The tenacity, determination, and ruggedness of Detroit Red Wings prospect Eddie Genborg have won him plenty of praise this season for his work with Timra of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

If you haven’t already added net-front presence to his repertoire, then go ahead and do that.

Eddie Genborg(2nd Round’25) with a beautiful assist🍎 on the power play. Really smart play. #LGRW #timråik pic.twitter.com/xLWBVm9Tbt

— Red Wings Prospects (@LGRWProspects) February 19, 2026

The SHL returned from its Olympic break on Thursday, and Genborg returned to being a force for Timra. Although the stat sheet was only showing one assist next to his name following Timra’s 5-2 victory over Malmö, Genborg was a presence for the winners.

In particular, a net-front presence.

Alfons Freij, like Genborg, one of the heroes for Sweden’s gold medal-winning world junior squad, netted a pair of first-period goals. It’s unlikely that either would have found the net without Genborg completely obscuring the sightlines of Malmö goalkeeper Mark Langhamer.

“I’m just trying to obscure it so the goalkeeper doesn’t see anything,” Genborg told Swedish network TV4. Detroit chose Genborg 40th overall in the 2025 NHL entry draft.

Red Wings Icon Critical of KHL

Igor Larionov won three Stanley Cups as a member of the Red Wings. He’s a Hockey Hall of Famer. Larionov is known as The Professor.

When he speaks, hockey people listen.

Today, the coach of SKA St. Petersburg in the NHL, Larionov, was recently speaking about the quality of Russia’s top league. And the Russian media didn’t like what they heard.

“I’ve been working in the KHL for four years now, and I don’t see any players who are close in level to those currently playing in the NHL,” Larionov was reported as saying by Russian website Sport-Express. “That’s my feeling.”

With Russia still banned from international tournaments by the IIHF, just four KHL players were participating in the Olympics. Avtomobilist’s Stephan Da Costa played for France. Martin Gernat (Lokomotiv), Adam Liška (Severstal), and Adam Ružička (Spartak) suit up for Slovakia.

Larionov drew further ire when it was revealed by his club that he would be absent for a big KHL showdown between SKA and CSKA Moscow on the weekend.

“Igor Larionov has left for important hockey matters at the direction of the club’s management and will rejoin the team on Monday. Yuri Babenko will serve as acting head coach during his absence,” SKA said in a statement.

That important hockey business? He’s flying to Milan to watch the Olympic hockey gold medal game.

Larsson Comeback Short-Lived

Once thought of as the Red Wings’ goalie of the future, Filip Larsson’s future in the SHL is suddenly on hold.

Making his debut for Leksands, Larsson was forced to leave the game in the third period with an undisclosed injury. However, even without the former Detroit prospect between the pipes, Leksands beat Skelleftea 2-1 in overtime.

NEWS: Pittsburgh Penguins’ unrestricted free agent (UFA) G Filip Larsson has signed a four-year contract with Leksands (SHL).#NHL #LetsGoPens

(📷: Citizens’ View) pic.twitter.com/fei9ucrUtj

— Around The Horn Hockey (@ATHornHockey) February 4, 2026

It was the club’s first win in a month and first since the club sports director Thomas Johansson was fired. He’s the father of Red Wings prospect and Leksands defenseman Anton Johansson. Interestingly, Johansson was not in the Leksands lineup for the game.

Johansson, 21, has 2-9-11 totals in 35 games this season. He’s second on the team in average time on ice at 21:12. Detroit made Johansson the 105th overall selection of the 2022 NHL entry draft.