Translated MBN news story with interview from his dad

Tldr; MBN's dad is confident in his son and hopes he'll use his tools to make the team, especially since he was called back a second time and wasnt among the players released before the preseason games started. They both really love that he's on the wings, and are hopeful he'll make the team, but expect him to play in the SHL this season.

Here it is:

Brandsegg-Nygård playing for NHL-spot: – he's got a chance now, a real chance.

• he's got a chance now, a real chance, says dad Kjell Richard (Ricky) Nygård ahead of Michael Brandsegg-Nygårds determining days in Detroit Red Wings.

• it's gone from camp to the real preseason [show], they've cut some players and he's still there. They could've just said he'd play a few games and then go back to Sweden, but that's not the case.

That's what father Kjell Richard Nygård (46) says while his son Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (18) enters his second week of his second stay with the Detroit Red Wings.

He's clear in that the NHL-giant wishes to give the Norwegian major talent a real good chance to show off in some of the 8 preseason games the next few weeks.

• they want to see how he handles these games. He's got a chance now, a real chance. They wouldn't have flown him over [again] if they didn't think he could earn a spot on the team, says «Ricky» and adds in typical Vålerenga style:

• obviously this is cool, but it'll be tough to go all the way. The lineup there these days aren't coconuts (weird turn of phrase, coconut is a way to say crazy, but you wouldn't say it's not coconuts, so I think he means the lineup is very thought out and solid)

was brought back
Brandsegg-Nygård was draftet in the 1st round this summer, attended camp with the red wings and signed a so-called «entry-level contract» in the NHL before he joined the Skellefteå preseason in Sweden.

During the summer, the Oslo-kid told nitten.no that the NHL club wanted to see more of him already this fall.

• Red Wings wants me to to come back to training camp to try to compete myself a spot on the team. Obviously that's really, really hard. I'm gonna do everything I can, and everybody wants to play in the NHL, but it's a really hard goal to achieve. I doubt it's going to happen, the 18yr old said at the time.

In the next eleven days, the red wings gang will be playing eight games before the final lineup is set. The first will be against the Chicago Blackhawks overnight till Thursday Norwegian time.

• We'll see how many games it'll be. He doesn't even know himself. He's up against a lot of great players and there'll be rotations and substitutions, but it's up to him how he manages to perform. If they feel like he's good enough, he's got a chance for a spot. He's got the strength and size, it's a matter of how he handles the NA hockey, says father «Ricky».

• what does he say about himself and how he's performing during practice?

• He believes in himself and says it's going good.

NHL, AHL or SHL?
The website The Hockey News reporting from the Red Wings camp and quotes coach Derek Lalonde in that brandsegg-nygård is doing really well and taking steps in practices.

From what nitten.no understands the former Vålerenga- and Mora-player initially made a request to play this coming season in the SHL if AHL with Grand Rapids Griffins becomes the option. (oddly worded, sounds like he'd prefer SHL over AHL 🤷 which is weird…)

• Red Wings makes the call, but they have told me they won't force me to do something I don't want to, said Brandsegg-Nygård to nitten.no this summer.

• this is a win-win no matter what, he's in a really good place. Detroit decides what to do, but for now we thick SHL and Skellefteå is the alternative. But then again they could find that he's close enough for things to change, says Kjell Richard Nygård.

Red Wings released 11 players from camp recently and are bringing Michael Brandsegg-Nygård and 56 others into the preseason games, 33 forwards, 16 defenceman and 8 goalies.