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Jonatan Berggren never played like a high draft pick for the Red Wings

Jonatan Berggren's time with the Detroit Red Wings has come to an end after he was claimed on waivers by the St. Louis Blues earlier this week.

The once-highly touted prospect of the Red Wings struggled to create an identity or carve out a role in Detroit. It wasn't that Jonatan Berggren struggled under the tutorship of former head coach Derek Lalonde, but he also found himself in the press box as a spectator far more than he's been in the lineup with Todd McLellan behind the Red Wings' bench.

So, the struggle is real.