So, where were we? Considering that Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr have owned the NHL spotlight for the past four months, it has been easy to forget about all the on-ice changes since the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup.
Erik Karlsson’s Finnish adventure will finish Saturday.
If there were an archetype of the kind of fan the National Hockey League would want to have, he might look something like Sebastien Fortin.
View pictures of Erik Karlsson’s Finnish debut.
Erik Karlsson isn’t heading home to Sweden after all. After revealing last week he planned to spend the NHL lockout playing for former squad Frolunda, the Senators’ star defenceman was instead scooped up by Helsinki-based Jokerit of the Finnish Elite League (SM-liiga) Wednesday.
Erik Karlsson isn’t heading back to Sweden for the NHL lockout just yet. Karlsson’s agent, Craig Oster, confirmed Tuesday that Jokerit of the Finnish League “is one of several teams to express interest” in the Senators’ Norris Trophy winning defenceman. Karlsson is a good friend of former Senators pest Jarkko Ruutu, who plays for Jokerit. [...]
The path is seemingly clear for Erik Karlsson to go back home to Sweden and receive the red carpet treatment, playing for as long as the National Hockey League lockout lasts. Karlsson wants to return to Frolunda, where he was a star for two seasons before going on to even greater fame here with the [...]