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The hottest goalie in the National Hockey League today with the Minnesota Wild. The Swedish youngster won six-straight starts in November, on his way to being named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month. He stopped 202 of 208 shots, and recorded three shutouts.

Admittedly November is only an appetizer for the 23-year-old, who had a rough 2024-25 season in the minors, but now he looks like he’s on his way, firmly in a goalie rotation with countryman Filip Gustavsson.

Now, NHL amateur scouts all make mistakes — later first-rounders aren’t slam dunks and goalies can hit in the fifth round too — but this was a forehead slapper for former Edmonton head of scou

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