Brynäs
Number of SM golds: 13 (1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1993, 1999, 2012).
Last season: 12.
Head coach: Peter Andersson, new, Malmö.
Premier opponent: 24/9 Oskarshamn (at home).
In: Viktor Andrén, mv, Växjö, Kristofer Berglund, b, Dinamo Riga, Tom Hedberg, b, Modo, John Nyberg, b, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton, Simon Bertilsson, b, Sochi, Patrik Berglund, f, Djurgården, Adam Pettersson, f, Skellefteå.
Out: Joacim Eriksson, etc., Schwenningen, Victor Söderström, b, Arizona, Eric Norin, b, Tappara, Marcus Ersson, b, club not ready, Joachim Rohdin, f, Jukurit, Lukas Zetterberg, f, Västerås, Jacob Blomqvist, f , Timrå, Marcus Westfält, f, Västervik.
Djurgården
SM Gold: 16 (1926, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2001).
Last season: 6.
Head coach: Robert Ohlsson, fifth season.
Premier opponent: 27/9 Frölunda (h).
In: Mantas Armalis, etc., Skellefteå, Tobias Ekberg, b, Malmö, Linus Andersson, f, Vita Hästen.
Out: Karri Rämö, etc., club not ready, Robin Jensen, etc., do, Olle Alsing, b, Ottawa, Linus Hultström, b, Podolsk, Anton Mylläri, b, club not ready, Patrik Berglund, b, Brynäs, Daniel Widing , f, club not ready, Albin Grewe, f, Saginaw (left in the fall).
NHL loan in the fall: Tobias Björnfot, b, Los Angeles.
Frölunda
SM gold: 5 (1965, 2003, 2005, 2016, 2019).
Last season: 7.
Head coach: Roger Rönnberg, eighth season.
Premier opponent: 19/9 HV71 (h).
In: Filip Johansson, b, Leksand, Jens Olsson, b, TPS Åbo, Mattias Norlinder, b, Modo, Stefan Elliott, b, Dinamo Minsk, Jan Mursak, f, Bern, Robin Alvarez, f, Skellefteå.
Out: Arvid Söderblom, etc., Skellefteå, Julius Bergman, b, Pelicans, Brandon Gormley, b, club not ready, Karl Stollery, b, do, Jacob Moverare, b, Los Angeles, David Printz, b, quit, Ryan Lasch, f, club not ready, Rhett Rakhshani, f, do, Jacob Peterson, f, Färjestad, Samuel Fagemo, f, Los Angeles, Oliwer Fjellström, f, Mariestad, Sebastian Stålberg, f, Vaasa.
NHL loans during the fall: Jesper Sellgren, b, Carolina, Theodor Lennström, b, Edmonton.
Färjestad
SM Gold: 9 (1981, 1986, 1988, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011).
Last season: 2.
Head coach: Johan Pennerborn, fourth season.
Premier opponent: 19/9 Luleå (b).
In: Jesper Eliasson, mv, Växjö, Henrik Haukeland, mv, Kookoo, Adam Ginning, b, Linköping, Jesse Virtanen, b, Ak Bars Kazan, Jacob Peterson, f, Frölunda, Olle Lycksell, f, Linköping, Jacob Nilsson, f , Rockford.
Out: Markus Svensson, etc., club not ready, Johan Ivarsson, b, TPS Åbo, Lucas Ekeståhl Jonsson, b, Rögle, Marcus Nilsson, b, Sochi, Linus Johansson, b, do, Emil Forslund, b, Växjö, Michael Latta , f, club not ready, Aleksi Mustonen, f, Kärpät, Jesper Olofsson, f, Rochester.
NHL loan during the fall: Joakim Nygård, b, Edmonton.
HV71
SM Gold: 5 (1995, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017).
Last season: 5.
Head coach: Nicklas Rahm, new (from assistant).
Premier opponent: 19/9 Frölunda (b).
In: Daniel Bertov, b, Rögle, Niklas Arell, b, Malmö, Anton Wedin, f, Rockford, Fredrik Forsberg, f, Bik Karlskoga, Jesper Kokkonen, f, do, Lias Andersson, f, NY Rangers (extended loan), Anton Karlsson, b, Cleveland.
