Former #NJDevils forward Fabian Zetterlund made the final Sweden roster. Holtz was cut in favor of 3 non NHLers.

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1. Starting to wonder if Holtz is “that” player that we think has high potential and high trade value, but 31 other teams and fan bases go “lol no.”

2. Well, hope the kid has even more of a chip on his shoulder

3. Its such a shame bc Holtzy really needs to step it up rn and prove the haters wrong.

4. I always liked Zetterlund’s shot, wish we kept him and sent Holtz for Timo.

5. Every major national team has guys who can score. If you’re not an elite offensive player, you need to be able to contribute in other areas to be valuable.

   This sub got obsessed with the idea that Ruff had some kind of vendetta against Holtz, but it’s obvious that he’s not the only person who needs to see more from him without the puck on his stick.

6. Shame. Holtzy could’ve used this chance to really prove himself 🙁

7. why are people so obsessed with this kid? He has a good snipe, wow. That’s it. Move on

8. Can we put this to bed now? The guy sucks at defense. I’ve been saying it all year. That is the beginning and end of this discussion.

   The good news is that Defense is the one thing that can be learned. Every data point this kid has received is to pick it up in the D zone. I genuinely hope that he takes those messages seriously and gets to work.

9. Lindy ruff vindicated

10. Good for Zetty.

11. Wow Lindy ruff must be coaching Sweden too! /s

12. Holtz is a sniper but his conditioning sucks .but being a sniper means nothing if you don’t get yourself open or work to make plays .

13. Good for Zetty but oof for Holtz. I still don’t get how polarizing this kid is, but it’s also kinda nuts we drafted him higher than Mercer in the same year

14. Why would Lindy do this???

15. This is turning out to be a bad pick. Either he succeed here or he ends up back in Europe.