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Suter's loan expired already at the end of october. He was never expected to play for GCK Lions at this point. The plan was to move to Chicago these days. So Pius Suter not playing isn't the strange thing. His brother Kaj and Oilers loan Tyler Benson listed as absent in both games vs Thurgau is strange. Could be that those two are the covid cases and the reason why the team had to quarantine. Could also be that the ZSC Lions want all of them on the roster after the break. They won't play until saturday.
It wouldn't be a transfer though as it's the same system. GCK is the farm team of ZSC.
At the beginning of the season, the ZSC stated that they don't want any NHL loans because those players could be gone before christmas. I told you guys it's a situation to monitor though and I was right. Their start was very slow. Both coaches and management are very unhappy with the way the team is playing and Coach Grönborg started reducing minutes of numerous vets already. Last game vs Davos Grönborg used Fredrik Pettersson, winner of several gold medals with Swedish national teams and previously NLA and champions league topscorer, as 13th forward and only played him 2:58 at even strength. Knowing that Pettersson is leaving after the season and only scored 3 points in 11 games you wonder if he's pretty much done with the Lions. I've never seen a Coach use a foreigner (you're only allowed to dress 4 of them in the NL) as a 13th forward.
The rumor is indeed that Suter is gonna be with the ZSC after the break....they've changed their plan already when they took Rossi from Minnesota. It would make sense for the organization to promote Benson, too now that Pettersson is in Grönborg's dog house. What I don't get is why Kaj Suter was absent, too. He's one of GCK's top players and his contract is with the ZSC, not GCK. But he's had a very slow start to the season with just two points. He's done much better in the past.
Could be that they're promoting the entire trio or that the absences were covid related. Everybody is speculating at this point. But like I said, Suter wasn't expected to play for GCK in november. I thought he'd play on friday though where he was absent already.