I don't have an issue with Marcus Johansson making the team at all. I get a little annoyed seeing the likes of Marcus Kruger, Carl Hagelin, Jimmie Ericsson (come on..), Jakob Silfverberg, and Gustav Nyquist making it ahead of Backlund however..
Hell..Mikael has arguably outpeformed Patrick Berglund for the better part of two seasons now at both the NHL level, and during the lockout.
Oh well as someone mentioned earlier it appears that he has never been in the good graces of Swedish hockey and will likely always be an under appreciated asset to those in charge over there.
It would have been nice to see him on the international stage given the way he is currently playing.
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