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New York Islanders Daily: Linus Soderstrom Hints At Leaving SHL

By Matt O'Leary
TORONTO, ON - JANUARY 05: Goaltender Linus Soderstrom #30 of Sweden deflects the puck on a shot from Slovakia during the Bronze medal game of the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship on January 05, 2015 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Dennis Pajot/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - JANUARY 05: Goaltender Linus Soderstrom #30 of Sweden deflects the puck on a shot from Slovakia during the Bronze medal game of the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship on January 05, 2015 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Dennis Pajot/Getty Images) /
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New York Islanders prospect Linus Soderstrom hinted at leaving the SHL, and possibly coming here, on his Instagram yesterday.

Sorry for the delayed start with the daily’s today. If you’re on Long Island like me you know we got hit with some pretty good snow which delayed me getting to the blog. Nonetheless, let’s talk some New York Islanders hockey.

Linus Soderstrom definitely admitted he’s coming over to the U.S. right? That Instagram post all but confirmed he’s leaving Sweeden. If you missed it here’s what it looked like.

Linus is clearly saying goodbye to HV71 and one can assume that he’s coming here especially since he signed an entry-level deal not too long ago.

Soderstrom spent a good portion of the year hurt, unfortunately. In 14 games he had a 2.79 goals against average and a .894 save percentage. He was much more efficient in 2016-2017 when he had a .943 save percentage and a 1.34 goals against average.

Soderstrom likely starts next year in the AHL, but if he performs well I’m all for giving the 21-year-old a shot. He seems like the next man up for the Islanders franchise goalie.

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