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Philip Broberg to stay in Sweden one more seasonMarch 29, 2020 | 12:00 AM

The Edmonton Oilers will have defenseman Philip Broberg stay and play in Sweden one more season. Analysis: The 18-year-old was drafted eighth overall by the Oilers in 2019 and has eight points in 45 games with Skelleftea of the SHL. "Obviously when you take a player eighth in the draft and he's a defenceman you want some offence, but Philip was an 18-year-old playing in a men's league this season," Oilers GM Ken Holland said. "We feel he's in a good place at Skelleftea, Philip was happy this year and we'd like to see him on more speciality teams next season. We'd like to have him come to our training camp this year to see what he looks like. And the last world juniors he was playing with (a Los Angeles Kings first-rounder, Tobias) Bjornfot in a defensive role. (Toronto first-rounder, Rasmus) Sandin and a few others were used on the power play and with the more offensive players. He wasn't that guy then, but my hope is at the next world juniors (scheduled for Edmonton and Red Deer over Christmas) he'll be in that role if he earns it. And we'll see him in our own back yard." He is going to be a good one and if you are in dynasty leagues, do not forget about Broberg as he is a great skater with offensive talent.