One of the hockey talents' greatest talents is a German defender who has spent the past year in Ängelholm.

Rögle's Moritz Seider, 20, was named SHL's best defender during the season that went by when the Scanians took a rattling SM silver.

- I have had a fantastic time in Rögle.

The pandemic has been a strange time for everyone, but I am very happy that I found an organization where I got a lot of playing time.

It has been a good year for my development and I go into the next season with confidence, says the talent to SVT Sport.

- I did not learn to speak Swedish, but "coffee" is definitely a word I will never forget.

Probably a factor as to why they're doing so poorly in Detroit.

"Everything else would be a disappointment"

That Seider was chosen as number six in the NHL draft in 2019 surprised many.

Not least the fans in Detroit who then knew very little about the curly promise and criticized the election.

But that was then.

Now, instead, voices are being raised that the Red Wings must call him over for next season.

- Playing in the NHL next season is definitely my goal and what I push for.

I want to take a jersey in Detroit next season and everything else would be disappointing.

And what has the club said?

How is the dialogue going?

- We have not talked lately but I think it is the World Cup that will be decisive.

I want to be here and now and not look too far ahead.

There have been good talks with Detroit, but now I'm here with the German national team and that's what matters most right now.

Worked as an ice boy in 2010

The last time Germany won a World Cup medal was a silver in 1953. It also has a silver from 1930 and a bronze from 1934 on the merit list.

This year they have already secured a top four place and most recently it happened - at the home World Cup in Cologne / Paris in 2010 - Moritz Seider worked as an ice boy.

Probably just to get used to the fact that the Germans go a long way in big championships.

This generation of German hockey players knows what it feels like to fight for medals (Olympic silver 2018), win the points league in the NHL (Leon Draisaitl) and go high in the draft (Stützle and Seider).

- We are not afraid of losing anymore.

We want the puck and want to win matches.

That is the biggest difference compared to five or ten years ago.

Then we played more so as not to lose.

Now we play to win matches and take medals, says Seider.

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Germany's team captain Moritz Müller describes 20-year-old back colleague Moritz Seider, in everyday life in Rögle in the SHL, as a "surreal player". Photo: Bildbyrån