Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (18) and Stian Solberg (18) were selected in the NHL draft on the night of Saturday Norwegian time, respectively by the Detroit Red Wings and Anaheim Mighty Ducks, writes NTB. Never before has a Norwegian been selected in the 1st round of the NHL draft. In Las Vegas on Saturday, both Brandsegg-Nygård and Stian Solberg became just that. Michael Brandsegg-Nygård during the NHL draft in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Photo: Uffe Bodin Brandsegg-Nygård was chosen as number 15, while Solberg was chosen as number 23. Both in the 1st round. – It’s actually quite incredible. It’s something I’ve had a dream about for the past few years, so it was fun to experience it, says Brandsegg-Nygård to news. Solberg says that it was a special feeling to hear his name being called out on stage. – It’s a completely insane feeling, and you black out a bit when you’re called up there, but I tried to go up with pride and just enjoy the moment, says Stian Solberg to news. – What do you know about the Anaheim Ducks? Stian Solberg is looking forward to moving to California Photo: Uffe Bodin – Not very much, but I guess I will find out quite a bit in the future, says the 18-year-old. He is looking forward to moving to California. – It’s hot there then. Beach and much like that. It’s probably something I can get used to, he says. Marius Holtet previously held the Norwegian record in the NHL draft. He was chosen number 42 (2nd round) by the Dallas Stars in 2002. Although Brandsegg-Nygård and Solberg were drafted early, they will probably return to Sweden to play next season. There they will gain more experience before possible NHL games, according to NTB, Stian Solberg was selected in the NHL draft on Saturday. Photo: Steve Marcus / AP / NTB Had to go through questions of war The road to the NHL draft has been demanding, according to the two. – The first thing they said when I came in was just “describe the color blue”, says Stian Solberg to news. The 18-year-old opens up about what happened on the inside when the world’s best ice hockey clubs were on the hunt for talent in the USA. Every year, the NHL clubs invite the world’s greatest ice hockey talents to a gathering where the athletes are tested physically, but also mentally. The clubs tend to ask unexpected questions at interviews. Stian Solberg and Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, who each play in their own Swedish club, spoke to around 30 NHL clubs. Several of them went to great lengths to put people out of the game. – Montreal brought a guy who investigates serial killers. He is very good at reading how people think and such, says Solberg. We’ll get back to what this homicide detective tried. FOLKSOMT: This is what it looks like when the NHL clubs interview the world’s greatest ice hockey talents. Photo: Club de Hockey Canadien Inc. In a comment to news, Montreal says that they do not want to reveal the content of the interviews with the players to the public. Put out: “What have I done?” At the same time that Solberg was interviewed, his friend Michael Brandsegg-Nygård was in another room with another NHL club. – They wanted to see my Uber app to see how many stars I had been given by the drivers who have driven me. It’s a function where they can rate how nice I am, says Brandsegg-Nygård. The app showed that Brandsegg-Nygård had received five stars from the drivers. Then the club decided to play the 18-year-old a trick. – They looked seriously at the five stars and said “This is not good”. – Did you get nervous then? – I thought “What have I done that has led to the drivers not liking me?”. But then the serious looks in the room turned to smiles. – They said that five stars is the maximum, so it was luck, says Brandsegg-Nygård with a laugh. IMPRESSES: Michael Brandsegg-Nygård played this season for the Swedish club Mora BK, where he was followed by NHL scouts. Photo: BILDBYRÅN That’s why the NHL clubs ask absurd questions Night to Saturday Norwegian time, the NHL clubs will choose from over 200 ice hockey talents from all over the world. It happens in Las Vegas, where Solberg and Brandsegg-Nygård are present. The NHL clubs each select their players in seven selection rounds, and Solberg and Brandsegg-Nygård are likely to be selected in the first round. No Norwegians have managed that before them. But what do unexpected questions about blue color and Uber ranking have to do with the world’s biggest ice hockey league? – It is important to think quickly in the NHL. On the ice, things usually don’t go as planned. You have to think quickly and adapt to unexpected situations. NHL teams like to ask their players questions that are unexpected or challenging to see how they react. If they can find an answer quickly, that’s a good sign, says Derek Neumeier. He is one of the chief scouts in the talent agency McKeen’s Hockey, which finds and analyzes the world’s greatest hockey talents. He says that the unexpected questions can have something to say about which player a club chooses. – If it takes them a long time to find an answer, or they can’t find anything at all, it might cause some concern about how quickly they can think and make decisions on the ice, says Neumeier. Stian Solberg (tv) and Michael Brandsegg-Nygård have trained together to become two of the world’s best ice hockey talents. Michael Brandsegg-Nygård has always had a great competitive instinct. Here he has just lost a game for Vålerenga.Stian Solberg has also been engrossed in ice hockey since he took his first skates as a two-year-old. Surprised Swede with toilet question Swedish Calle Odelius says that he was put through a dilemma during last year’s NHL interviews. – If you found a 50-dollar note in the toilet bowl and a 10-dollar note on the toilet lid, which one would you pick up?, Odelius tells news. – Why do you think you got that question? – To see if I’m willing to do “crap jobs” and work hard for different things, I suppose, says Odelius. – And then you wanted to pick up the 50-dollar bill from the bathroom? – Yes exactly. That’s what I answered. – How did you react to the question? – I was very surprised. It was not a question I had expected to get. It took a while before I knew what to answer, because I knew they had an ulterior motive with the question, says Odelius. SURPRISED: Swedish Calle Odelius was surprised with unexpected questions during last year’s NHL interview. Now he plays in Djurgården, but is owned by the New York Islanders and can be brought to the NHL already next season. Photo: BILDBYRÅN Zuccarello happy to release Time’s Norwegian NHL player Mats Zuccarello was never relevant for the talent interviews that Solberg and Brandsegg-Nygård had to go through before the NHL draft. He made his mark by impressing in Swedish hockey in his early 20s. – When I hear the questions that are asked, I’m glad I didn’t have to go through something like that, says Zuccarello to news. – The clubs know the players’ talent on the ice, but they would also like to see what personality they have and test whether it is someone they can take with them into the “war”, says Zuccarello. STAR: Mats Zuccarello at padel training in Oslo. He currently plays for the Minnesota Wild. The 36-year-old is listed with 835 games in the world’s best ice hockey league, the NHL. Photo: Terje Haugnes / news Homicide investigator got angry And war was precisely what Montreal Canadiens homicide investigator grilled Stian Solberg about. The question was about Solberg being the captain of a warship. Together with an Allied boat with friends on it, he was to shoot as many German enemy warships as possible. At one point, Solberg’s friends were hit and their boat sank. As Solberg remembers the dilemma, he should have continued to shoot German warships, but then he also happened to hit the Allied friends in the water. – I chose to shoot the enemy, which was my job. But then I had to sacrifice my friends, says Solberg. Then the homicide detective reacted. – I obviously made the wrong choice. Then he got mad. Due to the homicide detective’s reaction, Solberg changed his answer. – Then he got even angrier because I changed, Solberg says with a laugh. In retrospect, Solberg has thought that it was all a stress test. – I think he had said that it was the wrong answer regardless of what I answered. Just to see how I reacted, says Solberg. Stian Solberg ready for the draft with a specially made suit from the NHL. On the inside of the NHL suit, the place where the draft will take place is sewn in: The Sphere in Las Vegas. Stian Solberg’s signature is sewn into the NHL suit. Published 28.06.2024, at 22.15 Updated 29.06.2024, at 06.44
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