SHL/Allsvenskan 2021-2022

[Eye of Ra]

Hv71 is going nuts. im laughing my ass off. they already had the best allsvenskan roster ever and now they added bohm, shinkaruk and kelleher.

 

[Eye of Ra]

seems like wandell to brynäs and emile poirier to dif

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Free agent frenzy in SHL/Allsvenskan!

 

[theslatcher]

Tyrväinen somehow allowed to play in J20? wtf? Kim Johansson also playing in J20 today somehow?

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

Tyrväinen somehow allowed to play in J20? wtf? Kim Johansson also playing in J20 today somehow?

Weird how this is allowed.

sulak and audette to örbro. mamics to lhc

this is getting insane. too many foreigners in SHL. they are taking spots from swedes.

The Swedes have to prove they belong, as do foreigners. It’s a professional league.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Weird how this is allowed.



The Swedes have to prove they belong, as do foreigners. It’s a professional league.

We need to think about developing swedish players. If there is too many foreigenrs it will take important ice-time from young swedes. I would say we should have a import-rule. Max 5 non-swedes in every team.

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

We need to think about developing swedish players. If there is too many foreigenrs it will take important ice-time from young swedes. I would say we should have a import-rule. Max 5 non-swedes in every team.

I have serious issues with this line of thinking. Mainly: the SHL is not a developmental league, it’s a high stakes professional league with teams needing wins and players competing for championships. I think this is a big reason why the SHL does develop great talent, and why it often can keep NHL prospects for a couple of seasons after their draft years: they are playing top-level hockey in a competitive environment against grown men until they are deemed ready for the next step.

It’s driving me crazy when people ask why we’re not bringing on another junior player every time there’s an injury in the lineup. We acquired Sami Lepistö when Styrman got a devastating concussion, at a point when we already had other nagging injuries on defense. If there was one we would, but it’s pretty hard to replace 10+ minutes of mainly defensive assignments in the SHL with an 18 year old, we haven’t got another four Nils Lundkvists percolating in the juniors, and I don’t see how getting humiliated in the SHL would be beneficial for a prospect’s development!

If they’re good enough, the kids are competing for ice time in the SHL. If they aren’t, they have tons of options. Take Noel Gunler for example. He got several opportunities with Luleå but struggled to crack the roster and get the ice time he wanted with a top team. Brynäs were struggling and could offer him a regular middle-of-the-lineup roster spot with PP time, so a deal was settled for a loan. He hasn’t taken the league by storm, but it’s worked out well for him.

Other times, they just don’t cut it in the SHL at all, then there’s the J20 or J18 leagues, or they can opt for a loan to Allsvenskan or Division 1 to further their development. All good options. Why should we force minutes onto juniors who aren’t ready to compete in the SHL? The players and their agents can handle their business just fine.

What about the Swedish veterans holding the kids back? Alexander Holtz was arguably hampered as much by Niclas Bergfors, Linus Andersson and Dick Axelsson as he was by Rhett Rakhshani. Seven Swedish forwards received more ice time than Holtz on Djurgården last year. Should we limit the amount of Swedish veterans per team as well?

And what about the foreigners developing in Swedish teams?

Konstantin Komarek is a local boy playing for Luleå as far as I’m concerned, having been developed in our system since he was 15. I don’t give a shit which national team he represents, he’s a steel man!

 

[Prntscrn]

gelinas to dif

paigin to timrå

the relegation match series beetween dif and timrå is gonna be epic

Was hoping I would be able to make a snarky reply to this after the regular season was over, but now it's looking like we will have to play Timrå after all

 

[Eye of Ra]

Allsvenskan regular season is over. Södertälje vs Troja in regulation series,

 

[Eye of Ra]

Will be interesting to see which div1 team takes the step up to Allsvenskan.

All games in the div1 playoffs will be broadcasted on Aftonbladet: https://www.hockeyettan.se/2022/03/15/sportbladet-sander-slutspelet/

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Rumors:

Linus Hultström --> Linköping
Lukas Bengtsson --> Växjö

 

[aphyro]

gelinas to dif

paigin to timrå

the relegation match series beetween dif and timrå is gonna be epic

Not so epic after all! Timrå steamrolled 4-0 Djurgården wasent even close... and it sucks that SHL doesnt have any capital team in the highest leauge now.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Not so epic after all! Timrå steamrolled 4-0 Djurgården wasent even close... and it sucks that SHL doesnt have any capital team in the highest leauge now.

on the other hand, the derby games beetween aik and djurgården is gonna be epic.

 

[Eye of Ra]

what a dream team Timrå is putting together for next season. Lander, Wedin and now Emil Pettersson.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Big news out of Malmö! Alsenfelt is being released. Adam Werner is rumoured in.

 

[Aahlstroem]

Björn Liljander putting his mark on the team immediately. I wonder if he'll end some other contracts.

 

[karhukissa]

I wish i'd see MoDo back in SHL. It's quite insane what this little club and ö-vik has been able to do for Swedish and international hockey. Per capita it's been able to produce the most quality and star players in the world and it's not even close.

 

[Eye of Ra]

I wish i'd see MoDo back in SHL. It's quite insane what this little club and ö-vik has been able to do for Swedish and international hockey. Per capita it's been able to produce the most quality and star players in the world and it's not even close.

Me too. But i also want to see HV, AIK, Björklöven and Västerås back in SHL. And ofc DIF. I think SHL could handle having 20 teams.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Big news for Djurgården. Brodin, Kruger, Söderlund and Arnesson have decided to stay.

 

[Eye of Ra]

And also Rendsfeldt...Djurgården will have a great team in Allsvenskan.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Another good player to DIF: John Norman. Djurgården will be next sesasons HV71

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Jiri Smejkal & Ahti Oksanen --> Oskarshamn

Hannes Björninen --> Brynäs

 

[Eye of Ra]

Welcome to Hockeyallsvenskan, Östersund!

 

[Eye of Ra]

Welcome back to SHL, HV71!

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Lukas Bengtsson --> Växjö

Kalle Kossila --> Växjö

Jere Innala --> Frölunda

Finninvasion in SHL?