Palme is the kind of defenseman who gets undersold on draft boards because the appeal is in his reliability rather than highlight offense. He posted 14 points in 20 U20 Nationell games for Växjö plus eight points in five playoff games, then anchored Sweden’s blue line to gold at the U18 World Championship, averaging better than 15 minutes a night and holding up as one of the team’s steadier defenders even in a lopsided loss to the United States. The game travels well. He skates cleanly, defends the rush with good positioning, and his value shows up in breakouts and transition, where he finds the first outlet under pressure and moves play north. He reads the ice and can run a point shot, which he used to set up Sweden’s opening goal in the gold-medal game. Central Scouting placed him 38th among European skaters, a mid-round projection, and the consensus read is a second-pairing defender who kills penalties and defends leads. For fantasy, that’s the catch. He may not draw top-unit power-play time, which caps the counting stats, and his points would lean on transition offense and any second-unit looks he earns. If he grows into a second-pairing role with some power-play time as he climbs the Swedish ranks, a 35-point season is the realistic ceiling, which is where the 4.5 upside sits.