Just an interesting fact for those of you who are a little bored on a mid-July afternoon:
I can’t quite get behind the paywall of this article by Falu-Kuriren’s Ronnie Carlsson, but it focuses on Red Wings prospect Anton Johansson’s family ties.
20-year-old Anton, who’s a 6’4,” 196-pound, right-shooting defender, plays for Leskands IF of the SHL, where his father, Tjomme, is the GM, and both of Anton’s brothers have been drafted by NHL teams:
Older brother Simon, 25, plays defense for the AHL’s Iowa Wild, and he was picked by Minnesota in 2018; and the youngest brother, Victor, 18, is a defenseman for Leksands IF’s J20 team. He was picked 120th overall by Toronto in this past June’s NHL Draft.
Anton has a very long reach as he continues to grow into that 6’4″ frame, and he’s sort of a stay-at-home foil to Axel Sandin Pellikka’s deke-and-dangle game.
So there’s your little descriptor of the Johansson family, and the three siblings who hope to make an NHL impact.
