“When I was younger, I loved to make Dominik Hasek saves," said Bednar, 18, and the Wings’ fourth-round pick in last week’s Entry Draft, during a Zoom call with Detroit media. “I saw some documentary from 2002 when the Wings won the Stanley Cup, with Dominik Hasek, Brett Hull, Steve Yzerman. I like them.
We’re just going to ignore the whole part about learning about the players in 2002 and go right to imagining another Dominik Hasek wearing the winged wheel.
Wallinder, 18, will need to utilize his size playing against men for Modo in Allsvenskan, Sweden’s second-highest division.