Jonas Andersson's guide to the SHL: "They win Swedish Championship gold"

They become Swedish champions

”If it is normally difficult to tip a champion, it is impossible to tip now.

It all depends on covid-19 and which teams have the opportunity to strengthen before the playoffs.

But Luleå wins the basic series again this year.

Then Färjestad wins the playoffs.

They have an offensive team and play the most fun hockey "

" In my eyes, Oskarshamn is not an SHL team and Malmö has lost too many important players.

Both teams have too thin troops. "

“Brynäs.

Key players remain, they have several heavy new acquisitions and Peter Andersson is the new coach.

Brynäs looks exciting. ” 

”Malmö.

I do not see how they will manage to qualify. "

This year's sporty snack ice cream

“The difference between home and away pitches will decrease and it benefits the middle and bottom teams.

Last year, only HV71 and Rögle won more than they lost away.

At the same time as Luleå was 23-3 at home, they played 13-13 away.

The difference has thus been very large, I think that advantage will decrease.

It will not be as scary to play as a visiting team, for example in Scandinavium or at Hovet. ”

Winter's king of points

”Anton Rödin, if he can be injury-free.

Scored one point last year and the three who were better are not in the league this year.

Not yet at least." 

”Oskar Alsenfelt, Malmö's only hope to avoid qualifiers.

“Alsenfelt.

He may not get the best statistics, but he alone will win points for his Malmö. ” 

"Jesse Virtanen, who is back in Färjestad.

Admittedly had a heavy season last year in the KHL, but should find confidence quickly and then become the back of winter.

Bubbler is the always stable Erik Gustafsson, Luleå. ”

"Anton Rödin, who had an extremely good finish to last season."

”Linus Klasen, back in Luleå.

Luleå were brutally bad in PP last season, yet they won the regular season.

Even if Klasen is older, he will be able to lead a good PP. 

“Lukas Raymond.

With Ryan Lasch away, Raymond should get PP time, and if he gets it, it will be his big breakthrough in the SHL.

The league's greatest talent. "

"Peter Andersson, Brynäs.

Has all the conditions to lift Brynäs this season. ”

"Can be a scary situation"

This is how the SHL feels in the shadow of the pandemic

“It is an extremely vulnerable situation for the SHL who are literally fighting for their survival.

Entrance tickets, souvenirs, a kiosk and a restaurant account for 31 percent of the revenue.

These will not be reimbursable, but teams will have to cut costs and staff costs account for 60 percent.

It is therefore highly probable that teams will have to negotiate salaries and, in the worst case, try to sell players.

Before the pandemic, the SHL was on the right track both financially and sportingly, now the league is fighting for its survival. 

it's starting, but I still have a lump in my stomach.

No one knows where covid-19 is going and it will be teams that will have financial problems relatively soon.

It can be a really scary situation where everyone will have to contribute for the league to survive.

This means that players will be forced to go down in salary, among other things.

I really hope I'm wrong, but it does not look bright! ”