The​​ Red​​ Wings​ prospect​ report is a series​ from​ The​ Athletic​​ Detroit that gives​ an​​ in-depth​ look​​ at the​ future​​ of the organization.



Right now, Gustav Lindstrom can’t do much, sidelined with a knee injury that will hold him out through the end of February. But as he continues on through his debut season in Sweden’s top league, a promising outlook is nonetheless developing for the Red Wings’ 2017 second-round pick.



His coach, Roger Rönnberg, refers to the player’s smarts — a trustworthy blueliner he can play on his top pair in “kind of a role of the shutdown defenseman.” That’s meaningful on a Frölunda HC team that is coming off a recent title in the Champions League — a tournament in which Lindstrom tallied 6 points in 11 games prior to his...