Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff posted an article about Eddie Genborg, the Red Wings’ second-round pick at this past weekend’s NHL Draft in Los Angeles. As Duff notes, Genborg plays a physical game and isn’t afraid to mix things up:
“I think he’s a big, strong kid,” [Red Wings assistant GM and director of amateur scouting Kris] Draper said of the left-shot right-winger they selected 44th overall. “He can really skate. He’s physical on the forecheck, a guy that is really tough to play against. And, we just really liked the intensity that he’s able to bring.”
Genborg projects as a bottom-six checker with some offensive upside. Watch footage of Genborg in action and you’ll quickly come to like the way he plays the game. He’ll go into the dirty areas to create a scoring chance. He works the boards with a tenacious ferocity, always hunting the puck.
“I would probably say that I’m a very physical player,” Genborg acknowledged. “I really like to play physical and, yeah, pretty good skater and, yeah, love to compete on the ice.”
He came by his passion for physical play as a natural progression.
“I would say maybe around two years ago, I just found that I have a pretty big body and if I’m being good at playing physical, it can take me pretty long,” the 6-foot-2, 205-pound Genborg said. “So just started from there, I would say.”
Continued; Genborg is something of a throwback player, and it’s entirely possible that he may develop into a Tomas Holmstrom-type forward.
