We’ve talked about Calle Rosén, we’ve discussed Philip Holm, and every once in a while someone will pipe up with “Why not Sebastian Aho?” (they mean the Swedish defender, not the Carolina Hurricane.) The NHL seems poised to strip the SHL of defencemen.
A few years ago it was Skellefteå that got mined for gold by the NHL. Rosén and Holm play for Växjö, who also have Eric Martinsson on defence who might get some attention, and now it’s HV71 who is said to be losing a defender to the NHL.
This doesn’t seem to be a rumour, rather a matter of fact.