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The 24-year-old Finn became one of the poster boys for perseverance because he could have been shut down much earlier with the bad wrist. And to play that well with the ailment — including two goals against the Boston Bruins on March 13 — only solidified his worth with the Sedins.

Why did it work?

“That’s a good question — I don’t know,” shrugged Granlund. “I just work hard and try to get pucks to them so they can work their game and play better. They can play with whoever and it’s easy to play with them. They’re obviously great players and it would be nice to play with them.”

Playing with the Sedins is actually difficult. Green obviously wants a winger to bring an offensive element to a club that was ranked 29th offensively last season with just 2.17 goals per outing. But who is going to do the dirty work in the corners? And who is going to be the first on the back-check? That’s where Granlund has a leg up.

“He’s one of the most underrated players on our team if not the league,” said centre Bo Horvat. “He’s good defensively and scored 19 goals with a bum wrist. He’s not the flashiest player, but he gets the job done. And he does all the little things right.

“He thinks the same way (as the Sedins). Hank and Danny like to play below the goal-line and work hard and they’re patient with the puck. He fits and he likes to work the corners.”

Run all this by Granlund and you get another shrug of the shoulders about where he is and should be playing.

“I don’t want to think about that,” added Granlund, who has two pre-season goals. “I’m playing centre right now and I’m happy about that, but we’ll see what happens. The wrist is good. It’s 100 per cent and it’s been good on the ice and I know I can play with it.”