Guest habfan in leafland Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Profile: Name: Niklas Torp Position: D Shoots: Left Height: 5-11 Weight: 196 lbs Birthdate: 1989-04-10 Eligible for Draft: 2007 Drafted: 2007 Hometown: Jonkoping, Sweden Acquired: 6th round (#163 overall), 2007 Playing In: HV 71 Jönköping This sounds like a decent pick at 163rd overall. Some had him as the 7th best European player in the draft. Here's what i found on him: Talent Analysis As a player, he stands out with his physical and aggressive play. He has good timing in his hits and loves to deliver a good check when given the opportunity. He plays somewhat dirty at times and agitates the opposing players frequently. His mobility is decent, but hockey sense and offensive awareness average. He has a pretty powerful slap shot and is a good leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tomzilla Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 i was just about to make a thread about him it was a steal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hoser Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Sounds like another Emelin/Valentenko type of player. Good to see us stocking up on hard-hitting, dirty defensive-defensemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest habfan in leafland Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 i was just about to make a thread about him it was a steal! Sorry to steal your topic on you. I love mean defencemen who are dirty sometimes! Makes the forwards think twice when they come in the zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafs_rock_go_mccabe Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I couldn't find a thread about Nichlas, so I decided to make one. Here are some links: TSN Player Profile Hockey's Future Player Profile Does anyone think he could be a darkhorse draft choice in a few years? Making the team, playing an important role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russianhabsfan Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Not too shabby at all. It says that he also likes to agitate. I'd love to see an agitating defenseman with the Habs one day. This is like mixing Komisarek with Lapierre... could be something interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTA Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I couldn't find a thread about Nichlas, so I decided to make one. Here are some links: TSN Player Profile Hockey's Future Player Profile Does anyone think he could be a darkhorse draft choice in a few years? Making the team, playing an important role? He was ranked the top European defenseman and seventh best overall among Europeans in the 2007 draft, and he is a pretty good young defenseman who is both smart offensively and defensively......but like fellow prospect Ben Maxwell, Torp has had a couple of serious injuries take toll on him over the past couple of seasons....big reason why he was still around in the 6th round of the 2007 draft and last year he didn't end up into to many games if any...which is to bad because he would have definately been a part of the 2008 WJC for Sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBrains Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 This season will be a big one for him as far as development. He missed all of last season with an injury. He will still be eligible for this years World Juniors, if he has a good start he could get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafs_rock_go_mccabe Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 He was ranked the top European defenseman and seventh best overall among Europeans in the 2007 draft, and he is a pretty good young defenseman who is both smart offensively and defensively......but like fellow prospect Ben Maxwell, Torp has had a couple of serious injuries take toll on him over the past couple of seasons....big reason why he was still around in the 6th round of the 2007 draft and last year he didn't end up into to many games if any...which is to bad because he would have definately been a part of the 2008 WJC for Sweden This season will be a big one for him as far as development. He missed all of last season with an injury. He will still be eligible for this years World Juniors, if he has a good start he could get in. Hockey's Future has him as playing the WJC in 2007 w/ Sweden. Wouldn't that have been last season's tournament? It says in 6 games he had 1 assist and was +5. Sounds okay to me. It's interesting to hear at one point in time he was regarded as the best European defenseman in the draft. I guess the injuries really crushed that for him. Hopefully his injuries are behind him and he can focus on having a great season. Maybe we can see him in Hamilton in 2 or 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTA Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hockey's Future has him as playing the WJC in 2007 w/ Sweden. Wouldn't that have been last season's tournament? It says in 6 games he had 1 assist and was +5. Sounds okay to me. It's interesting to hear at one point in time he was regarded as the best European defenseman in the draft. I guess the injuries really crushed that for him. Hopefully his injuries are behind him and he can focus on having a great season. Maybe we can see him in Hamilton in 2 or 3 years. Nope last year was the 2008...kinda confusing because the WJC itself started Boxing Day 2007 but ended in January of 2008, but yeah last years WJC was 2008, and he was injured pretty much of last year......Actually I'm not sure if he even played in the World Juniors of 2007, I know he did however play at the U18 WJC which is a totally different tourney..that might be the tournament that hockeys future has listed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 I couldn't find a thread about Nichlas, so I decided to make one. It was in the archives (I must have done it by mistake). I have now merged both threads into one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Torp a RD is the odd man out this year behind RD Mikko Luoma, Pasi Puistola, Nicholas Angell and Daniel Grillfors who are all averaging over 17 minutes a game. Though he has played 12 games he is averaging only 6:22 a game (ranked 8th of the defencemen on the team). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafs_rock_go_mccabe Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Torp a RD is the odd man out this year behind RD Mikko Luoma, Pasi Puistola, Nicholas Angell and Daniel Grillfors who are all averaging over 17 minutes a game. Though he has played 12 games he is averaging only 6:22 a game (ranked 8th of the defencemen on the team). Maybe he should come to Canada then. I'm sure he would get better playing time in the CHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 It is not really an option as he was not drafted in the CHL import draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utreder Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 I heard good things about him during developement camp. Maybe he's just not being played because hitting, grit, and tenacity aren't relevant skills over there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafs_rock_go_mccabe Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 It is not really an option as he was not drafted in the CHL import draft. Ah well, that's no good. I don't suppose there's really anywhere else he could play unless Montreal wanted to sign him to an entry-level contract, which I assume they don't right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strutsboa Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Torp is playing in the first pairing today in swedish Elitserien for last years champions HV71. Unfortunately I can't see the game so I wont be able to give any judgements of his play, but it's very fun that he got the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strutsboa Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 +1, 2 shots and 23:13 icetime in their 4-3 win over Farjestad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strutsboa Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 One of Swedens 7 defencemen in the JWC in Ottawa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-gt-go-habs-go Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 One of Swedens 7 defencemen in the JWC in Ottawa! have rosters been released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strutsboa Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 have rosters been released? Yes, atleast Swedens roster have been released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs-24 Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 looking forward to seeing niklas this christmas, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafs_rock_go_mccabe Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Ah, Torp made the Junior camp roster, eh? That's pretty cool. Hopefully if he makes the team and has a good tournament he might garner some more disucssion within the Habs' organization! There's nothing like having more than enough good, young, D-men! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utreder Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Anyone else mildly impressed with his game against Canada? He was dirty as heck that's for sure, but he competes and can sure lay a hit. He reminded me a lot of Bouillon, he's a tough dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flunky Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Anyone else mildly impressed with his game against Canada? He was dirty as heck that's for sure, but he competes and can sure lay a hit. He reminded me a lot of Bouillon, he's a tough dude. Mildly impressed? I loved it! This kid doesn't play like a 5'10" Swedish defenseman. He was throwing death hits out there all night. In the second period, he ran 6'3" 210 pound Alex Pietrangelo and the Canadian got the worst of it. Or what about the meeting of future Habs, when Subban and Torp collided in a big open ice hit? The "Torpedo" finished the game with 14 PIM's and was clearly a standout in a game that was supposed to showcase fellow Swedish rearguard Victor Hedman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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