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Modo will soon enter the SHL again.
Now the newcomer is chasing reinforcements for the return.
And seems to have found a real prestige signing from the NHL.
Finally, Modo has stepped up to Swedish hockey’s fine room again. With days left until the SHL premiere and the long-awaited return in Örnsköldsvik, the newcomer is now looking for much-needed reinforcements on the ice.
Modo chases new
The sports manager Henrik Gradin is not quite finished with the team building yet and is looking for a new forward to add to the squad further. Given that the coming season will be so incredibly important for Modo to stay in the top flight for more than a year.
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Now comes information about a highly interesting profile recruitment, reports the local newspaper Örnsköldsviks Allehanda. It is about the NHL forward Josh Leivo which can now become a well-deserved new acquisition for Modo.
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265 NHL games
The 30-year-old has played a total of 265 NHL games and played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes and St. Louis Blues in the world’s best hockey league. There is interest, but at the moment no discussions are taking place, informs Leivo’s agent Randy Edmonds.
– No, there isn’t. We check the situation and know that Modo has a nice hockey culture and is a good place to play hockey. We look around and then we get to present what options are available in North America and Europe and then see what Josh wants to do, says Edmonds in an interview with ÖA.
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Last season, Leivo scored 16 points in 51 games in the NHL for St. Louis. The goal is to continue playing in the NHL and North America, but according to the agent, the European door will be kept open as well.
– Currently, Josh is not close to making a decision on what to do. It’s more that we check the situation and see what options are available for him and the family, says representative Randy Edmonds to the newspaper.
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Born in Canada, Josh Leivo was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs 86th overall in the third round of the 2011 NHL Draft.
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