In junior hockey, there aren’t many greasy players with skill, but Lind, whose brother Kole plays for Seattle Kraken’s AHL squad, is top of the list. Lind also had 44 points in 43 games this past season, but was hurt in late January (upper-body) and had a concussion in the playoffs after taking a head shot during a game against the Saskatoon Blades. Think Ridly Greig, Ottawa’s first-rounder in 2020. He’s a hitter, a disturber, plays all out every shift. He’s only 158 pounds on a five-foot-11 frame right now but he can put on another 15 pounds with that chassis. Red Deer Rebels winger/centre Kalan Lind. He had 18 goals in 18 games for IFK’s U20 team after being sent down. He struggled there (one point in 27 games) but he was on the IFK Spengler Cup team for the event in Davos, Switzerland, over Christmas and scored once in his two tournament games. Good skater, strong in the corners, excellent shooter A concussion last October put him out for a month and didn’t help him as a 17-year-old trying to play against men for Helsinki IFK in the Finnish Liiga. It’s a reach to say he might be there at 56 - he might not get past 45 - but the captain of their U18 team has the tools are looking for. 56.įinnish winger Kasper Halttunen, six-foot-three, 207. (5) Try for a forward with offensive chops but was a support player on a powerhouse junior team. (4) Add another goalie, especially if he’s going to college on a scholarship, which gives you time to wait a few years for him to develop. (3) Already solid on young left D in the organization (Philip Broberg, Markus Niemelainen), maybe zero in on a good-sized right D after trading farmhand Michael Kesselring to Arizona in the Nick Bjugstad trade-deadline deal. (2) Look at a greasy forward with competitive fire to fill out a bottom-six role. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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