The recruitment will certainly not go to port.
But when Frölunda’s sports director gets to choose a player to recruit from an SHL rival, he does not hesitate to answer.
– What he does is very impressive, says Fredrik Sjöström in the podcast Hockeypuls.
Frölunda did not have the strength all the way to a Swedish Championship final last season but is investing, as usual, in higher places next year. And the signings made so far are impressive. Anthony Greco has joined on the forward side, and Lars Johansson will guard the box office next year after joining from the KHL.
Reveals the dream recruitment
But a recruitment that sports director Fredrik Sjöström would very much like to do, will probably not happen. In the podcast Hockeypuls, he gets a straight question about which player he would like to recruit from another SHL club, and then he does not hesitate for long.
– There may be some, but I think that the player who stands out for me, who I myself have actually played once in a while, is Jocke Lindström, says Sjöström.
Sjöström has thus played with Jocke Lindström, who is still a key player in Skellefteå, and knows what you would get from him.
– He is a fantastic player, and a cruel person. I know him a little bit, and we have played together both in Modo, during hockey high school, and then also in national teams. Then we have met each other a lot of times.
“It is impressive”
Sjöström does not hold back in his tributes to the forward.
– Jocke for me is incredibly skilled, we have all seen that, what he can do with club and puck. He’s a damn good guy, a good person, and has a bit of what Joel (Lundqvist) has; he manages to push himself all the time, and put that energy and power into being good, and at the top of the SHL for such a long time. It is impressive.
But a recruitment can thus be ruled out, despite the fact that Lindström has an expiring contract with Skellefteå.
– With that said, I do not think he would play here. He is loyal to his Skellefteå. I can not say that I’m on him, but Jocke is probably the one I had chosen.
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