The SHL season is only two-games old, but Timothy Liljegren’s team, Rögle, has had a very rough start.
They opened the season with a 5-0 loss to Malmö, a middle ranked team last year. They followed that up with a game against newly promoted Mora, and lost that 5-1.
They sit last in the league, and their -9 goal differential is five worse than their nearest competition for the basement. Last year, Rögle finished second last and had to compete to stave off relegation. They look headed in the same direction this year.
While a bad team might offer ice time to a young player, how bad is too bad?