Out: Adam Åhman, etc., Tingsryd, Christoffer Persson, b, club not ready, Nils Andersson, b, do, Markus Lauridsen, b, Malmö, Daniel Norbe, b, Björklöven, Joakim Andersson, f, Kookoo, Martin Thörnberg, f , club not ready, Oscar Sundh, f, do, Johan Johnsson, f, AIK, Juuso Ikonen, f, HPK.
NHL loan in the fall: Linus Sandin, b, Philadelphia.
Leksand
SM Gold: 4 (1969, 1973, 1974, 1975).
Last season: 13.
Head coach: Björn Hellkvist, new from Modo.
Premier opponent: 19/9 Skellefteå (h).
In: Matt Caito, b, Kookoo, Patrik Norén, b, Skellefteå, Otto Paajanen, f, IFK Helsinki, Carter Camper, f, Utica, Peter Cehlarik, f, Providence.
Out: Filip Johansson, b, Frölunda, Philip Samuelsson, b, Oskarshamn, Mattias Karlsson, b, club not ready, Thomas Valkvæ Olsen, f, Frisk Asker, Linus Persson, f, club not ready, Marcus Karlberg, f, Vita Hästen (loan).
Linköping
Swedish Championship gold: 0.
Last season: 11.
Head coach: Bert Robertsson, second season.
Premier opponent: 19/9 Rögle (b).
In: Niklas Lundström, etc., Vita Hästen, Filip Berglund, b, Skellefteå, Petteri Nikkilä, b, HPK, Nikola Pasic, f, Karlskoga (again after loan), Niko Ojamäki, f, Tappara, Oula Palve, f, Texas, Markus Ljungh, f, Vladivostok.
Out: Jacob Johansson, etc., Timrå, Eddie Larsson, b, Luleå, Adam Ginning, b, Färjestad, Almen Bibic, b, ends, Anton Björkman, b, Almtuna, Olle Lycksell, f, Färjestad, Robin Johansson, f, Mora , Adam Helewka, f, Cleveland, Nichlas Hardt, f, Rungsted, Sebastian Karlsson, f, quit.
Luleå
SM Gold: 1 (1996).
Last season: 1.
Head coach: Thomas Berglund, fourth season.
Premier opponent: 19/9 Färjestad (h).
In: Victor Berglund, b, Modo, Eddie Larsson, b, Linköping, Linus Klasen, f, Lugano.
Out: Joel Lassinantti, mv, Sochi, Jesper Sellgren, b, Carolina / Frölunda, Yohann Auvitu, b, club not ready, Joonas Jalvanti, b, Pelicans, Emil Larsson, b, Örebro, Konstantin Komarek, b, Dinamo Riga.
NHL loan in the fall: Filip Hållander, b, Pittsburgh.
Malmö
SM Gold: 2 (1992, 1994).
Last season: 9.
Head coach: Joakim Fagervall, new from Björklöven.
Premier opponent: 22/9 Leksand (h).
In: Markus Lauridsen, b, HV71, Oliver Lauridsen, b, Jokerit, Pathrik Westerholm, f, Lukko Rauma, Ponthus Westerholm f, do, Victor Backman, f, ZSC Lions, Jan-Mikael Järvinen, f, Mannheim.
Out: Niklas Arell, b, HV71, Tobias Ekberg, b, Djurgården, Carl-Johan Lerby, b, Calgary, Henrik Hetta, f, Västerås, Matias Myttynen, f, club not ready, Jesper Jensen, f, Fredrikshavn, Max Görtz , f, Wolfsburg, Frederik Storm, f, Ingolstadt, Nicolai Meyer, f, Ässät.
NHL loan during the fall: Fredrik Händemark, b, San Jose.
Oskarshamn
Swedish Championship gold: 0.
Last season: 14.
Head coach: Martin Filander, new, from Malmö (assistant).
Premier opponent: 24/9 Brynäs (b).
In: Joe Cannata, mv, Björklöven, Brian Cooper, b, do, Oliver Joakim Larsen, b, do, Nolan Zajac, b, Stavanger, Philip Samuelsson, b, Leksand, Adam Janosik, b, Plzen, Kim Strömberg, f, Kookoo, Jan Ordos, f, Liberec, Fredrik Olofsson, f, Modo, Kim Rosdahl, f, do.
