Player's Profile
- Name: David Rundblad
- Position: D
- Shoots: Left
- Height: 6-2
- Weight: 198 lbs
- Birthdate: 1990-10-08
- Eligible for Draft: 2009
- Drafted: 2009
- Hometown: Lycksele, Sweden
- Acquired: Trade with Phoenix, December 17th, 2011
- Playing In: Pro
David Rundblad
Prospect Grade: 8.0 B (About Prospect Grades)
Profile Contributed By: HF Staff
History
2007-08: Played with Skelleftea's U20 team, registering 26 points in 35 games. Competed with the U18 WJC squad.
2008-09: Played for Skelleftea in the SEL, posting 10 assists in 45 games. Represented silver medal winning Sweden in the 2009 WJC. Drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round of the 2009 NHL Draft.
2009-10: Started with Skellefteå J20, scoring 4 points in 3 games before making the big club and playing 47 games with. In his time there, Rundblad would score 1 goal and 12 assists with Skellefteå. He would also play a role with Sweden’s Bronze Medal Team at the World Juniors, scoring 5 points in 6 games.
2010-11: Rundblad would be acquired via trade in the 2010 draft for the 16th overall pick in 2011. He would go on to register 11 goals and 50 points in 55 games. When asked about Rundblad, Ottawa GM Bryan Murray had this to say: "When we traded for him, we knew that he was a good player. We gave up a first-round pick wondering if we could get that good a player in the draft last year and we felt we couldn’t. He went back and he played extremely well. He’s a high-skill guy. I think the fact that he was able to play where he played was great. The other thing we knew is that he was going to play for Anders Forsberg, who had scouted for us prior to that. We knew he was going to get lots of ice time, lots of development and, obviously, he did a heck of a job."
2011-12: Rundblad made his NHL debut with the Senators, playing primarily bottom-pairing minutes. He was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes in mid-December for for center Kyle Turris.
Talent Analysis
Rundblad is an offensive minded defenseman with very good size and puck skills. He has impressive vision and likes to move the puck into the offensive zone with slick stickhandling and good speed. Handles the puck with confidence and has very good poise. A great option from the blueline, where he releases a fairly accurate shot and also find his teammates with tape-to-tape passes. Size and strength is good.
In his own end, Rundblad tends to not play it simple enough at times. He is a tad too creative and could also be more aggressive and determined in his play. If he develops his defensive game, he will be a high-scoring two-way defenseman. If not, he will still be a capable power play quarterback, but a potential liability in his own end.
Future
Rundblad has taken the next step in his career by moving over to North America for the 2011 – 2012 campaign. The smooth-skating Swede has put his offensive upside on display and shown enough to earn a spot on the Ottawa blue-line as a seventh defenseman to begin the season. The skill package is there and continued work on the defensive elements of his game will round him into a complete defenseman. Expect the organization to ease him into the lineup over the course of this season as their overall realistic expectation is that of player and chemistry development as their team success metrics.
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Profile Last Updated: December, 18th 2011
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