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But Ulf Sterner was actually not the first Swede to play in the NHL, even if this is what most people think. The correct answer should really be Gus Forslund, born in 1908 in Holmsund, Sweden, who played for the Ottawa Senators during the 1932/33 season. Ulf Sterner was the first to move to North America specifically to play in the NHL though. Gus moved to Canada as a kid.
A better question would have been who was the first Swede to throw a hit in the NHL. Hard to find video evidence though, expecially if you only include clean hits.
But Ulf Sterner was actually not the first Swede to play in the NHL, even if this is what most people think. The correct answer should really be Gus Forslund, born in 1908 in Holmsund, Sweden, who played for the Ottawa Senators during the 1932/33 season. Ulf Sterner was the first to move to North America specifically to play in the NHL though. Gus moved to Canada as a kid.
A better question would have been who was the first Swede to throw a hit in the NHL. Hard to find video evidence though, expecially if you only include clean hits.
The answer is Peter Forsberg BTW.
Can Neely knows that Ulf played a pretty tough game even without the dirty knees
They changed the draft lottery rules, so the top 10 teams that miss the playoffs have slightly better odds, whereas the worst 4 teams have a slightly worse shot at it. Buffalo has got to be pissed. And for the Canucks, well, if we finish just out of a playoff spot, 14th worst, at least now we'll have a 1% chance at McDavid rather than that piddly little .5%
Boston Canucker wrote:They changed the draft lottery rules, so the top 10 teams that miss the playoffs have slightly better odds, whereas the worst 4 teams have a slightly worse shot at it. Buffalo has got to be pissed. And for the Canucks, well, if we finish just out of a playoff spot, 14th worst, at least now we'll have a 1% chance at McDavid rather than that piddly little .5%
Boston Canucker wrote:They changed the draft lottery rules, so the top 10 teams that miss the playoffs have slightly better odds, whereas the worst 4 teams have a slightly worse shot at it. Buffalo has got to be pissed. And for the Canucks, well, if we finish just out of a playoff spot, 14th worst, at least now we'll have a 1% chance at McDavid rather than that piddly little .5%
The last occupant, former GM Mike Gillis, had a big photo of himself and a trophy fish. Brian Burke proudly displayed a portrait from his minor-league playing days: Burke bloodied but stoic. (He was injured in the warm-up).
Benning could show off a photo, too — for instance, holding the Stanley Cup he won three years ago.
“I just cleaned my office up,” Benning said Thursday. “I usually have these sheets spread out all over the office. I like to keep wall space available.”
Benning is an active thinker. He writes down ideas, makes lists, charts. He has a hand-written roster of his team, with age, salaries and contract status noted by the players’ names. Another poster-size sheet displays the traits he believes a Canuck should possess. But Benning’s masterpiece is a positional depth chart that includes every team in the National Hockey League, penned by Benning on feltboard and arranged by team rank. It contains the colour-coded names of more than 700 NHL players and occupies most of the south wall of Benning’s office at Rogers Arena.
It’s like what Michelangelo might have created for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were he a hockey nerd and not a Renaissance genius.
“This is my work space,” Benning explained. “I need to know every player in the league.
Can the Canucks just win a Cup within the next 5 years.