Swedish players have been good to the Detroit Red Wings over the years.

Very good, in fact.

Nicklas Lidstrom and Tomas Holmstrom helped the Red Wings win the Stanley Cup four times in 11 years, Anders Eriksson, Niklas Kronwall and Henrik Zetterberg also won championships in Detroit, and the current roster features Gustav Nyquist and Jonathan Ericsson.

Those are just a half-dozen of the Swedish-born players who have made their mark in Detroit.

Now, another Swede could be joining the Red Wings organization, according to a mock draft by SB Nation.

Writer Pat Iversen sees the Red Wings using the No. 9 overall pick in next month's NHL draft to select 6-foot-2, 161-pound center Elias Pettersson of Timra in Sweden's second division.

"Yeah, Wings fans won't like watching (defensemen Cale) Makar and (Timothy) Liljegren come off the board right before their pick," Iversen wrote. "Detroit could go center here, and if they do it should be Pettersson. The 6'1 center is a good two-way player, but he truly excels with playmaking. Pettersson put up 41 points in 43 games with Timra, and will play with the big boys in the SHL with Vaxjo next season. A long-term prospect but could pay off."

In 43 games for Timra last season, Pettersson had 19 goals, 22 assists 14 penalty minutes and a plus-15 rating.

In 14 games for Sweden's U20 international team, he had four goals, six assists, two PIM and a plus-4 rating.

"A crafty and agile two-way forward, Pettersson is consistently productive in all three zones," EliteProspects.com said in its evaluation of Pettersson. "As he gets stronger, he'll become even more physical and aggressive than he is now, and his creativity could definitely elevate his game to dominant levels. He can be described as a tenacious, jack-of-all-trades kind of player; he is well versed in all the important aspects of his own game.

"His speed and top-end acceleration continue to improve game by game, and his hard-nosedness shows through in his dogged pursuit of puck control. Elias Pettersson is a complete hockey player with exceptional hockey sense who brings intellect and youthful exuberance to a game that feeds on his kind of exciting athleticism."

NHL Central Scouting ranks Pettersson second among European skaters eligible for the draft.

Central Scouting says Timra "compares his style of play to Washington Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom and former NHL forward Pavel Datsyuk. A regular internationally, Pettersson won a silver medal for Sweden at both the 2016 under-18 World Championship (1-7--8 in 7 GP) and 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial. He also was a member of Sweden's fourth-place entry at the 2017 World Junior Championship."