Nicklas Lasu and is excellent on the penalty kill. Is a great shot blocker and can do a bit of agitation at times. Can play all three forward positions. Lasu is a cousin of former Frölunda HC player Magnus Kahnberg. His father is Tyrone Lasu. Nicklas Lasu Nicklas Tyrone Lasu (born 16 September 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for Oulun Kärpät in the Liiga. He formerly played with Frölunda HC in Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Lasu was selected by the Atlanta Thrashers in the fifth round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and was part of the
2007–08 Pittsburgh Penguins season Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player most valuable to his team. With 106 points, Malkin was the Penguins' leader in scoring. He finished second in the League only to Ovechkin. At one point in the season, Malkin recorded a 15-game point streak, the longest by a Russian player in the NHL. In June, he was announced as the League's top center and honored on the First All-Star Team alongside Ovechkin and Iginla, defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom and Dion Phaneuf, and goaltender Evgeni Nabokov. The Penguins benefited from the success of several players who were called up from the team's American Hockey