{"id":558457,"date":"2026-04-23T20:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/558457\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:01:16","slug":"winnipeg-jets-prospect-viktor-klingsell-signs-two-year-contract-with-skelleftea-aik-illegal-curve-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/558457\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets prospect Viktor Klingsell signs two-year contract with Skellefte\u00e5 AIK \u2013 Illegal Curve Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some overseas news as Jets prospect Viktor Klingsell, who they drafted in the 5th round of the 2025 NHL Draft, has signed a two-year contract with Skellefte\u00e5 AIK of the SHL the hockey club reported.<\/p>\n<p>Klingsell was very noticeable when the team assembled in Winnipeg following the draft for Development Camp. While not the biggest player (5\u201910) his talent was very evident.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208003\" class=\"wp-image-208003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CS-July-01-2025_6295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-208003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)<\/p>\n<p>He went back to Sweden after camp and played for a few different clubs including getting into 12 SHL games with Skellefte\u00e5 AIK scoring once, eight games in the second tier HockeyAllsvenskan on loan with \u00d6stersunds IK where he had one goal and six assists and 25 games with Skellefte\u00e5 AIK U20 scoring 17 times along with 25 assists.<\/p>\n<p>In the first year of the agreement he will be loaned to Kalmar in the HockeyAllsvenskan. In the team release they quote Klingsell when it comes to next season\u2019s start with Kalmar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skellefteaaik.se\/article\/eekatdw-5n5bi1\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">as saying<\/a>*:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cI think it\u2019s a great experience. I\u2019ve already gotten a feel for the league and getting senior experience is A big plus. It\u2019s a fast-paced and fun hockey which suits my style of play. I know where the league is at the level and think it will be a perfect level for to be both challenged and developed on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Skellefte\u00e5 AIK GM Erik Forssell comments* on the contract:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph text-left\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWe are happy to have Viktor has been finalized for the next two years. First year on his contract he will be loaned out to HockeyAllsvenskan Kalmar. Viktor has a huge pile of skill level and this loan will be a perfect step for him to continue to develop and adapt their game in good senior hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For those curious or potentially concerned this is not an unexpected move. We will likely next see the Swedish forward at the end of June for Development Camp.<\/p>\n<p>*using translate so may not be exact.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/logoillegalnew.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some overseas news as Jets prospect Viktor Klingsell, who they drafted in the 5th round of the 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5121],"tags":[5,78,4,77,18,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-558457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg-jets","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-winnipeg","12":"tag-winnipeg-jets","13":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116455806983906361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}