from Eric Francis of Sportsnet,

Mere hours after being traded to the Calgary Flames, Calle Jarnkrok joked that Jacob Markstrom and Elias Lindholm would have to fight over who will house him.

As his two boyhood besties gathered Thursday to discuss their imminent reunion, the lodging had already been settled.

“Ah, he can have him,” shrugged Markstrom, deferring to Lindholm, who is Jarnkrok’s cousin.

“Just for a couple days,” added Lindholm.

The odds of three childhood chums from a small Swedish city of 75,000 playing together on an NHL team have to be longer than Victor Hedman’s stick.

Yet, after years of discussing the possibility, the Gavle Gang is back together.

“We talked about this not too long ago,” said Markstrom.

“When we retire, and are old, we can buy a low division team in Sweden and get all your friends together. But we just figured we’d do it here instead.”

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