Djurgården lost 5-3 at home at Hovet against Timrå.
Now they are down 3-0 in matches and are only a loss from relegation to the hockey allsvenskan.
Should that be the case, SHL will miss a team from the capital as Djurgården joins AIK and Södertälje in the hockey allsvenskan.
- It is a little worrying that Djurgården, AIK and SSK do not perform at a better level, which can make the vibes for Stockholm hockey a little too weak.
I wish they were much stronger.
Then there are several different reasons why you have ended up there.
Right now the anxiety is quite big with me and I sincerely hope that Stockholm comes back and raises the status of its ice hockey, he says.
"150 miles away"
Should Djurgården leave, the closest teams are Linköping, Örebro and Brynäs.
- The closest team to Stockholm is about 150 km away.
I think it has the consequences that the status may be lowered for Swedish hockey, which I think can be devastating for the growth.
We need growth and recruitment, not only of players but also eleare.
Then it is up to the organizations to create this status, create this goodwill to find players who render in good representatives of the elite league, says Loob.
Several factors
To get Stockholm hockey to get a boost is a lot about the work the organizations do as a whole, both on the A-team side and youth hockey, says Loob.
But it is also about something else.
- It's about ice rinks and arenas.
You may have to have an elite arena that looks a little different and is more suitable for ice hockey at the highest level.
But also small ice rinks in the smaller towns that make it grow, so you get a little more features under the galoshes for the whole.
So that young people talk more hockey simply.
If you talk, you start acting and then it goes over in practice as well, he says.
See Håkan Loob's full reasoning in Hockey Night.