PuckPoise
Registered User
- May 25, 2011
- 678
- 108
Modo
I don't know.. It's so tough to judge. They have a really good hockey area and they get good players from other clubs up there, and then they pay some of the Stockholm kids to go up there. I am more impressed with Skellefteå and Rögle producing talent for their top teams without chasing all the national team talent all the time.
Modo's junior program has been terrific again the last few years and looking at 00 for instance they will be again for quite some time with Sandin, Wernblom, Jägbring and others.
One worry I have with Frölunda and Modo getting so much elite talent every year now is that they will harm the development of those who are behind the superstars. That's not really Modo's problem since the best of every group will go far, but in the big picture it might be harmful for those other players and for Swedish hockey in general. I love when a big name goes to Västerås or Södertälje instead or stays at Timrå or Mora, that always seems to work really well.