And by CHL, we mean the Champions Hockey League, and by amazing, well...you'll see.
Frölunda opened their first round play in the Champions Hockey League and for Leafs' prospect Carl Grundström is was the best of times and the worst of times. These are games played partly as a tuneup and partly for pride, but no one is really in peak season form yet.
The Swedish defending champions of the CHL were up against the Wolfsburg Grizzlys, and they should have expected to dominate the German side. And while they did on the shot clock (31-17), and the scoreboard—eventually—they started out playing a wild up and down game of chances off the rush that put their own goalie to the test.