Edmonton Oilers defenceman Oscar Klefbom told hockeysverige.se on Sunday that Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins have booked their tickets to Europe in May. While it’s going to be another long off-season in Edmonton without any playoff hockey, Oilers fans can at least look forward to watching two of the team’s best players at the World Championship. Klefbom, who is scheduled to have shoulder surgery later this week, will be unavailable for Sweden this spring.
“Yes, unfortunately [I will not be playing]” said Klefbom. “It would have been amazing fun, especially for us Swedes when it goes Copenhagen.