He split time last season between Frolunda HC's under-18 team and under-20 team, the latter of which is part of the SuperElit, Sweden’s top junior league. In his 22 games with the big club he picked up seven points (four goals, three assists), to go along with his 12 goals in 10 games with the u-18 squad.
Then, two weeks ago, he was drafted twice in a matter of days - first by the Kings.
With Los Angeles in desperate need of some left wing depth throughout the organization, they selected him in the seventh round of the recent NHL Draft. Now, the 6-foot-3, 198 pound 17-year old is headed to California for next week's Development Camp.
Prior to departing his native Sweden for the States, I spoke with him by phone to talk about what's been going lately and his plans for the future.
MM: Starting with the NHL draft - how did you find out and did you even know the Kings were interested in you?
MS: Todd Woodcraft (the Kings European scout) called me a few minutes before they picked me and told me to watch the draft on the internet. That's how I found out. I was first contacted by him around February or March. So, I knew they were following me a little bit. But, I wasn't sure I was going to get drafted. It was a big surprise for me.
MM: Let's get the obvious question out of the way - how annoying is it to have people always confuse you with the race car driver Michael Schumacher?
