For the first time in nine years, the best players will face each other when the national team tournament Four Nations is arranged by NHL on February 12-21.
Sweden, Canada, USA, and Finland will compete in the tournament, which will be decided with one year left until the Olympic Games in Milano.
On Wednesday, Aftonbladet revealed that no Swedish TV company has yet purchased the broadcasting rights.
Victor Hedman, who is tipped to become the Swedish team captain, hopes that some company will step in.
I believe it will be resolved, it must be resolved so that the Swedish people can watch the matches. It's a given. I hope it's resolved as soon as possible, he says in a digital press conference with Swedish media.
There, Tampa Bay's Swedish star defenseman was also asked how he reacted to former national team coach Johan Garpenlöv's statement that Erik Karlsson shouldn't get a spot on Sweden's team.
Hedman and Karlsson are close friends and played together in Tre Kronor in the World Championship last spring.
Both were pre-nominated for the Four Nations squad already last summer.
I laughed a little when I read it. Erik Karlsson is a future Hall of Fame player, I see him often and he's an incredibly skilled hockey player, says Hedman and states:
Erik Karlsson on a Swedish team is a hundred percent given. Everyone can have their opinions, but that Erik Karlsson wouldn't make it into a team like this...it's a given with everything he has delivered year in and year out.
