Lucas Raymond | Photo: nhl.com
Before the World Championships in Prague and Ostrava in May, the Swedish national team pulled out another trump card – Detroit striker Lucas Raymond confirmed his participation in the championship this evening.
82 games, 31 goals and 41 assists. This is the record of twenty-two-year-old Lucas Raymond in the NHL this year. Not only did he dominate the scoring of the Red Wings, only three players from his compatriots scored more goals: Filip Forsberg, William Nylander and Elias Pettersson.
This shows how big a boost this is for Tre kronor.
At the same time, Raymond’s participation in the championship seemed rather unlikely, because his rookie contract in Detroit expires in June and he is currently negotiating a new, probably very lucrative contract.
Eventually, however, they arrive in Ostrava.
Let’s remind you that the former top four in the draft started at the World Championship last year in Riga and Tampere – then they collected eight points in eight games. Given the progress Raymond has made since last year, even better performances are expected now.
Likewise, much is expected from the entire Swedish national team. The last time she won a medal at the World Championships was in 2018, and since then she has never made it past the quarterfinals.
But this year…
This year, he can easily think about gold. Erik Karlsson and Rasmus Dahlin will manage the defense, André Burakovsky and Joel Eriksson-Ek will be among the leaders of the attack in addition to Raymond, and Filip Gustavsson will be the goalkeeper.
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