There is likely very little in common between myself and an 18-year-old kid who was born in Canada, raised in Sweden and has already lived in a few of the United States. But the little we do have in common, as far as I know in this moment, is what led me to write this piece about Buffalo Sabres first-round pick Alexander Nylander.
We both spent our Canadian Hockey League careers with the Ontario Hockey League's franchise based out of Mississauga. The Toronto St. Michael's Majors became the Mississauga Majors and are now known as the Steelheads.