Svoboda, Visnovsky bring total to 173Jaroslav Svoboda of the Dallas Stars will play for a Czech team
and Lubomir Visnovsky of the Los Angeles Kings will join a
Slovakian club, raising to 173 the number of NHL players who have
agreed to compete in Europe during the lockout. Most of the NHL players in Europe have lockout clauses that
permit them to return to North America if and when the labor
impasse ends. Many are players returning to their native countries, though 25 are Canadian and three are American....
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