Leo Sahlin Wallenius First Media Availability As A San Jose Shark
[Music] how uh what’s your emotions right that we I’m I’m very proud and yeah it’s fantastic and that’s my feeling now this is kind of thought where you thought you might be drafted or you think maybe go a little bit earlier the draft I don’t know I’m I’m happy to I got drafted so and that’s my that’s what I’m thinking about now describe as a player a two Defender uh like to move the pack a small player with yeah I’m a good sker so yeah a two-way Defender for yourself obviously the sharks have a few swedes and otherland William are you familiar with them do you know anybody on the team and what do you know about San Jose as the team as a whole right now yeah I know it’s it’s a lot of Swedish players there uh it’s a nice day so uh that’s uh what I know that now and so yeah for yourself what’s next for you where you know obviously you’ve got development Camp coming up do you expect to be there and where do you expect to play next season maybe Juniors or back in no I’m going to play in V Lakers um with the mens um so I signed a two two years contract there so that’s my plan know for the next two coming Seasons what AG you dream one day yeah of course I’m that’s uh all I want so I’m GNA work hard every day to to to play in NHL one day player that you mod your after yeah I like to watch on M henan he’s also two-way Defender and a good sker and I like to how he plays so yeah I like to watch on him is your primary goal uh this year to make the men’s team of the of the Lakers yeah uh of course that is my goal and I am yeah I I want to to play against men so what do you have to work on to uh to reach that goal this fall uh be stronger uh yeah work on all my all my things and yeah be better on all the all the things and yeah be stronger play with more intensity and yeah do you know uh well at all because he play with his brother Victor U yeah I know him okay and he’s he’s a really good player and I like to watch him and so yeah and what can you tell us about his brother Victor Victor is a a good friend to me and yeah he’s a really good player uh like to play with more much intensity uh the game uh good shot smart player so yeah only good things about him what is who would you say is the strongest part of your game right now the thing you don’t need to you can rely on to play I would say my smartness or my my skating skills my Mobility on Ice team I would say I can play in both uh both of penalty killing or power play but um I have played a lot of power play this season uh so I want to go for that it’s more fun to play on the power yeah yeah I think so and have you having a good time here in Las Vegas yeah yeah it’s a fantastic year what have you thought of this sphere here just just being here yeah only amazing it’s um it’s a dream I I can say uh who you uh uh who are you here with you know who do you owe you know getting to this point too I’m here with my family of course yeah what was your what was your initial reaction to just hearing your name get called being able to put on an NL jersey for the first time I want say a dream come true um I have work for this uh whole of my my life so uh a dream your family share any emotions with you what was that moment like just sharing that with I think they very proud of me so um I like to to do that happy so that’s my op how did your family your parents you know help you achieve your Dre yeah of course they help me every day and when I was young with the food driving me to to trainings and and yeah they helped me a lot of my life how are you guys goingon to celebrate today or tonight I don’t know I see have a lot of choices right you mentioned you know knowing William what do you think about just being part of the Sharks organization that you know yesterday was able to draft I’m sure you’ve heard of just all these young prospects coming into the being part of this team right now all youngers it’s uh it’s a good team they have draft very good players this draft so they have a good future and then yeah it’s good for me also and I’m gonna do everything to to take a take a shirt in the team one day and so yeah how about uh some of the other sharks Swedish prospects like Beast dead and hav do you know them too at all like bead and Maas hav yeah mat and Edom do you know them at all yeah I’m a good friend with edrom so you’re gonna help me he’s gonna help you how would you kind of describe him as a playan sharks got in from Vegas yeah itam is a hard worker a smart player there um he can play in both hones um a two way forward uh so he’s very important I think he’s also a leader very good guy so that’s what I have to say about him so go [Music]
Leo Sahlin Wallenius meets with the media after being picked 53 overall in the National Hockey League’s Draft.
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2 comments
concerns about hockey IQ and can be a (ironically considering his skating is a strength) a pylon in his own end. i thought there were better players available at this pick and adding another LD doesn't seem a priority.
His play doesn't impress me.