Jacob Waldemar de la Rose is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. de la Rose was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round, 34th overall, of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. He previously played for the Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings. Since 2010, de la Rose has played for the Swedish national teams at the junior levels, winning silver medals at the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships and the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. On March 19, 2019, de la Rose was sent to hospital with an accelerated heart beat. It was the second time during the season that he'd suffered such an episode. The previous event occurred during the 2018-19 NHL preseason while he was a member of the Montreal Canadiens. He was shut down for the remainder of the season following the second episode, and underwent a surgical procedure on his heart in April to correct the problem. He reported for training camp with the Red Wings in September 2019 - prepared to return to regular play.
Playing career
De la Rose was selected in the second round, 34th overall, at the 2013NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. Montreal had acquired the draft pick as the result of a trade occurring on 27 February 2012, that sent Andrei Kostitsyn to the Nashville Predators in return for this pick and for the cancellation of another fifth-round pick that they had previously given to Nashville in trade involving Hal Gill ten days earlier, on 17 February. Prior to being drafted, De la Rose was the seventh-ranked European skater by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's 2013 final draft scouting report; he was the tenth European picked. In 2013's European Import Draft, which took place on 3 July, the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League chose De la Rose 11th overall. Though Spitfires General Manager Warren Rychel believed that De la Rose would immediately make the transition to North American major junior hockey, he ended up remaining in Sweden to fulfill the last year of his contract with Leksands IF.
Professional
De la Rose played for Leksands IF from the 2011–12 season to the 2013–14 season. He played a total of 87 games over that time, recording 25 points. He became — and remains — good friends with former Leksand teammate Filip Forsberg, who was also his two-time World Junior captain with Sweden. In the 2014–15 season, de la Rose made the transition to North America and began his Canadiens career in the American Hockey League with their affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs. He scored his first AHL goal on Joni Ortio in a 4–3 loss against the Adirondack Flames. De la Rose registered his first NHL point in his fifth NHL game on 12 February 2015, an assist on a Christian Thomas goal, which coincidentally happened to be his first NHL goal. De la Rose began the 2018–19 season on the injury reserve list, after suffering a cardiac episode following a pre-season game with the Canadiens. In his return to health, de la Rose was placed on waivers and claimed by the Detroit Red Wings on 17 October 2018. He scored his first goal as a Red Wing in a game against the Edmonton Oilers on 3 November 2018. He would go on to play 60 games with Detroit, scoring three goals and six assists. He spent the night in a New York City hospital after leaving 19 March 2019. game against the New York Rangers with an accelerated heartbeat. He fully recovered and was a full participant for the Red Wings' 2019 training camp. On 6 November 2019, de la Rose traded to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Robby Fabbri.
Personal life
De la Rose's father, Anders, is a retired ice hockey player and a former Swedish youth hockey coach. Playing from 1994 through 1996, Anders participated in 43 games and had 17 total points with the Arvika HC, formally of Sweden's Division 1 league. De la Rose’s older brother, Erik, is playing as a defenceman for Vítkovice Ridera of the Czech Extraliga. Jacob also has a sister, Matilda de la Rose.
