This story takes us to the small Swedish town of Vetlanda where Erik Karlsson grew up and has become a great ambassador for his hometown and the game of Hockey.
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39 Comments
my mancrush
He's really amazing and very humble when he could be exactly the opposite. That is what I love about hockey and that is why I do not like other sports. Football is a lot of fun, but it doesn't have the snap. I have seen Alfredsson play during the glorious days of yesteryear (in every way) and I see Karlsson as the next huge player for this team. I am hoping for the Sens to win the cup and go all the way this year. One thing I'd really like to stress here is that Vetlanda looks like a very beautiful place to be from and to grow up in and as I watched this I wondered why I'd never heard of it as I thought I knew Swedish geography really well. I was into Sweden before I was even into hockey and it was for the music. It's funny how a country can lead in more ways than one. The first Scandinavian band to score a worldwide hit was a Swedish band called Blond. After that the rest is history. I got into hockey 21 years ago and I admired the countries the players came from in Europe and especially got into hockey because of a long time love for Canada (and Canadian music). Now I want it to come full circle- a Swedish player and a whole Canadian team I would love to see them win. Let's go!
Is there a two-time Norris winner not in the Hall of Fame?
I play in boro in Vetlanda
Not a Sens fan but mos def my favourite player in the NHL.
Wow. What a guy. One of the best on and off the ice.
and the flow…
He deserves to win the Norris
Criminal that he ONLY has 2 Norris….
karlsson to young to see him…but was able to see and kiss the stanley when franzén brought it here…his parents was living next door to the gf of my best friend=)
I live in Vetlanda
It's nice to see someone achive such a thing as Erik and being from a small Town as Vetlanda. We have Johan Franzen also a guy that is from Landsbro/Vetlanda 🙂 I'm also from Vetlanda and lived here whole my Life 😀
For a Swede, his English is pretty good
Too bad he sucks this year
and now he might get trade it
He's every thing good
God what a steal at 15th overall
Wow he could go to the rink whenever he wants. Here its 350$ for 50 minutes
Its amazing how good the swedes are in ice hockey for only being 10 million people.
I actually live 20 kilometers away from Vetlanda
My favorite defensemen along with drew doughty
and now he play's for san jose.
And….
He's gone.
And he's gone
And now he's a Shark! Yeeeeeeeaaaaah!!
which sharks fan came here after the trade? lmao, btw, why was he drafted much later? why wasn't he drafted at least top 5? im sure those 14 prior teams are kicking themselves for not drafting him
Shark
I would kill to have him on my team. Oof
Ottawa without Erik
Ottawa left the chat
❤️Karlsson!! Burnzie won the Norris that year. Now he & Karlsson are teammates. And are about to win the Stanley Cup!! 🦈🦈🦈🏒🥅
Johan Franzen is also from Vetlanda
What's the "song" in the beginning?
Now he’s playing down south
I thought the Sens made it to game 7 double overtime of the Eastern Conference finals…but hey, I'm just a fan
He is from Landsbro!!!!!
Wow never noticed how his hockey stick was Teal and orange back in the Ottawa days too
Actually he’s from Landsbro
Jack Sparrow really picked himself up and got out of the pirate life
Eric Carlson looks so short but he's like 5'11 just proves how massive some people are