The trio of Minnesota “Wild” must also say their word to Latvia’s opponent Sweden – Hockey – Sportacentrs.com

The official number of National Hockey League players in Sweden has reached eight. Sweden announced defensemen Erik Karlsson (Pittsburgh Penguins) and Rasmus Dahlin and forward Viktor Olofsson (both Buffalo Sabres) on Monday, and were joined on Tuesday by Pittsburgh defenseman Markus Peteshon and Seattle Kraken forward Andre Burakovsky.

The 30-year-old defenseman Brudin played 62 games for the Wild this season and collected 27 (7+20) points, 16 penalty minutes and a positive utility of +22, which was the best on the team. The 27-year-old center Eriksson-Eks earned 64 (30+34) points in 77 matches, which was the third highest in the unit, 60 penalty minutes and a positive utility of +18, while the 33-year-old forward Johansson had 30 (11+19) points in 78 games. , 22 penalty minutes and negative utility -15.

For Brudin, this was the third season of a seven-year, $42 million contract, for Eriksson-Ek, this was the third season of an eight-year, $42 million contract, and for Johansson, this was the first season of a two-year, four-million contract. Brudins and Eriksson-Eks have not played in the world championships for seven years – the defender has two, and the forward only one. Johanson, on the other hand, is expected to play his debut tournament in the Czech Republic. All three of them were drafted in the first round.

Sweden will start the world championship on May 10 against the USA, but will meet Latvia on May 18. Germany, Slovakia, France, Kazakhstan and Poland will also be in the group.

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