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Now the Stanley Cup playoffs are finally underway!
Then Swedish NHL legend Håkan Loob sticks out his chin and points out who will win.
And which team will be the big disappointment in the hot NHL playoffs.
With an impressive 429 points in 450 games in the NHL, the Swede is the icon Håkan Loob one of our top blue and yellow players in North America. The native of Gotland played six seasons for the Calgary Flames before returning to Färjestad again.
Loob’s NHL record
The legendary right forward then managed to write Swedish sports history and set a record that still stands today. During the 1987-88 season, “Looben” scored an impressive 106 points in 80 games in the NHL and managed to reach the dream limit of 50 goals scored.
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35 years later, there is still no Swede who has managed to reach 50 goals in one season in the NHL, neither great players who Mats Sundin, Peter Forsberg, Daniel Alfredsson, Markus Näslund, Henrik Sedin or Daniel Sedin has been able to surpass the good Håkan.
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Win the Stanley Cup
Now it’s time for another NHL season to enter its decisive final stage with the Stanley Cup playoffs, and what could be better than for Håkan Loob to give his honest verdict on the settlement. The now SVT expert points out who will lift the Stanley Cup trophy and who will be the big disappointment.
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Loob selects his big favorite for the final victory later this spring.
– I think the Boston Bruins will continue their fine play that they have been performing throughout the regular season. Superior President Trophy winners and have a solid game, with a fantastically good goalkeeper in Sweden (Linus) Ullmark, he tells SVT Sport.
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“Big disappointment”
Then the hockey legend selects a truly classic club that may fail completely in the playoffs.
– The Toronto Maple Leafs can be a big disappointment. They already have a very difficult opponent in Tampa Bay in the first round. But if you go out in the first round, that’s the big disappointment for me. They have struggled for many years and the last time they won the Stanley Cup was in 1967, so they long and long. If you go out, it’s a huge disappointment, says Lobb in his analysis.
Finally, Håkan Loob points out the team that will surprise the most during the Stanley Cup playoffs.
– Minnesota is really a team to watch out for this year. They can really surprise and that would be great considering that there are many Swedish players there. A warning finger for the Minnesota Wild, he tells the television channel.
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