KARLSTAD, Sweden — Take a trip to Jonas Brodin’s childhood home, and it’s a bit of an adventure.
The charming town of Karlstad — hugged by the country’s largest lake Vänern — is a three-hour train ride from Stockholm. It’s rich in hockey history, with the home club Färjestad BK having won 10 Swedish Hockey League titles. Brodin, 30, was part of one of those championship teams. He’s got a lakehouse in town, and spends every offseason fishing and training there with Wild teammate Joel Eriksson Ek. But Brodin, the veteran defenseman, actually grew up about 25...