{"id":40415,"date":"2025-08-03T13:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/40415\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T13:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:55:09","slug":"nhl-news-jonatan-berggren-sends-strong-message-to-todd-mclellan-detroit-red-wings-ahead-of-the-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/40415\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL News: Jonatan Berggren sends strong message to Todd McLellan, Detroit Red Wings ahead of the next season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Redemption is a strong word \u2014 one that, in many cases, carries weight in sports ahead of a new campaign. Such is the case for the Detroit Red Wings, who will be looking to return to the spotlight in the upcoming NHL<\/a> season. Todd McLellan knows he has a roster hungry for glory, including Jonatan Berggren, who has already made it clear that something big is coming.<\/p>\n

The Swedish winger knows he didn\u2019t post the strongest numbers last year, but despite that, he feels much more confident since McLellan<\/a>\u2019s arrival to the team \u2014 a coach who managed to give him more consistency and playing time throughout the competition.<\/p>\n

In a recent conversation with the media, Berggren spoke about what lies ahead, subtly signaling to both his coach and teammates that he hopes to elevate his game from Day 1 in order to further strengthen the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year was a good year for me,\u201d he said via NHL.com \u201cI feel like I got more opportunity after Todd [McLellan] became head coach, and I think I played better. This one-year deal is a prove-it-deal for me. I want to show what I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jonatan<\/p>\n

Jonatan Berggren #48 of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates his first period goal with teammates while playing the Montreal Canadiens at Little Caesars Arena on January 23, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like I was part of the team,\u201d he also added. \u201cIt\u2019s hard when you\u2019re going up and down between the AHL and NHL, so I got that confidence being there for a full year and I\u2019m going to build off that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NHL<\/p>\n

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NHL News: Todd McLellan receives encouraging message from key Red Wings player ahead of next season<\/p>\n

<\/a>The excitement of working with McLellan<\/p>\n

The arrival of Todd McLellan as the new head coach of the Detroit Red Wings<\/a>, following the departure of Derek Lalonde at the end of last year, brought with it a sense of renewal that was quickly felt throughout the franchise\u2019s facilities.<\/p>\n

As preparations intensify for their first exhibition game against the Chicago Blackhawks on September 23, Berggren revealed his excitement about being able to prepare for a new season from the start, with his coach leading the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we played really good hockey when Todd came in,\u201d he said. \u201cNow that we\u2019re going to start with him, it\u2019s going to be good to have a full camp with the new systems rather than how we had to learn during the middle of the season. That\u2019s going to be huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

SurveyCan the Detroit Red Wings be contenders next NHL season?<\/p>\n

Can the Detroit Red Wings be contenders next NHL season?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Redemption is a strong word \u2014 one that, in many cases, carries weight in sports ahead of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,3064,575,85,28728],"class_list":["post-40415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-todd-mclellan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}