GDT | Preseason Game #3 | VS Loafs | Thursday, Sept 26 | 7:00PM EST Live from the Evil Empire

[worm]

Thank Christ Engstrom isn't going back to Europe. If he had a European clause like Kapanen does, I'd just tell him to never bother coming back.

Good news.

Is Kapanen nhl or Europe?

 

[GGpX]

Yup, and it's so dumb. It's only for this season, but he needs to start getting used to North American hockey ASAP instead of wasting his time in Sweden.

 

[Sal_Butera]

Good news.

Is Kapanen nhl or Europe?

NHL or SEL

 

[GEEMAN]

Yup, and it's so dumb. It's only for this season, but he needs to start getting used to North American hockey ASAP instead of wasting his time in Sweden.

Swedish Elite league better than the AHL in your opinion ?

 

[lecoqsportif]

Swedish Elite league better than the AHL in your opinion ?

To prepare for a career in the NHL?

Seems obvious, no?

 

[GrandWazoo]

That being said, he looks pretty at ease on NA surfaces, I think it fits his game better.

 

[GGpX]

Swedish Elite league better than the AHL in your opinion ?

Fuck no.

You can't prepare for the NHL in a league where physicality is nonexistent and on an ice surface that is different. The same way a college player can't get used a long pro hockey schedule because college games are only Fridays and Saturdays.

That doesn't mean those leagues are bereft of talent or that no NHLers come from there, but extending your time there instead of going to the AHL is counter-productive.