This story originally appeared on hockeysverige.se and has been translated from Swedish to English.
The World Juniors can certainly change your career scope.
While Otto Stenberg didn’t leave Ottawa with a medal, he earned accolades from the St. Louis Blues, the team that drafted him 25th overall in Nashville 2023.
Instead of returning to his SHL team, Malmö Redhawks, the Blues thought it would be better to stay in North America and finish the season in the AHL with the Springfield Thunderbirds.
“I received a call on Wednesday where (Blues assistant GM Alexander Steen) said they liked what they had seen and thought it would be good for me to come over,” Stenberg said after just landing in Boston for…