New Jersey Devils: 5 Prospects Who Can Surprisingly Make Team Next Season

Fabian Zetterlund

Fabian Zetterlund was one of the players we put on our watch list last offseason after he came over from Sweden, but he failed to impress right off the bat. He only got in one game and only took one shot on net. Then, the Devils put him in Binghamton to hone his skills.

He’s another player that took some time to get better. It took Zetterlund a little time to get used to playing the North American style with a different sized ice sheet. Now, he’s playing very well. He’s shifty in the Binghamton and has played really well since Boqvist was placed on a line with him.

Zetterlund was one of the most exciting prospects the Devils had for the past two years. He can make people miss with the best of them, and he has used that to make plays. It would take some time to make those same moves on a smaller ice, but he’s getting there.

Now, with a long time before we’re going to play hockey again, he has plenty of time to work on making his skills transition to North America. He needs to prove he can be a points scorer on the next level, because having under 20 points in 46 games was not good enough, but like we said he was on the right track into making something of this season. If Zetterlund takes two steps forward during this “pause”, he can prove himself to be a surprise NHLer.