The Blues have a Swede goalie prospect who fans could grow to Love

The 2025 NHL Draft wasn't a very exciting one for the St. Louis Blues. Well, at least in terms of quantity.

They snagged the confident Justin Carbonneau with their only first-round pick at 19th overall, and sat around until late into Day 2 of the draft to make their other two selections in the fifth- and sixth-rounds.

While most, if not all, of the attention has rightfully been on the impressive Carbonneau, the Blues may have found a diamond in the rough later in the draft.

Enter sixth-round pick (179th overall) Love Harenstam. Harenstam is an 18-year-old goaltender out of Sweden who has put up solid numbers at most levels thus far.

We've gotten another chance to see Harenstam as the other Blues representative at the World Junior Summer Showcase, where Carbonneau has made headlines.

Harenstam started the first game of the tournament for Sweden, and by all accounts, he impressed. Steven Ellis, who is closely covering the tournament for Daily Faceoff, included him in his Day 1 standouts.

Here is what Ellis had to say on the Blues prospect:

""I’ve had a Love-hate relationship watching Harenstam play the past few years. You’ll see the obvious skill from time to time, only for a bad goal to make you question everything. Today, though, I thought Harenstam did a good job of keeping the Americans at bay. There wasn’t much he could have done on the 1-1 or 2-1 goals, with both being perfectly placed wristers. But I liked how he was more aggressive on the top of the crease than usual, and he did a great job of redirecting shots to the perimeter.""

Steven Ellis

Yeah, there wasn't much Harenstam could do on either of these.

Harenstam should be in the mix for Team Sweden at this year's World Junior Championship. He has represented his country at every level with strong results.

Last year, as a part of Sweden's U18 team, he went 13-5-0 with a 2.58 goals-against average and .905 save percentage with two shutouts in 18 games. He also played on that same team as a 17-year-old netminder the year prior, going 11-5-0 with a 1.61 GAA and .904 SV%, including three shutouts.

He was only a sixth-round pick, and it'll be at least half a decade before he could truly become something at the NHL level, but it's something Blues fans can look forward to after Jordan Binnington and Joel Hofer.