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| Stories | Awards | History | Scout Comments | Strengths | Weaknesses | Projection | Statistics |
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| STORIES |
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| AWARDS |
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| None Listed |
| HISTORY |
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2006-07:
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2007-08:
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2008-09:
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| SCOUT COMMENTS |
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| "No. 1 skill is by far hockey sense. Very good setup guy. In (Sweden's third-tier league) a lot of players are not that great, including who he played with. If he had played with a good winger he could have had another 30 points. There were times he'd make plays and his winger wasn't even close to being ready for the puck. He'd be looking somewhere else with his stick up in the air and there was the puck, in front of him, and the net was open, and he'd get all surprised. Skating is fine, hands are good, obviously has to fill out." — Red Wings director of European scouting Hakan Andersson (June 2008). |
| STRENGTHS |
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| Great mind for the game that can't be taught ... Primarily a set-up man who will work well with a tough, scoring winger ... Does plenty of damage when he has time and space on the power play ... Has shown flashes of good skating and puck skills early in his career. |
| WEAKNESSES |
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| Extremely slight and had trouble gaining weight before being drafted because of gluten intolerance ... Wildcard pick because he played in a mediocre league against weak competition, and has yet to pass the test of facing faster, stronger players in the Swedish Elite League. |
| PROJECTION |
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| The Red Wings uncovered Samuelsson playing for the same rarely-scouted club that produced Jonathan Ericsson. They like his upside, but the playmaking Swede struggled to find his place in the Swedish Elite League in 2008-09 and he'll go back to the drawing board in 2009-10. |
| STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
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| REGULAR SEASON | PLAYOFFS | |||||||||||
| SEASON | TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| 2004-05 | Hasten | Swe-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2005-06 | Hasten | Swe-3 | 36 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 67 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2006-07 | Hasten | Swe-3 | 36 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 38 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2007-08 | Hasten | Swe-3 | 40 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 73 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2008-09 | Sundsvall | Swe-2 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 38 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Timra | Swe-J20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Swe | 40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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