There are generally not a lot of North American skaters playing in this league however Skelleftea did happen to have the most dominant one on their team. Bud Holloway was a Los Angeles Kings pick and played three seasons in the AHL before making the move to Europe. My guess is he wasn't moving in the direction he wanted and didn't see any changes coming. I'd be surprised if he wasn't on some NHL radars heading into next year.
Holloway easily lead the league with 71 points which is an awful lot for an elite European league. Putting up a huge season in Europe will get you noticed. It will be up to him to decide if it is worth making the jump back to North America.
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The Elite League also has a regulation process at the end of the season that takes the worst two teams in the regular season and four teams who qualified from the second tier to face off against each other in a small tournament. The two teams with the best record at the end take the two spots at the top level. Well wouldn't you know what happened.
Both Elite team squads are out and will be replaced with Leksands and Orebro. Orebro has never competed in the Elite League in club history.
I wish every league could do this.
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