Ok Colby, didn't even think you were still in the NHL last year!! Good luck fella..
https://twitter.com/armdog/status/361164365489115137
https://twitter.com/armdog/status/361165355051257859Hello Sweden and the people of Vaxjo. Can't wait to bring family over and jump right in. So exciting #newchapter @vaxjolakers #beauts
https://twitter.com/armdog/status/361165751635288064Honestly gotta say it's been a great ride over here. What a life. Thanks to all the fans in all the cities I've played in here.
https://twitter.com/armdog/status/361166226862514178I grew up like any kid dreaming to play in the NHL I got to do it and also MTL was my favourite team growing up and I got to wear the CH
Honestly tho this has been a great journey so far my family and I are so thankful and now making this move to Sweden is so amazing.
Ok Colby, didn't even think you were still in the NHL last year!! Good luck fella..
Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
Vaxjo is a fairly new and up-and-coming team in Sweden. They're a fun team that's been pretty heavy on foreign veterans, as they don't yet have a big youth movement in their organization (in Sweden most of the big teams have their own development), so I'm not surprised they go out and sign a guy like Armstrong.
Oh, and I have a brother and a sister in Vaxjo. It's about one hour and twenty minutes east of my hometown
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Remember when he had 40 points in 47 games as a rookie playing with Sid? I was all over this guy, absolutely loved him. That ended up being his career high of course, matched it once in Atlanta in like 80 games.
20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) PPP (15) SHP (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) SOW (75) HIT (1) BLK (2) W (50) SHO (100) OTL (10) GA (-15) SV (2) Use actual NHL salary
Start 12 F, 6 D, 1G weekly
F: Kucherov, Marchand, Barkov, Gaudreau, Laine, Aho, Dubois, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Trocheck, Bertuzzi, Beauvillier, Khaira, Grigorenko
D: Ekman-Larsson, Yandle, Edler, Pulock, Borowiecki, Weegar, Mike Reilly
G: Andersen, Hart
Farm: Boldy, Beckman, Wise, Mascherin, Kovalenko, Manukyan, Walker, Morozov, Shafigullin, Palmu, Tychonic, Zhuravlyov, Kesselring, Zamula, Lankinen, Sogaard, Ingram, Rybar
Colby's family loves Sweden..............it's been a great journey......
Just sayin'..........................
Scott Munroe? Rhett Rakhshani and Cory Murphy too.
In the past they've had guys like Noah Welch, Fredrik Norrena, Martin Gerber, Liam Reddox, Tomi Kallio, Jonas Holos.
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Nope, it will be Munroe and Mattias Modig (signed with the Pens a couple of years ago) this year. He wasn't with the team last year either.
In two seasons in the SHL (formerly the SEL) they haven't reached the playoffs, but they haven't been bad enough to risk falling down a division either. They've ended up 9th or 10th.
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Not too many. I do go to as many home games I can for my hometown's team though. Halmstad Hammers. They play three divisions below the SHL, so it's not nearly as good quality hockey-wise, but it's a lot of fun anyway
Didn't really catch much of Silfverberg until his last season, when I started loving that sick shot of his. Basically I thought he was as good a shooter that Sweden is going to get at the moment, after he acclimates to the NHL. The closest thing Sweden has to Stamkos, even though they aren't close in play styles. It's just the shot quality that reminds me of Stammer.
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I think he has a better wrist/snap shot than Stamkos. Stamkos is all about that one-timer.