So as Oilers fans we get a complete another season of misery, few things good going on, Larsson is supposedly injured all year and yet he apparently puts on his best play all season in Europe in some crackerjack tournament and as an Oiler fan I should be thrilled about that? It actually bugs me when players have their very best efforts elsewhere. Albeit as an Oiler fan I'm conditioned to see that.
Further, and this is the key point, without headcoach changes all I can look forward to is to not see whatever version of Larsson was on display in Europe. Because I've never seen offensively productive play from him here. About what I've seen is him be a Swedish version of Jason Smith. That being on a good year.
Yeah, Larsson was supposedly injured and his father supposedly passed away. Hey, I didn't see it, what do I know.
I cannot even be bothered to go on reading this thread after this post. Throwing doubt on something you apparently don't care about one bit. Why even bother?
After a tough season a player going through pain, injury and personal loss decided (after having declined due to his father's death) to re-join the team. He went on to encourage everyone else to join, according to the team (acknowledged by the Nashville trio and Hornqvist, Larsson pushed them to come) and the group has never been as close as this year. Journalists following the team put a big part of that on Larsson, not due to what he is, but due to what he lived through. They glued together from a tragedy and eneded up with a gold celebration of the like that I have never seen team Sweden done before. Genuin joy all around. He went on to be the best D on team Swe on a team with OEL, Klingberg, Lindholm.. It was great to see.
At the same time Larsson post a picture saying "this is for you, for you!!!" to his father posting a picture of the Cup, the gold medal, and finally jersey of .... not from team Sweden, but Edmonton Oilers.