Edler stannar i Vancouver – skriver på tvåårskontrakt
Den svenska ishockeybacken Alexander Edler stannar i Vancouver Canucks i ytterligare två år, skriver klubben på Twitter.
33-åringen var så kallad unresticted free agent, vilket innebar att han var fri att skriva på för vilket lag i ligan som helst. Men svensken väljer alltså att skriva nytt kontrakt med Canucks, där han har varit sedan 2006.
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Alexander Edler
Wikipedia (en)
Ulf Niklas Alexander Edler (born 21 April 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman and an alternate captain for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted out of Sweden's third-tier ice hockey league by the Canucks in the third round, 91st overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, and played junior ice hockey with Modo of the J20 SuperElit and the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL).
Edler turned professional in North America with the Canucks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, in 2006–07, seeing some time in the NHL over the course of the season. He became a full-time member of the Canucks the following season, and has since been named to one NHL All-Star Game (2012).
Internationally, he has competed for Sweden on four occasions — at the 2006 World Junior Championships, the 2008 and 2013 IIHF World Championships (winning gold) and the 2014 Winter Olympics (winning silver). Edler is an offensive defenceman noted for his calm on-ice demeanor and strong slapshot.
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