Red Wings prospect and Rogle BK defenseman William Wallinder skated with borrowed equipment at today’s session of the Wings’ 2022 summer development camp, as Detroit Hockey Now’s Nate Brown noted in an evening notebook:
Detroit Red Wings defensive prospects William Wallinder and Shai Buium have taken different paths as they continue their climb through the Red Wings pipeline. Wallinder’s literal route to Detroit, however, was disrupted by the airlines.
“Our flights got cancelled and we lost our baggage,” Wallinder explained for his delay into Detroit’s development camp. “I borrowed skates and the rest is new equipment.”
In spite of that, it hasn’t taken away from Wallinder’s short time in camp.
“It’s a great experience to be here,” Wallinder said. “It’s fun to meet all of the guys. Maybe we’ll be teammates in the future. It’s good to meet them.”
Wallinder is a 6’4 defenseman and idolized players like Niklas Kronwall growing up, someone who is now directly involved in his development in his role as special assistant to Detroit GM Steve Yzerman. What has Kronwall helped him with so far?
“Everything in my game, all the small details,” Wallinder replied.
Continued, with more about both Wallinder and Shai Buium…
