Rumor: MOAR SWEDES (Christian Folin)

[moz]

Outside of the anomaly that was Detroit, how many Swedes have their name on the cup since the 04 lockout? Just curious.

I was curious as well so I looked it up. Not a list of luminaries.

Carolina 2006 - Niclas Wallin
Anaheim 2007 - Sami Pahlsson
Pittsburgh 2009 - None
Chicago 2010 - Nicklas Hjalmarsson and Kim Johnsson (only played 8 games before getting injured, none in the playoffs)
Boston 2011 - None
LA 2012 - None

However, the list is a lot more substantial if you include finalists - Alfredsson, the Sedins, Edler, asterisked Lidstrom/Zetterberg/Franzen/Holmstrom etc etc

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Runner up is just the first loser.

 

[Neil Patrick Harris]

So both Ottawa and Vancouver were false alarms.

Does the guy reporting this have any credentials whatsoever?

 

[Marty Straka]

bumping this... any news if we are still interested in him? he seems to be one of the top ranked NCAA F/As this year

 

[Lenny the Lynx]

Still waiting for one of these undrafted college guys to pan out for us. Maybe the scouts could try and focus on getting an nhl dman instead

 

[arglebargle]

Zero chance he'll want to sign here given that he'll never get any ice time, even if he's good. BEST PLAYERS PLAY

 

[PaGEEsBack]

Zero chance he'll want to sign here given that he'll never get any ice time, even if he's good. BEST PLAYERS PLAY

How many players have played their 1st NHL games with Ottawa even in just the past 3 years?

 

[vippe]

There was a short news article about him on a swedish site the other day.. according to a GM (no mention of who) there would be at least 15 GMs trying to get his signature during the off season...

 

[Honest M]

Not very accurate

I was curious as well so I looked it up. Not a list of luminaries.

Carolina 2006 - Niclas Wallin
Anaheim 2007 - Sami Pahlsson
Pittsburgh 2009 - None
Chicago 2010 - Nicklas Hjalmarsson and Kim Johnsson (only played 8 games before getting injured, none in the playoffs)
Boston 2011 - None
LA 2012 - None

However, the list is a lot more substantial if you include finalists - Alfredsson, the Sedins, Edler, asterisked Lidstrom/Zetterberg/Franzen/Holmstrom etc etc

Carolina 2006 - Niclas Wallin, Niklas Nordgren
Anaheim 2007 - Samuel PÃ¥hlsson
Red Wings 2008 - Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidstrom, Tomas Holmstrom, Mikael Samuelsson, Johan Franzen, Niklas Kronwall, Andreas Lilja, Jonathan Ericsson
Pittsburgh 2009 - None
Chicago 2010 - Nicklas Hjalmarsson and Kim Johnsson
Boston 2011 - None
LA 2012 - None
Chicago 2013 - Niklas Hjalmarsson, Johnny Oduya, Marcus Kruger, Viktor Stalberg

 

[Sun God Nika]

There was a short news article about him on a swedish site the other day.. according to a GM (no mention of who) there would be at least 15 GMs trying to get his signature during the off season...

****, hopefully Karlsson, and Lehner could do some convincing
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/hotstove-nhl-teams-after-college-star-christian-folin-1.2583114

 

[moz]

Not very accurate



Carolina 2006 - Niclas Wallin, Niklas Nordgren
Anaheim 2007 - Samuel PÃ¥hlsson
Red Wings 2008 - Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidstrom, Tomas Holmstrom, Mikael Samuelsson, Johan Franzen, Niklas Kronwall, Andreas Lilja, Jonathan Ericsson
Pittsburgh 2009 - None
Chicago 2010 - Nicklas Hjalmarsson and Kim Johnsson (only played 8 games before getting injured, none in the playoffs)
Boston 2011 - None
LA 2012 - None
Chicago 2013 - Niklas Hjalmarsson, Johnny Oduya, Marcus Kruger, Viktor Stalberg

That list was from a year ago, which was before Chicago won the Cup that year. I was responding to a post that said "outside of the anomaly that is Detroit" so I didn't include them.

So the only name I missed was Niklas Nordgren, who played a whopping zero playoff games for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2005-06.

Not very accurate.

 

[Honest M]

That list was from a year ago, which was before Chicago won the Cup that year. I was responding to a post that said "outside of the anomaly that is Detroit" so I didn't include them.

So the only name I missed was Niklas Nordgren, who played a whopping zero playoff games for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2005-06.

Not very accurate.

ok, LOL sorry thought it was a fresher topic

 

[jules6565]

We defs need this D

 

[tony d]

Looks like a decent pickup, anything to improve our team defense.

 

[Very Stable Genius]

Mckenzie "Canadian teams are big on him. Mon, Edm & Ott are involved as well as the Wild and Flyers."

We are in tough to get him.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

If he's got a smart agent he'll go to Philly out of all those teams

 

[Mercurial]

http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on...uld-make-instant-impact-as-college-free-agent

 

[arglebargle]

How many players have played their 1st NHL games with Ottawa even in just the past 3 years?

Who's he going to displace on the roster? Personally I'd waive Gryba or Phillips but there's no chance of the current management doing that. I'm sure they'd love to sign this guy but there's really no evidence that they'd give him an extended shot in the lineup.

 

[arglebargle]

If he's got a smart agent he'll go to Philly out of all those teams

Maybe, but he wouldn't be able to play for them in the playoffs, so I dunno if they'll give him much ice time this year. If he goes to Edmonton he'll get to play in one of the top 2 pairings immediately, and he's guaranteed a roster spot next year unless Edmonton signs 3 or 4 good UFA D-men in the offseason.

 

[Kickabrat]

Maybe, but he wouldn't be able to play for them in the playoffs, so I dunno if they'll give him much ice time this year. If he goes to Edmonton he'll get to play in one of the top 2 pairings immediately, and he's guaranteed a roster spot next year unless Edmonton signs 3 or 4 good UFA D-men in the offseason.

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Yes he would. College signings are exempt. For example Kreider did it with NYR jin 2011-12. Matter of fact he didn't play any regular season games and only played in the playoffs. I think he started in game 3 of the Sens series.

 

[vippe]

According to McKenzie there are only 4 teams left.. which does not include the Sens

Oilers
Flyers
Wild
Bolts

 

[Marty Straka]

According to McKenzie there are only 4 teams left.. which does not include the Sens

Oilers
Flyers
Wild
Bolts

He said front runners.. never said anything about them being the only ones left.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

free agents cost money.

 

[John Holmes*]

Thanks, I'm now upset about not having something I did not know existed 5 seconds ago.

Thread winner.

 

[vippe]

He said front runners.. never said anything about them being the only ones left.

Guess my swedish site was wrong then, they said those words were Mckenzies :> My bad...