If Sam Hallam wants to rile up a Finn of a certain age about Swedish hockey, he'll just bring up Anders “Masken” Carlsson. For a younger generation, it's Mats Sundin.

He worked his way up the scouting department to become director of college scouting in 2016. He was promoted to co-director of player personnel in 2018 and vice president of player personnel in 2022.

Alex Bregman, who signed a three-year deal with the Boston Red Sox in free agency, posted ...