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Originally Posted by FAN
A couple of responses.
1) Sutter made a mistake by not drafting a true Swede. We see that an American-born Swede just isn't as loyal as a Swedish born one. 
2) I'm not so sure that is true. If you're looking at Dmen who are signed through next year, the Rangers have a much easier blueline to crack than ours. Erixon likely will get PP time with the Rangers as well. But more importantly, the Rangers have a slew of Dmen who got NHL time without much in the way of AHL time. If you're in Erixon's situation, you would take the NYR situation over here. |
I think from Erixons point of view he gets to spend time with his dad and within a few hours flight to Sweden and the rest of his family, living in New York with about as a good a chance of making it as a hockey player either way.