Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia is reporting that Ottawa Senators prospect Oskar Pettersson will join the team’s AHL affiliate in Belleville and make his debut with the team this weekend. Pettersson was selected 72nd overall in the 2022 NHL entry draft and will be joining a team in North America for the first time in his short career. Pettersson had been on loan from the Senators to Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League where he posted a single assist in 26 games.
Pettersson may have struggled offensively this season, but he has been a strong offensive contributor with Rögle BK J20 over the past three seasons registering 74 points in 74 games. The 19-year-old has shown that he can be a strong player along the boards and can play with the puck in traffic, both skills that should him thrive in the North American game.
Pettersson will likely debut on Friday against the Syracuse Crunch.
In other evening notes:
- Detroit Red Wings reporter Daniella Bruce tweeted that winger Patrick Kane could suit up on Wednesday if he is 100%. Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde told reporters that the team would know more tomorrow after practice but that the 35-year-old is very close to a return. Kane has been very effective this season in just 19 games with seven goals and nine assists, however, the team is inexplicably just 8-9-2 with him in the lineup and 18-9-3 without him.
- Elliotte Friedman appeared on Donnie and Dhali today and said that the Canucks remain in pursuit of a top-six forward with Calgary Flames forward Elias Lindholm at the top of their list of potential targets. The Canucks are said to be looking at forwards who can play multiple positions up front and may need to outbid other teams to facilitate a trade with Calgary. The Flames and Canucks may be bitter rivals, but they have made one trade already this season with the Canucks acquiring defenseman Nikita Zadorov in exchange for two draft picks.
Kane has been quite successful after coming back from serious injury, But in fact the Wings have a losing record with Kane in the lineup and why would Yzerman sign a 35 year old when the club is clearly in a rebuild? Detroit would be way better off today in the standings with Filip Hronek in the lineup and not Kane.
You would have to show me that. LOL
Wings have Kane now and it is showtime!
Gonna be a rough game Wednesday night against the Sens, so buckle up!
Detroit is trying to win. They’re not rebuilding any more.
@Johnny Z — I’m afraid we’ll have to give @Wilf credit on that one. The Wings are 8-9-2 with Patrick in the lineup. But, I agree that the Sens matchup could feature a bit of truculence.
Nailed it Brother!
I’ve intently watched Kane, every game he has played with the Wings. He was a nemesis for so many years, but has shown up a compelling addition with a great chemistry fit. The Wings are way better off with him in the line-up. This asinine losing record stat will be in the rear view mirror soon. The losing stretch can be largely attributed to other injuries to key players at that time.
Hronek is a year gone from the team. Impossible to say if it was a good trade or not until Axel Sandin-Pellikka becomes, or does not become. Hronek is playing with a top offensive defenseman, who is having a career year. Glad to see them having success.
Correlation DOES equal causation after all…
Time will tell. I’m betting on him.
December had Larkin, Peron and Compher out for several of Kanes’ games, not a good stat.
Kane is -3 over 17 games. If he were -20, I think these comments would have more credibility. The main issue with the redwings during this 8-9 period was poor goaltending. People have always loved to hate on Kane. I never participated with that, but man, he has won me over. How many people come back from that surgery and are nearly a point per game average?
@Rogueraceseries — The losing record is just a snapshot in time. Every player will show a losing record that may or may not end as such. If he stays injury free, I can see him being a very solid veteran presence for the younger players, even at his age. He only needs to look Chicago’s way to see how bad it could be.
@DarkSide830 — Somebody’s been paying attention in Statistics classes! :)
They aren’t doing well at winning, In fact at the end of the 23/24 Red Wings training camp Steve Yzerman said the team is still rebuilding!
@Johnny Z — It may not be a good stat, but it is a stat. One that should have an “oh, by the way” clause to explain it in context, just like you’ve just said. A beat up lineup can take anybody down for a while.
@Rogueraceseries — He may be one of the first to have that surgery and be a success story. That’s a good thing, in my book.
Please tell us what the record would be with Hronek in the lineup instead of Kane. Oh, and also let us know which games the Wings would have won with Hronek that they did not with Kane. Thanks.
@doghockey — One of us would have to find a way to get to the parallel universe where that happened. Hopefully, HockeyReference exists there, and we’d have access to that info.
Yep. Like many opinions that Wilf confuses with fact, he is a no-show to back up this one.
Hopefully the Red Wings move on from Kane very soon before they experience another rough patch of 8-9-2.
LOL, see above^^^^^^^^^^^^^and get your facts straight!
@rule78.1 — If they have another skid, it probably wouldn’t have much to do with Patrick Kane, but another rash of injuries, as @Johnny Z pointed out, above.
Far too many variables involved to blame that record on Patrick Kane. Were key players injured? Did they play a tough stretch of games? Road games? Home games? To blame it only on Patrick Kane is simpleton thinking at best.