Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>, the two connected in Sweden through photo shoots and field-hockey tournaments. This led to an unlikely friendship. So it wasn\u2019t a surprise when the Blackhawks called him, asking Oduya for his opinions on Frondell as a player and person. Having not watched much hockey in recent years, he couldn\u2019t comment on the former. However, it didn\u2019t take long to get the measure of Frondell\u2019s personality.<\/p>\nIn fact, it reminded him of somebody familiar.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018I haven\u2019t spoken with him about [breath work], but that\u2019s something I should do, though,\u2019\u2019 Frondell said, a light bulb flickering inside his head.<\/p>\n
Said Oduya: \u2018\u2018In many ways, [Anton] has a lot of the characteristics Marian Hossa had. He\u2019s a very down-to-earth individual that has this light appearance. But he\u2019s still really hard-working and doesn\u2019t take himself too seriously. He knows what he can deliver.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Anton Frondell might indeed be the missing piece for Chicago.<\/p>\n
Most historians agree that everything changed for the Blackhawks once Marian Hossa arrived in 2009. His ability to play great offense and defense made life so much easier for everybody else on the ice. Throw in his even-keeled personality and steady leadership, and you had an elite teammate who elevated everybody around him, even if he might not have been the best player. Oduya sees the same qualities in Anton Frondell. The fact he is also a great two-way player might not be an accident. Obviously, expecting him to be the next Hossa is not fair. Frondell is his own person. Still, it shows the Blackhawks certainly had the right idea when they drafted him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If anybody knows about the glory of Chicago Blackhawks hockey, it is Johnny Oduya. The Swedish native played…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[10537,385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-10454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-anton-frondell","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}