Henrik Sedin and Marian Gaborik out of Sochi

07 Feb 2014 | Fredrik Pålsson

Trouble for Sweden and Slovakia as star players will miss the Olympic tournament due to injuries.

Sweden's Henrik Sedin and Slovkia's Marian Gaborik will both miss the Olympic Games in Sochi due to injuries. Bad news for both teams as both players was expected to have key roles on their teams.

In Sweden there have been a lof of speculations about Sedin's replacement. Different media have reported both Mikael Backlund and Marcus Johansson. Coach Pär Mårts will announce the replacer today.

Also Finland has some injury problems as both Mikko Koivu and Valtteri Filppula have injury problems and might miss the Olympics.

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