One of the more surprising thing that has occurred in Linds career was the fact that he was picked up by the scouts from the SMJHL. Coming from a small community in the remote north of Sweden, playing on a local team, it was a random set of events that made it so he was on the radar of the scouts for the S57 SMHJL draft. The interest that was garnered from international media once Tomas was first presented on the scouting rankings also came out of the blue and he was taken aback when the first reporter ended up on his doorstep asking for an interview. All of this culminated in a trip across an entire ocean, a life in a new and much larger city, developing new relationships and playing for a great team, none of which was in the scope of his dreams when he grew up.