Swedish
goaltender Arvid Holm, 26, is expected sign with the Detroit Red Wings this off-season, according to a tweet from Cam Robinson, Content
Director and Director of Film Scouting
for EliteProspects.com.
Playing
for Rögle BK in the SHL this past season,
the 6-foot-5 Holm
posted a 1.90 goals-against average, a .925
save percentage and four shutouts while
playing in 35 of
his team’s 52 regular-season games and
was awarded the Honken Trophy as the league’s top goaltender. In
the 14-team league, Rögle
was tied for the fifth-best goals against
total but was ranked 12th
in goals scored.
Rögle
finished seventh in the regular season
before losing two straight games to the 10th-place Malmö
Redhawks in a play-in series by scores of
2-1 in overtime and 3-0.
Holm
still has another two years remaining on his contract with Rögle
but European contracts commonly contain
escape clauses should the player receive an NHL offer.
Originally
from Ljungby, Sweden, Holm played for the Ljungby-Troja, Karlskrona
and Färjestad clubs and was a sixth-round
pick of the Winnipeg Jets in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.
Holm
played three seasons in North America from 2021 to 2024 in the
Winnipeg and Colorado Avalanche systems, playing in pre-season games
and serving as the backup for both teams in a handful of NHL games,
but didn’t earn any NHL regular-season minutes. In 71 AHL games,
Holm had a goals-against average of 2.80, a save percentage of 2.80
and two shutouts.
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