Player's Profile
- Name: Mats Froshaug
- Position: C
- Shoots: Left
- Height: 6-1
- Weight: 198 lbs
- Birthdate: 1988-07-31
- Eligible for Draft: 2006
- Drafted:
- Hometown: Oslo, Norway
- Acquired: 6th round (#161 overall), 2008
- Playing In: Europe
Mats Froshaug
Prospect Grade: 6.5 F (About Prospect Grades)
Profile Contributed By: HF Staff
History
2006-07: Froshaug played 37 games with Linkoping in Sweden’s SuperElit junior league, scoring 10 goals and 11 points. He also played for Norway in the Division 1 World Junior Championships where he tallied a pair of points.
2007-08: Once again, Froshaug played the bulk of his games in the Swedish junior league where he scored 18 goals and 18 assists in 35 games. He was a significant contributor for Norway in the Division 1 WJC with seven points in five games as well. He did see spot action in the men’s leagues as well, getting into a pair of SEL and Allsvenskan games respectively.
Talent Analysis
Largely an unknown on this side of the Atlantic, Froshaug is hailed as a physically strong and skilled two-way centre. He’s not a player who does anything exceptionally well, but doesn’t show any significant weaknesses either.
Future
Froshaug will undoubtedly have unreasonable expectations on him from many Canucks’ faithful due to the fact that he likely was a personal pick of highly considered European Scout Thomas Gradin. In reality, Froshaug is a player with depth line NHL potential who has a lot to prove in Sweden before he can be considered a real NHL prospect. Froshaug is expected to play for Linkoping in the SEL this season if all goes well.
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Profile Last Updated: September, 4th 2008
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