EHM The Blue Line

I thought about this challenge for a long time now, started it once or twice but never had the motivation to even go through one full season.

Reading about other people here posting about their success with their own special project made me think it all over, again.

I want to try to change the whole Red Wings Franchise to a complete Swedish Players Team over the years to come. No idea, how long it will take... of course the team is supposed to be competetive, too.

Transactions 2017-2018 (Trade Center)

Thu Aug 17th 2017
To Ottawa Senators: Riley Sheahan
To Detroit Red Wings: 2nd Round Pick 2018 (OTT), 3rd Round Pick 2018 (OTT)

To Los Angeles Kings: Frans Nielsen
To Detroit Red Wings: 2nd Round Pick 2018 (LA), 4th Round Pick 2018 (LA)

To Anaheim Ducks: Justin Abdelkader
To Detroit Red Wings: 2nd Round Pick 2018 (ANA), 4th Round Pick 2018 (ANA)

Mon Aug 21st 2017
To Anaheim Ducks: Matej Machovský
To Detroit Red Wings: 3rd Round Pick 2018 (ANA), 4th Round Pick 2019 (ANA)

To San Jose Sharks: Ryan Sproul
To Detroit Red Wings: 3rd Round Pick 2018 (SJ), 4th Round Pick 2019 (SJ)

To Tampa Bay Lightning: Robbie Russo
To Detroit Red Wings: 3rd Round Pick 2018 (TB), 4th Round Pick 2018 (TB)

To Los Angeles Kings: Martin Frk
To Detroit Red Wings: 3rd Round Pick 2018 (LA), 3rd Round Pick 2019 (LA)

Tue 22nd Aug 2017
To Chicago Blackhawks: Andreas Athanasiou
To Detroit Red Wings: 1st Round pick 2018 (CHI)

Fri Aug 25th 2017
To Anaheim Ducks: Filip Hronek
To Detroit Red Wings: 3rd Round Pick 2019 (ANA)

To Los Angeles Kings: Evgeny Svechnikov
To Detroit Red Wings: 2nd Round Pick 2019 (LA)

Mon Aug 28th 2017
To Dallas Stars: Anthony Mantha
To Detroit Red Wings: Mattias Janmark

Sat Sep 23rd 2017
To Tampa Bay Lightning: Jimmy Howard
To Detroit Red Wings: 1st Round Pick 2019 (TB)

Mon Sep 25th 2017
To San Jose Sharks: Trevor Daley
To Detroit Red Wings: 2nd Round Pick 2018 (SJ)

Wed Sep 27th 2017
To Vegas Golden Knights: 1st Round Pick 2022 (DET)
To Detroit Red Wings: Erik Brännström

Mon Oct 2nd 2017
To Los Angeles Kings: Xavier Ouellet
To Detroit Red Wings: Oscar Fantenberg

Wed Oct 4th 2017
To Vegas Golden Knights: Luke Glendening
To Detroit Red Wings: Oscar Lindberg, 5th Round Pick 2022 (DET)

Mon Oct 9th 2017
To Buffalo Sabres: Dylan Larkin
To Detroit Red Wings: Linus Ullmark, Brendan Guhle

Wed Oct 25th 2017
To Carolina Hurricanes: Darren Helm, 4th Round Pick 2021 (DET)
To Detroit Red Wings: Joakim Nordström

Wed Jan 3rd 2018
To Montreal Canadiens: Mike Green
To Detroit Red Wings: 3rd Round Pick 2018 (MTL), 3rd Round Pick 2019 (MTL)

Wed Feb 12th 2018
To Pittsburgh Penguins: Petr Mrázek
To Detroit Red Wings: 3rd Round Pick 2018 (PIT), 4th Round Pick 2019 (PIT)

Tue Feb 20th 2018
To Columbus Blue Jackets: Michael Rasmussen
To Detroit Red Wings: Gabriel Carlsson

Sun Jun 10th 2018
To Tampa Bay Lightning: Brendan Guhle
To Detroit Red Wings: 4th Round Pick 2019 (TB), 3rd Round Pick 2020 (TB)

Tue Jun 26th 2018
To Pittsburgh Penguins: Chase Perry
To Detroit Red Wings: 2nd Round Pick 2019 (PIT), 3rd Round Pick 2020 (PIT)

Player Signings 2017-2018 (UFA)

Tue Aug 22nd 2017
G Joel Lassinantti, age 24, contract: 1 year, 925k $ (Transfer: June 7th 2018)

Thu Sep 7th 2017
RW Ryan Callahan, age 32, contract: 2 years, 3.0 Mio. $

Sun May 13th 2018
C/LW Cory Emmerton, age 29, contract: 2 years, 3.0 Mio $

Waiver Claims 2017-2018

Wed Sep 27th 2017
RW/LW Anton Rödin, age 26, contract: 1 year, 700k $ (from Vancouver Canucks)

Fri Sep 29th 2017
LD/RD Sebastian Aho, age 21, contract: 3 years, 770k $ (from New York Islanders)

