Oilers may have new starting goalie coming as prospect turns heads with elite award

The 21 year old Swedish goaltender began making waves earlier this season as an under the radar promising prospect, and now it's continuing with this league award.

According to a new release from the Hockey Allsvenskan, Jonsson has been awarded the league's goalie of the year award for his 24 games of work with Bofors IK.

The Oilers selected the Swedish goaltender back in the 5th round of the 2022 draft. Jonsson had a fantastic season well deserving of the award, posting .922 save percentage, a 1.88 GAA, a 17-6 record, and 6 shutouts.

Since his draft year, Jonsson's remained in the second level Swedish league, but he's also sprouted to a height of 6'5 and 201 pounds - up 2 inches and 15 pounds since h draft year too.

With these incredible results and his growth spurt since the draft year, there's some promise that Jonsson could become an NHL starting goalie. He'll have to begin with the jump to the division 1 Swedish league, and the Oilers will be carefully monitoring his progress in that jump.

The Oilers are in a desperate need for a true starting goaltender to take the reins in Edmonton, and hopefully, they have one cooking in the system with Jonsson.