Rumor: Patrik Berglund returning to NHL?

[Hobnobs]

Last I heard which was two days ago he said he was open to a return to the SHL...

 

[Spektre]

id like him back in st louis, but cant afford to pay him much.

one of the best players along the boards and very good defensively. if maroon leaves, he can play a similar game to maroon (less physical, better defensively)

Bwrglund leaves the Blues, the Blues win the Cup... Coincidence?? I think not...

 

[simon IC]

Bwrglund leaves the Blues, the Blues win the Cup... Coincidence?? I think not...

Lol, if he comes back to St. Louis we will have a defibrillator ready for you and Ranksu.

 

[Alexagu]

Berglund has signed for Djurgården in SHL. Will be interesting to see what kind of shape he is in.

 

[John Eichel da GOAT]

He was dealing with mental health issues. He seems to be doing better which is great, I don't think this is a slight against Buffalo.

Hossa has a skin condition and Callahan has a spine injury to...

 

[WTFMAN99]

Hossa has a skin condition and Callahan has a spine injury to...

Christ you're dense, don't comment on stuff you clearly have no clue about.

Hossa and Callahan went on LTR, they still collected money from insurance.

Berglund literally walked away from millions of dollars by terminating his contract.

There is a huge difference.

 

[GoldenSeal]

As a diehard Blues fan with love in my heart for Bergy, I say, with all the love in my heart: Shoo fly, shoo!

 

[sfoote]

Buffalo is just THAT bad.

 

[allsilverdreams]

Doesn't Buffalo still own his rights?

 

[Jumptheshark]

Remember that he walked away from 10M+ in salary...crazy.

there is more to it then that.

It is not as cut and dry as some would like to think

 

[Joel Ward]

Skating has never been a strong suit of his - Sabres/Blues fans care to comment on his play the last couple years?

 

[ManyIdeas]

Skating has never been a strong suit of his - Sabres/Blues fans care to comment on his play the last couple years?

When he was a Blue, endless cycling. Unfortunately if you wanted something that wasn't cycling....

He could PK fairly well and he did have a shot, but he never got himself into a position to use it too often.

 

[sh724]

Doesn't Buffalo still own his rights?

No, his contract was terminated, he is UFA

 

[sr edler]

Berglund with his inconsistency issues and suspect fluff game wouldn't have fit in at all on that Berube style playoff performance the Blues put up. Getting rid of Berglund (and other guys too like Backes, Lehterä and Shattenkirk) and getting high intense players like Sundqvist, Barbashev and Blais instead (and obviously other guys too like O'Reilly) to pump it up is a big reason the Blues could wear down their opponents like they did in the playoffs.

Berglund admitted himself years ago he had a surfer mentality a didn't train properly in his sophomore year because he thought he could hang in the NHL on autopilot/talent alone.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

I'm coming back - and I'm coming in hot.

 

[WesMcCauley]

Can he come back even if the terminated contract isnt up?

If thats the case a player can basically tell his team he wants to go back home, they agree to terminate the contract and he can sign a better contract with another team the next season?

I know its highly unlikely that a good player does it but in theory it can happen as long as both the team and player agree to terminate the contract?

 

[Frolov 6'3]

If he does make a return I'm going to say possibly Edmonton for bottom six physical depth or the kings just cause they like older slower unimproved players

LA has speedsters like Kempe, Carter, Lewis and Wagner in their bottom six.

That was once “funny”.

 

[sh724]

Can he come back even if the terminated contract isnt up?

If thats the case a player can basically tell his team he wants to go back home, they agree to terminate the contract and he can sign a better contract with another team the next season?

I know its highly unlikely that a good player does it but in theory it can happen as long as both the team and player agree to terminate the contract?

Once a contract is mutually terminated the player is free to sign anywhere he wants. He immediately becomes a UFA.

In theory yes that is entirely possible, but in reality there is little to no incentive for a player to ever do that.