Is Erik Karlsson in fact the best Swedish player still?

[Ben White]

Despite two career threatening injuries and being 35 years old, it looks like Erik Karlsson has another lever of talent in him than the other Swedish players. What’s your opinion?

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[Empoleon8771]

Who would have thought that Karlsson would look substantially better while not playing for Mike Sullivan’s system? I’m shocked.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Idk

 

[saska sault]

Im a little bias but I thought Raymond was Swedens best player, Karlsson was just as good. Hes dynamic on the back end, especially when you have a Hedman on your team to take the toughest assignments.

Off topic, Arvidsson was a treat to watch. He plays with great speed and energy, would love him on Detroit.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Been trying to say he’s still a very very good player. Gotta think he’d be extremely valuable if the Pens retained on him (although his NMC would severely cripple what they could get back in a trade).

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Love to see Ben with the Karlsson thread resurgence, let’s go

 

[Midnight Judges]

He's a defenseman who is unbelievably terrible at defense. This has been proven over the course of many hundreds of games.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

He's a defenseman who is unbelievably terrible at defense. This has been proven over the course of many hundreds of games.

the biggest reason his defense tanked is that he can't pivot properly after his ankle injuries.

what could have been.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

the biggest reason his defense tanked is that he can't pivot properly after his ankle injuries.

what could have been.

Yeah in his prime his defense was fine IMO. He wasn't a lockdown guy but he was not a liability.

At his best this dude could completely tilt the ice to an absurd degree.