Ottawa Senators continue history of developing stars in Sweden

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Photo: Marcus Hogberg’s Linkoping HC is battling high-scoring Skelleftea AIK in the SHL semifinal. (Courtesy of Sparta Prague/Champions Hockey League)


 

The Ottawa Senators became a competitive hockey team in the late-nineties thanks in part to a handful of Swedish forwards that included Daniel Alfredsson, Magnus Arvedson, and Andreas Dackell. Now, the Senators have another trio of players developing in Sweden—and all three of them are exceeding expectations this year.

Although Andrew Hammond is the hero in Ottawa right now, the team’s current surge in the standings can also be attributed to the play of countrymen Erik Karlsson and Mika Zibanejad—leading the next great generation of Swedish players in Ottawa (along with Robin Lehner).… read more

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[Back in Black]

The Ottawa Senators became a competitive hockey team in the late-nineties thanks in part to a handful of Swedish forwards????

interesting....

 

[Sun God Nika]

 

[TheNewEra]

stop sharing our secret, is nothing sacred anymore

 

[Six Assets]

Hopefully we can add kylington

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Love my Swedes.

 

[Boud]

stop sharing our secret, is nothing sacred anymore

Said Ken Holland.

 

[MainDotC]

A lot of the saves that Hammond has made would have been sure goals with Lehner in net. EK and ZJ are playing well because they're not suffering depression from watching weak goals go in their net. Remove Hammond and then we'd see how well EK and ZJ are playing during this stretch.

 

[GreatStateofHockey]

A lot of the saves that Hammond has made would have been sure goals with Lehner in net. EK and ZJ are playing well because they're not suffering depression from watching weak goals go in their net. Remove Hammond and then we'd see how well EK and ZJ are playing during this stretch.

I'm not sure where the sarcasm starts and ends in this post.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Fredrik Claesson could be the next one

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Fredrik Claesson could be the next one

The next what?

 

[Icelevel]

The next what?

The next Decent One

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

A lot of the saves that Hammond has made would have been sure goals with Lehner in net. EK and ZJ are playing well because they're not suffering depression from watching weak goals go in their net. Remove Hammond and then we'd see how well EK and ZJ are playing during this stretch.

I hope you never change.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

The next what?

The next good swede we develop