After taking Czech Republic native Filip Zadina and Canadian Joseph Veleno in the first round, Detroit selected forward Jonatan Berggren with the first of their two second-round picks, at No. 33.

"It was a shock," Berggren said. "It was so amazing. Detroit when I was younger was one of my favorite clubs. It's amazing."

As a Swede, Berggren naturally followed the Wings and their many Swedes.

"Yeah, of course," he said. "(Nick) Lidstrom and (Henrik) Zetterberg and (Tomas) Holmstrom, many."

Fans who attended the Five Nations Tournament at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth earlier in the year might have seen Berggren there playing for Team Sweden.

Berggren expects to remain in Sweden to continue his development as many young Swedes choose to do.

The Wings had planned on taking a goaltender in this draft and and found one in Swede Jesper Eliasson, whom they chose with their third third-round pick, at No. 84.

Eliasson was not in Dallas for the draft.

The Wings weren't done with goaltenders from Sweden, taking Victor Brattstrom in the sixth round, 160th overall.

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