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Going into the offseason I thought it was pretty unlikely that I would receive a contract offer in the NHL.
That is the circle of life in the NHL.

Coming in as a rookie you kick someone off the end of the treadmill. With each year you get closer to the edge until you finally drop off. With alot of hard work I played longer than I could have dreamed.
<h1>BACK ACROSS THE POND</h1>
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With my phone not ringing off the hook during the summer from teams looking to sign me to an NHL deal I knew this was going to be our opportunity to play in Europe again. My wife and I had already spent a year playing for Lugano in Switzerland.
We loved it and wanted to head back to Europe at the end of my NHL career.
The arrival of 2 babies slowed down our ability to take off in August like all the imports from North America do. We waited for them to get a little older before we took off. As I am writing this they are both sleeping as we fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
I am also proud to report that so far we haven&#8217;t annoyed the other passengers with crying babies.
<h1>THE NEW TEAM</h1>
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We are really happy we signed a contract with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&ouml;dert&auml;lje_SK">Sodertajle Sportklubb</a>&nbsp;&#8211; known as the SSK &#8211;&nbsp;in Sweden. Sodertajle is located just outside of Stockholm and that is the area we will be living in as well. It is a city of 86,909 people <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6dert%C3%A4lje">and recently</a> &quot;a report from the University of Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law ranks the Municipality of S&ouml;dert&auml;lje as the region with the best conditions for enterprise and economic growth in Sweden.&quot;
Needless to say, I am looking forward to getting into some games and meeting my teammates.
I have never played or met a Swede I didn&#8217;t like. Being surrounded by them should be alot of fun.
I will throw out updates and interesting stories here on OliersNation and <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/@struddles43">on Twitter</a>&nbsp;as the year goes on.

<img width="550" height="413" alt="" src="https://canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/sodertaljerink.jpg" />
Going into the offseason I thought it was pretty unlikely that I would receive a contract offer in the NHL.
That is the circle of life in the NHL.

Coming in as a rookie you kick someone off the end of the treadmill. With each year you get closer to the edge until you finally drop off. With alot of hard work I played longer than I could have dreamed.
<h1>BACK ACROSS THE POND</h1>
<img width="550" height="369" alt="" src="https://canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/S&ouml;dert&auml;lje3.jpg" />
With my phone not ringing off the hook during the summer from teams looking to sign me to an NHL deal I knew this was going to be our opportunity to play in Europe again. My wife and I had already spent a year playing for Lugano in Switzerland.
We loved it and wanted to head back to Europe at the end of my NHL career.
The arrival of 2 babies slowed down our ability to take off in August like all the imports from North America do. We waited for them to get a little older before we took off. As I am writing this they are both sleeping as we fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
I am also proud to report that so far we haven't annoyed the other passengers with crying babies.
<h1>THE NEW TEAM</h1>
<img width="400" height="389" alt="" src="https://canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/sodertalje.gif" />
We are really happy we signed a contract with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&ouml;dert&auml;lje_SK">Sodertajle Sportklubb</a>&nbsp;- known as the SSK -&nbsp;in Sweden. Sodertajle is located just outside of Stockholm and that is the area we will be living in as well. It is a city of 86,909 people <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6dert%C3%A4lje">and recently</a> &quot;a report from the University of Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law ranks the Municipality of S&ouml;dert&auml;lje as the region with the best conditions for enterprise and economic growth in Sweden.&quot;
Needless to say, I am looking forward to getting into some games and meeting my teammates.
I have never played or met a Swede I didn't like. Being surrounded by them should be alot of fun.
I will throw out updates and interesting stories here on OliersNation and <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/@struddles43">on Twitter</a>&nbsp;as the year goes on.

SWEDEN BABY SWEDEN

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