RWJC Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Multiple Teams Showing Interest In Marcus Sylvegard March 10th, 2024 at 8:00pm CST • By Brian La Rose With the trade deadline now behind us, the focus will shift in the coming weeks and months to the undrafted free agent market. We’ve already seen several major junior players sign while college free agency will pick up soon as well. Meanwhile, there are some international free agents that will also garner interest. One of those appears to be Swedish winger Marcus Sylvegard. The 24-year-old is putting the finishing touches on arguably his best SHL season as he has 23 goals and 18 assists in 50 games so far with Vaxjo with one game remaining on the schedule. It’s his second straight season reaching the 40-point mark after failing to reach 20 in his first five seasons at that level which likely helped get him on the NHL radar. SportExpressen’s Johan Svensson reports that the Panthers, Avalanche, and Flames are among NHL teams who have shown interest in his services so far with Florida believed to have shown the most interest at this point. A signing won’t be imminent, however, with Sylvegard indicating that his focus will be on the upcoming league playoffs so it stands to reason that he won’t choose his next team until after his postseason comes to an end. Regardless of whomever he signs with, Sylvegard will be subject to entry-level restrictions. He’ll be entering his age-25 year next season so he will be capped at inking a one-year deal; the maximum compensation for an entry-level deal in 2024-25 is $975K plus performance bonuses. https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/03/multiple-teams-showing-interest-in-marcus-sylvegard.html#ref=home 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Swedish huh... hmmmm... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 10 minutes ago, HKSR said: Swedish huh... hmmmm... Sounds like a sure no, everyone knows the Canucks have a storied history of icing top tier Finns Lumme, Salo, Ruutu, Granlund, Vaananen, Jokinen, Skriko, Lammikko, Santala.. Probably shouldn't risk it.. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekker Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Those are good numbers he's put up. Plus, cool name. If he's legit, I'm sure Alvin will kick the tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapshot Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 I'm not saying we should pencil him into our lineup for next year, but.. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Not much in the way of scouting reports, but one constant is he battles hard. So that alone has me thinking he would be a fit with the coaching staff. He's not big or small. Could be a good replacement for Laffy if he gets squeezed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 6 hours ago, RWJC said: Multiple Teams Showing Interest In Marcus Sylvegard March 10th, 2024 at 8:00pm CST • By Brian La Rose With the trade deadline now behind us, the focus will shift in the coming weeks and months to the undrafted free agent market. We’ve already seen several major junior players sign while college free agency will pick up soon as well. Meanwhile, there are some international free agents that will also garner interest. One of those appears to be Swedish winger Marcus Sylvegard. The 24-year-old is putting the finishing touches on arguably his best SHL season as he has 23 goals and 18 assists in 50 games so far with Vaxjo with one game remaining on the schedule. It’s his second straight season reaching the 40-point mark after failing to reach 20 in his first five seasons at that level which likely helped get him on the NHL radar. SportExpressen’s Johan Svensson reports that the Panthers, Avalanche, and Flames are among NHL teams who have shown interest in his services so far with Florida believed to have shown the most interest at this point. A signing won’t be imminent, however, with Sylvegard indicating that his focus will be on the upcoming league playoffs so it stands to reason that he won’t choose his next team until after his postseason comes to an end. Regardless of whomever he signs with, Sylvegard will be subject to entry-level restrictions. He’ll be entering his age-25 year next season so he will be capped at inking a one-year deal; the maximum compensation for an entry-level deal in 2024-25 is $975K plus performance bonuses. https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/03/multiple-teams-showing-interest-in-marcus-sylvegard.html#ref=home Would he change his name to Elias Pettersson? We've kind of started a collection now, let's add to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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