The hockey season came to an end on Saturday for Detroit Red Wings prospect Eddie Genborg.

Or did it?

Genborg’s Swedish club Timra lost its final game of the SHL season by a 3-1 count to Vaxjo. Genborg collected an assist on his team’s only goal. However, Timra finished 12th in the league standings with 63 points, missing the playoffs.

Genborg finished third on the club with 25 points and fourth with nine goals. With his Swedish club hockey duty at season’s end, might the Red Wings think about bringing Genborg across the Atlantic Ocean to play for the AHL Grand Rapids Griffins?

Eddie Genborg(2nd Round’25)
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— Red Wings Prospects (@LGRWProspects) March 14, 2026

Genborg, Detroit’s 40th overall selection in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, hasn’t signed an entry-level deal with the Red Wings. He has one year left on his SHL pact with Timra. However, the Wings could opt to sign him to a professional tryout contract, allowing Genborg to join the Griffins.

Certainly, Grand Rapids could use the help. In recent days, Griffins forwards Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, Dominik Shine, and John Leonard have been summoned to the Red Wings. Beyond that, Grand Rapids is missing Nate Danielson and Amadeus Lombardi through injury.

Swedish Icon Sees Another Option For Red Wings Pick

Genborg, an 18-year-old right-winger, helped Sweden win gold at this year’s IIHF World Junior Championship. And a source no less than Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg believes that Genborg could fill a vital role for Sweden’s senior squad in the upcoming IIHF World Championship.

GENBORG’S SHOT WAS SO HARD HALF THE PLAYERS DID NOT KNOW IT WENT IN 🤣

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— TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 1, 2026

Forsberg admires the physical element that Genborg brings to the ice, feeling it’s a quality Sweden is lacking from its international squad.

“We don’t have a Swede who runs over people, and I think he has it in him,” Forsberg told STV Sport. “It would be pretty cool if we could get some of that.

“You don’t have to be the best in the world with a club, but if you can skate and can hit, you can actually be on an Olympic team.”

Forsberg sees in Genborg’s game another former Red Wings bruiser who was his international teammate.

“When we won (the Olympic gold medal) in 2006, we had Niklas Kronwall,” Forsberg said of the former Detroit defenseman. “Then their forwards knew that if they didn’t look up, they could be completely overrun.”