Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Gustav Forsling has hit some bumps in his rookie season, but the team won’t be sending him back to Sweden for more seasoning. Coach Joel Quenneville delivered that news Sunday, and added that the Blackhawks haven’t even considered the possibility of letting the 20-year-old go back overseas.
Forsling’s situation with the Blackhawks was unique this season given the European Assignment Clause in his contract, which states that Forsling has the right to go back to Sweden if the team tries reassigning him to the AHL. That pretty much scratched off that option, and meant Forsling would either spend the season in Chicago or Sweden.