NLA - Erik Gustafsson, who played for Avangard Omsk this year, is hoping to play in the NHL, but if it does not work out, Switzerland would be an option, as he tells Expressen in an interview.

NLA - Johannes Salmonsson, whose contract with SHL team Linköping expired this spring, is looking to play in another country than Sweden in the next season. Switzerland or Germany is an option for the former HC Davos player.

SWISS ICE HOCKEY - As one can read in the Nordwestschweiz, former EHC Basel Sharks defenseman/forward Marvin Frunz has decided to bid farewell to professional hockey and focus on his off-ice career.

NLA/SHL - After the relegation of the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, the Swedish defenseman Johan Fransson decided to leave the club. As his agent says to the Swedish newspaper NSD, the future of the 30-year-old should be clear in a few days.

SPENGLER CUP - According to the Corriere del Ticino, HC Lugano will be the second Swiss team at the Spengler Cup 2015. As their journalist Flavio Viglezio writes on Twitter, the participation of the Bianconeri is 99.9% sure.