Adam Larsson
D SEA
Tue 1/22/13 4:58 PM

Adam Larsson will be one of three healthy scratches for the second straight game Tuesday. The Devils are jammed on the back end as evidenced by the eight defensemen on their NHL roster. For his part, Larsson isn't creating any waves, saying he's fine sitting as long as the team keeps winning. "I don't think he'll change the lineup when we win games. I think that's a good thing, even when I'm (the guy) out," Larsson said of coach Pete DeBoer. "As long as the team wins games the lineup should stay the same."

Adam Larsson
D SEA
Mon 1/21/13 8:25 AM

Adam Larsson is staying positive despite the fact that he started the season in the press box. Larsson talked with Devils coach Pete DeBoer about being a healthy scratch. "He was honest with me," Larsson said. "We had a good chat there. I'm just going to try to keep my mood up and be ready when I'm in the lineup." DeBoer said that Larsson will have a "big role" this season, although we remain skeptical.

Adam Larsson
D SEA
Sat 1/19/13 2:14 PM

Adam Larsson will be a healthy scratch on Saturday. "(Larsson) will be out tonight," Devils coach Pete DeBoer said, "but I thought he had a very good camp for us. I told him that he's going to play a big role for us this year." It's hard to envision Larsson playing a bigger role for the Devils in 2013 when DeBoer didn't even include him in the team's opening game lineup. Larsson has plenty of offensive upside, but standard league owners might want to seriously look at their alternatives.

Adam Larsson
D SEA
Thu 1/17/13 3:39 PM

Adam Larsson might make the Devils team even if he's not in the most critical role. When asked if Larsson would be a member of the team even if he wasn't a top-six defenseman, Devils coach Pete DeBoer argued that all 23 roster players will get ice time. "No one is going to be sitting for eight or 10 games," DeBoer said. "That's not realistic. This is going to be a war of attrition. Everybody is going to get an opportunity." Granted, but Larsson needs to be more than a depth guy in order to have any fantasy value. He has plenty of offensive upside, but you're taking a sizable risk if you draft him in standard leagues.

Adam Larsson
D SEA
Mon 1/14/13 5:20 PM

Adam Larsson feels he benefited tremendously from playing a lot and in all situations with AHL Albany this campaign. "I've been stronger, I've been faster," he said. "It's a different type of play down there. There's not a lot of system and it can be hard some games. You never know. You can get three guys on you. That's probably the biggest difference compared to here and I think that's a good experience to have. It's been very helpful for me. It's been fun." New Jersey coach Pete DeBoer feels that Larsson made positive strides in the minors as well. The fourth overall pick in the 2011 draft earned 19 points in 33 games with Albany during the lockout.

Adam Larsson
D SEA
Sun 1/6/13 9:21 PM

Blueliner Adam Larsson scored a goal for the Albany River Rats in a 5-2 win over Binghamton Sunday. After recording 18 points as a rookie with New Jersey last season, the fourth overall pick from the 2011 draft has now registered 17 points in 31 contests in the AHL. Expect him to join his NHL teammates as training camp opens later this week.

Adam Larsson
D SEA
Sat 12/15/12 9:40 PM

Adam Larsson recorded an assist in Albany's 2-1 shootout loss to Providence on Saturday night. The transition for the Devils' 2011 first-round pick to the NHL wasn't as smootha as they had hoped, but Larsson is widely expected to become a bonafide first-pair defenseman in time. The AHL work will probably prove beneficial in the long run -- as he's still only 20 years old. Larsson has 12 points in 23 games.

Adam Larsson
D SEA
Sat 12/8/12 7:58 PM

Adam Larsson had a helper in Albany's 3-1 win over Bridgeport Sound on Saturday night. Larsson didn't make the seamless transition last year the Devils hoped for after being selected fourth overall in the 2011 draft, but that hasn't dimmed his stock as an emerging force on the blueline. He has 11 points in 19 games in the AHL. Mattias Tedenby also had a helper, his eighth point of the season.

Adam Larsson
D SEA
Wed 11/28/12 11:03 AM

Adam Larsson doesn't mind the longer travel times in the AHL after experiencing them in Sweden as well. "I'm kind of used to this from my time in Sweden," said the 20-year-old defenseman. "Some of those bus trips were four hours. You just have to get used to it. You have no other options. There is no way out. You have to sit on the bus for four hours and still play. Of course I'd rather sit on a plane, but this is how it is right now." The Albany Devils traveled for 17 hours covering nearly 1,000 miles on buses for three games in three days last week. Larsson has performed well so far this season, with two goals and nine points in 19 games, but the team has struggled thus far with only four wins to start the year.

Adam Larsson
D SEA
Mon 11/12/12 4:58 PM

Adam Larsson scored his first AHL goal in Albany's 5-4 shootout defeat versus Norfolk on Monday. The New Jersey blueliner has five points in 11 games this campaign, Larsson, who was the fourth overall pick in 2011, played in 65 games with the Devils in his rookie year last season. He finished with 18 points and spent most the playoffs as a healthy scratch.