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4B Exclusive – Catching up with Rangers prospect Nils Lundkvist

Last November, Sweden played in the U20 Four Nations tournament in Hodonín, four hours north of Vienna. I drove up and attended the Sweden-Russia game with both Vitali Kravtsov and Nils Lundkvist on the ice.

An older gentleman approached me to ask about my sign, and if I had an extra copy for him to bring home to Sweden. It turns out that it was Nils Lundkvist’s grandfather! I told him I would trade the sign for an opportunity to meet his grandson after the game. We talked about the draft, and how Nils Lundkvist was the only player in the first round who did not have an agent at the time of the draft.