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If Available, do the Blackhawks Really Need to Draft Jesper Wallstedt?

EDMONTON, AB - DECEMBER 26: Goaltender Jesper Wallstedt #1 of Sweden skates against the Czech Republic during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship at Rogers Place on December 26, 2020 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)

Jesper Wallstedt is a popular topic among Blackhawks fans at the moment. As good of a prospect he is, and player he may be, do the Blackhawks really need him?

Jesper Wallstedt is looking to become the first goaltender since Carey Price in 2005 to be selected in the top-ten, and the Blackhawks may want to be the team that selects him.