Top 25 under 25: #14 Linus Arnesson

By Cornelius Hardenbergh@HBAdventure Sep 9, 2014, 10:00am EDT

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?