Florida Panthers‘ 1st round pick in the 2016 draft (#29 overall) Finnish-born center Henrik Borgstrom(95) played his first 4 games in the big league fresh off two years at University Of Denver notching a first NHL goal in the 2017/2018 finale.
He was a scoring terror in college hockey, helping his team to a 2017 NCAA Championship as a first year player and also being named Rookie Of The Year, then continuing with lots more honors like Player and Forward Of The Year for his 23 goals and 29 assists, plus given the nod as a Hobey Baker Award finalist in his final run.
The 6’3″ 185 lbs. forward is off to a nice start for affiliate Springfield Thunderbirds as a rookie with 5 goals and 17 assists and a +4 rating to earn a first recall.
Wasting little time getting busy he skated 17 shifts for 12:18 ice time, went 67% on the face-off dot, had 1 shot, 1 hit, 1 breakups, 2 giveaways and 2 takeaways, left the 4-3 overtime win with a -1 rating.
It seems like they aren’t rushing to break in the 21-year old, whose is technically in the 2nd year of a three-year entry level deal.