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NHL Draft: Red Wings select big goalie, small center in late rounds

The Detroit Red Wings selected 6-5 goaltender Victor Brattstrom (Timra Jr., Sweden) in the sixth round (160th overall) in Saturday's NHL entry draft at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Brattstrom posted a 1.93 goals-against average and .918 save percentage, with three shutouts, in 15 games for Timra Jr. At 21, he was the oldest player selected to that point in the draft.

He is the second goalie Detroit selected, after taking fellow Swede Jesper Eliasson in the third round (No. 84).

Detroit traded its sixth-round pick at 159 to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a fifth-round selection in 2019.