seems like most popular team goes to the most relevant swed. maybe in a few years the avs will be really popular in sweden because landeskog
That is true... We grow up watching these players develop over here only to see them get shipped over to the US as soon as they get good That's why Colorado (forsberg), wings (lids, Z etc), toronto (sundin), nucks (sedins), rangers (lundqvist) etc got their share of swedish fans. That is also the reason why I became a red wings fan, I followed my dear players across the atlantic. Now I will probably be a fan of the wings all my life!
Also, Tre kronor has been successful over a long period of time and after every championship (depending how well they did ;p) there are fans who follow their favorite players on tre kronor to their respective nhl teams and slowly grows into being a fan of the team.
Where I live in Sweden (a small town) I would have to say that the wings & rangers are the most popular ones. I cant really remember ever seeing a pens fan here actually..
But I do remember that when I went to the nhl premiere Penguins vs Ottawa in Stockholm there were penguin jerseys everywhere..
I feel so bad for Eriksson and the rest of the team I feel bad for all the ottawa fans. EK is one of the best players is the game. He bring people to the game. Without him, what will happen?