Player Change from 2013 M. Leonard Cornelius Nolan Dan Giesse Sean sarah Kristian Servo LINUS ARNESSON +5 10 20 19 21 10 14 14 14 n/a

Acquired: Drafted 2nd round (60th overall) in 2013

Position: D

Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden

Vitals: 6'2" / 192 lbs

Current team: Djurgårdens IF (SHL)

What we said last year:

By now it's no secret that Arnesson is a defense-first kind of blue-liner, and that his puck moving skills are seen as a bit of a weakness. His point totals listed above, as well as a 0-0-0 at the 2013 World Juniors, are evidence of that.

This is still true, to an extent. Linus was a decent part of the Swedish WJC silver medal team again, though he had 2 assists instead of 0. He played all of last year in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier of Swedish hockey. He had a good reason, though - his team had been relegated. With Arnesson's help, they had a 3rd place finish in the regular season. This earned them a spot in the 2014 Kvalserien. What's the Kvalserien, you say? The two worst teams from the SHL, the top three teams in the HockeyAllsvenskan, and the winner of a miniature play-in tournament among the 4th-7th teams in HockeyAllsvenskan, compete for 2 spots in the SHL. Every team played each other twice, and Arnesson's Djurgårdens IF managed to just barely squeaked into the top level, tying the 3rd place team at 17 points, but with one more win.

This year

Linus Arnesson is one of two defensemen attending rookie camp on a non-tryout contract. If he does well, he should at least go to training camp briefly. I'm guessing that, if he doesn't make the Boston Bruins, he'll go back to Sweden this year. I don't think he'll make the Boston Bruins this year, but if he can continue to impress we'll see him in Black and Gold soon enough.

Stats:

Season Team League GP G A TP PIM Playoffs GP G A TP PIM 2008-2009 Djurgården U16 U16 SM 8 0 0 0 6 | 2009-2010 Stockholm 1 TV-puck 8 1 2 3 4 | Djurgården U16 U16 SM 5 2 1 3 0 | Djurgarden J18 J18 Elit 8 0 2 2 4 | Djurgarden J18 J18 Allsvenskan 14 2 4 6 10 | Sweden U16 (all) International-Jr 2 0 1 1 25 | 2010-2011 Djurgarden J18 J18 Elit 10 2 4 6 4 | Djurgarden J18 J18 Allsvenskan 11 0 2 2 8 | Playoffs 5 1 1 2 0 Djurgarden J20 SuperElit 8 0 0 0 2 | Sweden U17 (all) International-Jr 3 1 1 2 2 | 2011-2012 Djurgarden J18 J18 Elit 3 0 1 1 4 | Djurgarden J18 J18 Allsvenskan 6 0 2 2 4 | Playoffs 4 0 2 2 2 Sweden U18 Hlinka Memorial 5 0 1 1 0 | Djurgarden J20 SuperElit 40 2 13 15 20 | Playoffs 3 0 1 1 2 Djurgården SHL 3 0 0 0 0 | Sweden U18 WJC-18 6 0 0 0 4 | Sweden U18 / 19 WJAC-19 4 0 0 0 8 | Sweden U18 (all) International-Jr 21 0 4 4 22 | Sweden U20 (all) International-Jr 3 0 0 0 2 | 2012-2013 Djurgarden J20 SuperElit 13 1 3 4 22 | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 Djurgården Allsvenskan 31 0 1 1 8 | Qualification 4 0 0 0 0 Djurgården ET 2 0 0 0 2 | Sweden U19 (all) International-Jr 4 1 0 1 4 | Sweden U20 WJC-20 6 0 0 0 6 | Sweden U20 (all) International-Jr 20 1 2 3 22 | 2013-2014 Djurgården ET 8 0 0 0 4 | Djurgården Allsvenskan 44 1 5 6 36 | Qualification SHL 6 0 0 0 2 Sweden U20 WJC-20 7 0 2 2 4 | Sweden U20 (all) International-Jr 16 0 3 3 12 | 2014-2015 Djurgården SHL - - - - - | Djurgården Champions HL 2 0 0 0 0 |

Social Media Minute

Linus is on twitter and Instagram. Here's his picture of his "Fuck Cancer" bracelet:

What do you guys think? Too high? Too low? Just right?