Expressen’s Adam Johansson spoke with Lucas Raymond ahead of tonight’s match-up between Raymond’s Swedes and Dylan Larkin’s Team USA (8 PM EST start on TNT/TruTV/Max/Sportsnet). First, they discuss a cultural faux pas committed by Larkin during the 2023 Global Series, and then Johansson and Raymond get down to business:
Detroit teammates Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond come together for the first time in their careers facing each other on Tuesday night. The Tre Kronor and the United States are on opposite sides of the ice.
“It’s special. Dylan and I are close to each other and we’ve never met each other [on the ice] before. We’ve been playing on the same line for years, so it will be special to meet now. But once we’re out on the ice, we probably won’t think about it.”
Both are mainstays of the Detroit Red Wings, the team for which Raymond signed an 8-year contract last fall.
“When I signed the contract, I was clear that I wanted to be in Detroit, I want to be there for a long time.”
At the Four Nations Face-Off, however, all his focus is on the Tre Kronor.
“It’s fun to be here. Always special to play for Sweden in this kind of context,” Raymond concludes.
