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Originally Posted by ricardodw
The Swedes's coming over from the SEL do not seem to be ready for the NHL.... Rundblad and Erixon for example, These guys were playing major roles on their SEL team and top defenseman on their national team at the worlds and have taken at least 2 years extra to adjust to the NHL.
The SEL does not prepare players for the NHL.
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Jonas Brodin
Patrick Berglund
Nicklas Backstrom
Jakob Silfverberg
Mika Zibanejad
Anze Kopitar
Patric Hornqvist
Marcus Johansson
Victor Hedmen
etc...
These players all jumped directly from the SEL and had an immediate impact on their respective franchises. The SEL does a great job at priming these young kids for NHL.
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The numbers of SEL players that make an impact in the NHL before they are 22-23 is very small compared to Seguin, Hall, Kane, Doughty, Stamkos Duchense, O'Rielly, Tavares, Phanuef, Richards, Carter, Crosby, Kane etc..
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Hmm..I wonder why that is.
I am sure it has nothing to do with the 75% of NHL players being born in North America.. surely Sweden should produce the same, if not more impact players by the age of 22 then we do!