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Rikard Grönborg left Swiss ZSC Lions just before the turn of the year.
Now the Swedish coach may be on his way back to Sweden.
According to SVT Sport, the 54-year-old is current for HV71, who should have established contact with Grönborg.
First he was the national team captain, then the moving load went to Switzerland and the ZSC Lions for Rikard Grönborg. There it was four seasons before it became clear that the Swedish coach would leave after the season. But instead he was fired before the turn of the year, and since then he has had time to sign a contract with Finnish Tappara.
The move of the crisis team
But now the next twist may be on the way. The three-time world champion is on his way home to the SHL, and more specifically to HV71, which is in dire need of help. This is reported by SVT Sport. The club, which before the season was tipped to be at the top by the majority of experts, has not achieved it at all and instead of staying at the top of the table, they are parked as nest jumbo.
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HV71 is currently led by Färjestad’s former gold coach Tommy Samuelsson which, among other things, strengthened the squad with the former NHL star Niklas Hjalmarsson. They have also picked up the hill Oliver Kaski as well as the NHL-qualified striker Nick Shorebut despite the delays, the results have not been forthcoming.
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Can be reunited
According to SVT Sport, the crisis team has now contacted Rikard Grönborg to speed up the scoring again. Grönborg has already signed an agreement with Finnish Tappara, but in that case would join HV71 on a consulting basis. The information also states that it is the assistant coach Johan Åkerman who gets to move on, which would mean that Rikard Grönborg gets to lead the team together with Frederick Stillman and Tommy Samuelsson, with whom he is familiar since his time in Switzerland.
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