Adam Larsson
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Adam Larsson returns to NJ to face his former team.
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12 November 1992 Skellefteå, Sweden |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Edmonton Oilers Skellefteå AIK New Jersey Devils |
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| National team |
 Sweden
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| NHL Draft | 4th overall, 2011 New Jersey Devils |
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| Playing career | 2009–present | ||
 Larsson playing for his native Sweden. |
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| Representing Sweden
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| Men's Junior ice hockey | ||
| World Junior Championship | ||
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2010 Canada | |
| IIHF World U18 Championships | ||
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2010 Belarus | |
Nils Erik Adam Larsson (born 12 November 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected fourth overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. The youngest player on the Skellefteå AIK squad at the time of his draft, Larsson was the first defenceman and first European-trained player to be drafted in 2011.
The 2009–10 Elitserien season turned out to be a spectacular breakthrough season for Larsson. He scored two goals in an Elitserien game against Timrå IK on 15 October 2009. By the end of the season, Larsson had tied the single-season record for amount of points in Elitserien among defencemen under the age of 18, 17 points, a record that was set by Tomas Jonsson in 1977–78, who compiled eight goals and nine assists in 35 games.
Larsson fought Timrå IK forward Daniel Corso in a game on 2 November 2010, receiving a cut eyebrow during the altercation. Larsson commented that he kept his gloves on because removing them during a fight in Elitserien leads to an automatic one game suspension. Although Larsson didn't remove his gloves, both he and Corso were suspended for two games and received fines as a result of the fight.
Larsson's play in the 2010–11 season earned him a nomination for the Elitserien Rookie of the Year award, but Mattias Ekholm would eventually win the award.
Larsson was selected in the first round, fourth overall, by the New Jersey Devils during the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Seen as a move towards rebuilding the Devils defence corp, Larsson was rated by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau as the top European prospect available in the 2011 Draft. Larsson, who has been compared to the Detroit Red Wings' defenceman Nicklas Lidström, signed a three-year, entry-level contract with no bonuses at the NHL maximum of US$925,000 per year with the Devils on 15 July 2011, due to general manager Lou Lamoriello's disapproval of performance bonuses. He made the team in training camp and became the first 18-year-old defenceman to dress for the Devils in the regular season since Scott Niedermayer in the 1991–92 season, only the sixth under-20 defenceman to play for the Devils, and the first 18-year-old defenceman in the NHL since 2008, when Drew Doughty, Zach Bogosian and Luke Schenn all made their NHL debuts.
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