Leksand got relegated and Mora came out of nowhere to take the SEL spot, and who expects them to stay in the SEL next year? So follow me now in this Dala-armageddon picture I'm painting here:
Next year Mora gets relegated.
SEL stays a 12 team league, no extra room for advancement.
Skellefteå, who arguably has the best players on paper, gets promoted.
Leksand builds a new arena, but fails to advance to the SEL within the next two or three years - each year losing more sponsors and fans and force in their aim to get back.
Meanwhile teams like Västerås, Växjö and Björklöven get stronger. Possibly Hammarby too if they don't fall from grace with Anschutz again.
Now, that would leave us with a SEL without a team from Dalarna, which still is a pretty big district hockewise. Will this open up for any other team from the same area or will fans turn elsewhere and make Dalarna a hockey wasteland? Their culture is (or was) strong but that is no ensurance. Is there any other team from Dalarna that could be up to the challenge if the two old greats fail to establish themselves in the SEL?
Now, that would leave us with a SEL without a team from Dalarna, which still is a pretty big district hockewise. Will this open up for any other team from the same area or will fans turn elsewhere and make Dalarna a hockey wasteland? Their culture is (or was) strong but that is no ensurance. Is there any other team from Dalarna that could be up to the challenge if the two old greats fail to establish themselves in the SEL?
what is dalarna? is it the same as kopperbergs län? if so, isn't the only other team in that region borlänge?
i've never been a big fan of the teams from Dalarna - i'd rather see my "landskap" Jämtland get a team up in the top 2 divisions, but i guess that'll never happen
i've never been a big fan of the teams from Dalarna - i'd rather see my "landskap" Jämtland get a team up in the top 2 divisions, but i guess that'll never happen
i've never been a big fan of the teams from Dalarna - i'd rather see my "landskap" Jämtland get a team up in the top 2 divisions, but i guess that'll never happen
no-one wants to move here to play hockey..
Atleast Krutov moved to Jämtland a couple of years ago I believe that Jämtland could be a team for Allsvenskan within a few years.
and finally dont be so sure that She left you will be a SEL this time next year. Somehow they always manage to chock.
and then i stick with borlänge as the next force from dalarna.
Falun is also a pretty "big" city in Dalarna.
Borlänge took a bronze medal in the J-16 Swedish Championship a couple of years ago with Lars Jonsson, Magnus Hedlund and Daniel Hermansson on the roster.
i know, but i've never heard of a hockey team in falun. when i think of falun, i think of cross-skiing.
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Borlänge took a bronze medal in the J-16 Swedish Championship a couple of years ago with Lars Jonsson, Magnus Hedlund and Daniel Hermansson on the roster.
oh, nice. but they're lacking money and fans or am i wrong?
I believe that Jämtland could be a team for Allsvenskan within a few years.
