The last post on Marco Kasper and Dmitri Buchelnikov’s preseason performances is a case of “putting the cart before the horse,” and as much of a Simon Edvinsson believer as I am, I still think that NHL.com’s Fantasy Hockey crew of Pete Jensen and Anna Dua might be doing something similar.
They were tasked with picking the Top 10 fantasy hockey rookies, and I’m all for accentuating the positive here at TMR, but there are caveats to this line of thinking:
Simon Edvinsson, D, DET
No. 6 pick in 2021 NHL Draft
NHL.com fantasy rank: 216He has yet to make his NHL debut with the Detroit Red Wings but should benefit from them acquiring goalie Ville Husso (from St. Louis Blues) and signing forwards David Perron and Andrew Copp. In a best-case scenario, Edvinsson (left shot) would play on the top pair with reigning Calder Trophy winner Moritz Seider (right shot) and should be considered a top 50 fantasy defenseman after his success in the Swedish Hockey League (19 points in 44 games last season).
Continued; it would be fantastic if Edvinsson ends the regular season on the Wings’ top defensive pairing, but, as Jensen and Dua suggest, it’s definitely a “best-case scenario.”
Let’s see what he does at the prospect tournament, training camp and during the exhibition season first.
