Slightly concerning if he doesn't have an NHL out.
If there IS an AHL this season, boy is the Condors D going to need help.
Hopefully this is a mistake and Lagesson does have an out clause. If the Oilers can offload Russell it’s pretty much a given that Lagesson would be #7D, and those guys usually get 40 games/season because of injuries. It’s an important spot.
I thought I'd reply to this in the prospect thread (or is Lagesson no longer a prospect?)
So the team his will be playing for, Vita Hasten in SWE second league, are kind of trying to use a loophole in the rules/recommendations.
In the SHL only players on an existing contract are allowed to play temporarily (until the NHL starts). If it is a loan, in which a new contract with the SHL club is needed, it needs to be clear that the intention is to play the full year. This is a strong recommendation/accord, but players/teams could still break it by signing a contract with the intention to play the full year, but then have their NHL team call them back over some (semi)justifiable reason (like injuries).
In the second league, Allsvenskan, they have a different recommendation/rule. They say that up to 4 loaned players is ok, even if the player was not on an existing contract with the club. Basically 4 players can come on loans, and help out while playing on contracts lasting until the day that their NHL teams call them back. However, Vita Hasten already has 4, now it's 5 and soon 6. All of them players who will be called back once the NHL is back on, but at the same time the team is claiming they full year contracts... They are a fringe team and see a chance to go all in before these guys leave, after that they will drop like a stone but hope to have enough of a cushion not to get relegated.
Lagesson is not staying there the full season unless something unexpected happens with the re-start of the NHL season.