Out: Richard Bachmann, etc., club not ready, Daniel Rosengren, etc., do, Marcus Hellgren, etc., do, Oskar Nilsson, b, Skellefteå, Jesper Dahlroth, b, Modo, Henrik Nilsson, b, Dornbirner, Matthew Bodie, b , club not ready, Ben Youds, b, do, Simon Després, b, do, Victor Aronsson, b, Almtuna, Filip Sveningsson, f, Modo, Pontus Netterberg, f, club not ready, Nicklas Heinerö, f, AIK, Robin Söderqvist, f, club not ready, Arsi Piispanen, f, quits.
Rögle
Swedish Championship gold: 0.
Last season: 3.
Head coach: Cam Abbott, fourth season.
Premier opponent: 19/9 Linköping (h).
In: Johan Gustafsson, etc., Mannheim, Lucas Ekeståhl Jonsson, b, Färjestad, Adam Tambellini, f, Modo, Olli Palola, f, Kunlun Red Star, Brady Ferguson, f, Newfoundland, Raphael Lavoie, Edmonton (loan).
Out: Roman Will, etc., Tractor Chelyabinsk, Kodie Curran, b, Anaheim, Daniel Bertov, b, HV71, Ted Brithén, f, Bern, Dominik Bokk, f, Carolina, Hampus Gustavsson, f, club not ready.
NHL loan in the fall: Nils Höglander, b, Vancouver.
Skellefteå
SM Gold: 3 (1978, 2013, 2014).
Last season: 4.
Head coach (shared): Stefan Klockare, Stefan Hedlund, Andreas Falk, new from HV71 (player developers J18 and J20).
Premier opponent: 19/9 Leksand (b).
In: Arvid Söderblom, etc., Frölunda, Oskar Nilsson, b, Oskarshamn, Jonathan Johnson, f, Modo, Tyler Morley, f, Tappara.
Out: Mantas Armalis, etc., Djurgården, Filip Berglund, b, Linköping, Jonathan Pudas, b, Jokerit, Patrik Norén, b, Leksand, Toni Kallela, f, club not ready, Anton Holm, f, AIK, Adam Pettersson, f , Brynäs, Robin Alvarez, f, Frölunda.
Växjö
Swedish Championship gold: 2 (2015 and 2018).
Last season: 10.
Head coach: Sam Hallam, ninth season.
Premier opponent: 24/9 Färjestad (h).
In: Joel Persson, b, Anaheim, Juuso Vainio, b, Jyp, Hardy Häman Aktell, b, Björklöven, Teemu Eronen, b, Jokerit, Robert Rosén, f, Sochi, Jack Drury, f, Harvard, Emil Forslund, f, Brynäs.
Out: Viktor Andrén, etc., Brynäs, Jesper Eliasson, etc., Färjestad, Daniel Rahimi, b, Björklöven, Linus Högberg, b, Philadelphia, Casey Bailey, b, Iserlohn, Niclas Lundgren, b, club not ready, Oliver Bohm, b , TPS Turku, Roman Horak, f, Sparta Prague, Brendan Shinnimin, f, Mannheim.
Örebro
Swedish Championship gold: 0.
Last season: 8.
Head coach: Niklas Eriksson, third season.
Premier opponent: 24/9 HV71 (h).
In: Jhonas Enroth, mv, Klagenfurt, Nick Ebert, b, Hartford, Emil Larsson, f, Luleå, Robert Leino, f, Ilves, Borna Rendulic, f, Mannheim, Oliver Eklind, f, Bik Karlskoga.
Out: Dominik Furch, etc., Dinamo Minsk, Aaron Irving, b, Litvinov, Alfred Barklund, b, Västervik, Marcus Weinstock, f, ends, Viktor Lodin, f, Timrå, Sakari Salminen, f, club not ready, Jordan Boucher, f, Wolfsburg.
NHL loans this fall: Rodrigo Abols, b, Florida, Mathias Bromé, b, Detroit.
Sources: The
clubs and eliteprospects.com.