DobberHockey’s Alexander MacLean was tasked with determining a “breakout candidate” for all of the NHL’s 32 teams, and he offers a surprising candidate for the Red Wings:
Red Wings – Jonatan Berggren (RW): Berggren played only five percent of his time last year with Lucas Raymond, but put up 15% of his total production in that time. Otherwise, his linemates were almost solely bottom-six players: Joe Veleno, Austin Czarnik, Matt Luff, Pius Suter… etc. If he can move up in the lineup, his scoring rate is going to skyrocket.
Continued; I don’t know whether “Johnny Burgers” will ascend the Wings’ depth chart, but I wouldn’t bet against his point totals increasing, regardless of who he plays with.