Thu Nov 16th 2017
G Niklas Svedberg, age 28, contract: 1 year, 700k $ (from Minnesota Wild)

Wed Feb 28th 2018
LD Marc Staal, age 31, contract: 4 years, 5.7 Mio. $ (from New York Rangers)

Picks at NHL Entry Draft 2018
Non-swedish player

1st OA
LD/RD Rasmus Dahlin, Offensive defenseman

11th OA
RD/LD Adam Boqvist, Offensive defenseman

32nd OA
C Jacob Olofsson, Skilled forward

38th OA
C/LW Marcus Westfält, Skilled forward

49th OA
RD Alfred Berglund, Offensive defenseman

51st OA
LD Yosef Olsson, Pointman

59th OA
C/LW Lukas Wernblom, Goal-scoring forward

63rd OA
LW Fabian Westergren, Two-way forward

69th OA
LW Dennis Finn Olsson, Goal-scoring forward

80th OA
C/RW Filip Hållander, Skilled forward

82nd OA
C/RW Tyce Thompson, Two-way forward

87th OA
RW Michael Rosén, Playmaking forward

90th OA
C/LW/RW Linus Nässén, Skilled forward

92nd OA
LD Rasmus Sandin, Playmaking offensive defenseman

93rd OA
G Samuel Ersson, Butterfly style

94th OA
RW/LW Kirill Urakov, Playmaking forward

100th OA
LD/RD Mikhail Sidorov, Offensive defenseman

118th OA
LD/RD Adam Ginning, Two-way defenseman

121st OA
LW Erik Middendorf, Goal-scoring forward

125th OA
G Daniel Marmenlind, Butterfly style

156th OA
RD/LD Axel Andersson, Playmaking defenseman

187th OA
RD Yegor Voronkov, Offensive defenseman

Team Leaders 2017-2018

Goals: Gustav Nyquist | 31
Assists: Guistav Nyquist | 39
Points: Gustav Nyquist | 70
+/- : Gabriel Carlsson | +3
PIM: Tyler Bertuzzi | 103
SOG: Gustav Nyquist | 260
HT: Henrik Zetterberg | 169
SB: Danny DeKeyser | 134
TA: Danny DeKeyser | 91
GAA: Linus Ullmark | 3.04
SV%: Linus Ullmark | 0.899
Av R: Gustav Nyquist | 7.66

Team Stats 2017-2018
Goals For: 190
Goals Allowed: 296
Powerplay: 18.9 %
Penalty Killing: 82.5 %
Shooting Percentage: 9.10 %
Save Percentage: 87.90 %
Season Record: 19-51-12 (50 Points)
Goals For Average: 2.32
Goals Allowed Average: 3.61

Transactions 2018-2019 (Trade Center)

Mon Jul 16th 2018
To Vancouver Canucks: Luke Witkowski
To Detroit Red Wings: 4th Round pick 2019 (VAN), 4th Round Pick 2020 (VAN)

Fri Sep 21st 2018
To Colorado Avalanche: Danny DeKeyser
To Detroit Red Wings: Carl Söderberg

Sun Nov 4th 2018
To Tampa Bay Lightning: Nick Jensen
To Detroit Red Wings: 3rd Round Pick 2019 (TB), 4th round Pick 2020 (TB)

Wed Nov 7th 2018
To Washington Capitals: Brian Lashoff
To Detroit Red Wings: 4th round Pick 2019 (WSH), 4th Round Pick 2020 (WSH)

Player Signings 2018-2019 (UFA)

Thu Jul 5th 2018
LD/RD Patrik Nemeth, age 26, contract: 4 years, 2.5 Mio. $

Fri Jul 6th 2018
C/LW Jacob Josefson, age 27, contract: 3 years, 2.5 Mio. $

RW/LW Magnus Pääjärvi, age 27, contract: 3 years, 2.5 Mio. $

LW/C Dennis Rasmussen, age 28, contract: 3 years, 2.5 Mio. $

Sat Jul 7th 2018
RD/LD Christian Folin, age 27, contract: 3 years, 2.2 Mio. $

C Mikael Backlund, age 29, contract: 6 years, 4.0 Mio. $

Fri Jul 13th 2018
RW Patric Hörnqvist, age 31, contract: 6 years, 6.0 Mio. $

Mon Jul 30th 2018
C Henrik Sedin, age 37, contract: 1 year, 2.0 Mio. $

Sun Aug 5th 2018
LW Daniel Sedin, age 37, contract: 1 year, 2.2 Mio. $

Sat Aug 11th 2018
RW/LW Anton Rödin, contract: 2 years, 1.8 Mio. $

Sun Aug 12th 2018
RW/LW Mario Kempe, contract: 2 years, 2.0 Mio. $

Fri Oct 5th 2018 | Opening Night Roster 2018-2019



All Swedish born players! I thought it would take longer, but there is still work to do: Let's see if they can compete for the Stanley Cup!

How far have the Sedins regressed? $2M each seems really low for them to me.