Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson is unsure about his NHL future, but he does know one thing -- he wants to help his home country of Sweden win a gold medal at the 2012 IIHF World Championship.
Alfredsson told Sweden GM Johan Garpenlov on Sunday -- three days after the Senators had their season ended in a Game 7 loss to the New York Rangers in the first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs -- that he would join the team for the tournament, which runs May 4-20 and will be played in Helsinki and Stockholm
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Alfredsson will be joined at the tournament by Norris Trophy finalist Erik Karlsson, as the Sens also announced Monday that the 21-year-old blueliner will join the Swedish squad.
"Immediately when we were eliminated from the playoffs, I spoke with [teammate] Erik Karlsson and asked him how he feels about going to the World Championship," Alfredsson told the IIHF website. "I told him that I myself feel good about it. This week when I was off with the concussion made that I feel rested now and ready to go."
Alfredsson said playing in the World Championship will have no bearing on whether he decides to return for a 17th NHL season in 2012-13.
"These are two separate things," he said. "I will make the decision [to play another season] a couple of weeks after the World Championship."
The United States landed another player Monday as well, as Anaheim Ducks center Kyle Palmieri joined the club. The 21-year-old spent the majority of the season with the AHL's Syracuse Crunch, but went 4-3-7 in 18 games for the parent club. He joins Anaheim teammates Bobby Ryan and Cam Fowler on the U.S. squad.
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