-we're the Sweden rumors serious?
-heard he wanted a guaranteed roster spot next year? Could the wings not assure him that?
-did he just not live up to expectations?
-excess of offensive prospects make him expendable?
1. Sweden has never been anything more than rumors and "pure speculation" even by the people who keep repeating it. There have been rumors and whispers in the Swedish papers, but actual words out of the people involved are that those rumors are baseless. That's from Jarnkrok, his agent, the Wing's assistant GM who claimed to have never heard of that kind of stuff. Of course people can say that it only makes sense for Jarnkrok and the Wings to deny it, otherwise it makes them look like jackasses, but that seems like very specious reasoning when there's no evidence to suggest those were anything other than rumors. It's like if someone started a rumor that you beat your wife and you denied it adamantly. "Well of course he'd say that! What kind of stupid wife beater would admit to it!"
2. Haven't heard a word about demanding a guaranteed spot. Holland only went so far as to say that Jarnkrok and his agent were "antsy" but denied that he had demanded a trade or anything of that sort. One can see though, how even if we let all our UFA's go and just signed our RFA's, that there would be very little room for Jarnkrok next season. Even if we made a couple of trades there probably wouldn't be room. Maybe Jarnkrok put 2 and 2 together with how packed the roster was and put pressure on the Wings. We don't know. All we have from Holland is that he was antsy.
3. According to Holland,
after the trade was made, he was not living up. But throughout the year the words out of Grand Rapids from the coach and their staff was that he was great, doing everything right, and that lately the points were beginning to reflect that. I believe he's PPG+ over the last 20 games? Is that right?
4. Again, that's according to Holland. He said that the emergence of Sheahan and Andersson/Glendening moved him down the depth chart and made him more expendable because they saw Jarnkrok as nothing more than a 3/4C. Now, I've watched Andersson for 2 years and Glendening for this year and if that's true, then Jarnkrok was a bust and I have no idea why Blashill was praising him so much.
I think that accurately describes the situation and is fair to everyone. Make of it what you will.