Edstrom on All the Swedes With Sharks, How He Found Out About Hertl Trade

now David uh can you just talk about uh when you learned about the trade to San Jose just where were you yeah I was was at home with my girlfriend uh it was a Friday I had had a game on Saturday then at like 700 p.m. at night I got a call from my agent that uh told me that uh the trade might go through uh and then two hours later I I got the call from him uh from the GM in Vegas and Mike here and San Jus okay so that that was how I got through it that’s good uh so you didn’t find out through uh TV right no no it it was better than that I got a call from both and it was it was good it was professional that’s good uh can you just talk about what you think about just joining the Sharks organization what were your initial your first reaction I think it’s a good stuff for me it’s an organization that that is in a in a re they’re they want to young guys to develop and want to build a team around them so I think this is a good opportunity for me to take the next step is your uh likelihood you’re going to go back to shl this year and is that you know is that the plan yeah one one more year in Sweden and then uh then we’ll see what happens okay obviously you mentioned the opportunity do you feel like that year in Sweden would just kind of help round out the edges of you know things that you need to work on to kind of get yourself into a successful NHL body exactly it’s I’m still young and have a lot of stuff that I need to develop and learn so one more year in Sweden for me I think it’s a good for my development PA what what are those things that you want to work on in Sweden I mean Are there specific things whether it’s speed physicality hands what are those things that you feel like will take your game to that next level but firstly my my skating is something I’m working on and I need to work on uh then also to be be strong on the P be more creative U with my skating and be strong on the P there’s you know small growing I should say not small but growing contion of sweds here eckan Fabian Philipus like there’s a whole bunch of guys is it kind of nice having all of these sweds around and just kind of a little bit of a nice like Comfort feeling for you yeah exactly it’s it’s nice I know know many of them since before uh so some say it’s the new new Swedish team I don’t know how the fins will feel about that but obviously I mean I mean what do you know I mean how well do you know pH Beast that obviously you guys are both set him in similar size and play style how I mean you said you knew before I me you are you guys close yeah I Lear to I met him first like last year the World Junior Summer Showcase in in PL and then play the world juniors together so that that was when I learn Lear to meet him uh Philip told us yesterday that he played a little fun with Macklin at uh because of your guys’s result over Canada this last season did you have a chance to talk to M when the Will Juniors come up again I haven’t talked about it with him just with Will Smith and he was was really happy uh you’ve uh been with Will Smith you know musty what is your impression of those players uh playing against them right now in Camp really skill guys uh met them before and it’s nice to play on their team this time right thanks David thank you

At San Jose Sharks’ development camp

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