Don´t know if this has been reported in Canadian media, but as it turns out, Wikstrands brother has leukemia.
In an interview with Värmländska Folkbladet late October, Wikstrand commented on the incident:
"It was really bad of me (not contacting Murray before leaving). I am horrible sad that I didn´t do it. I should have brought it up in a better way, telling them why I wanted to play at home. But I am a guy who holds things for myself, keep it in the family. My agent didn´t know about it either".
Later, he called both Daniel Alfredsson and Murray, and told them what had happened, and that he wanted to come back. However, Murray has answered him that he only will be welcomed to Binghamton... And that is somewhere Wikstrand apparently doesn´t want to play...
At the same time I can understand he wants to be near his brother at first, I find it hard to swallow that he wants to skip ahead and play in the NHL directly, however good he is.
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