Last fall Tristan Scherwey was invited to the Ottawa Senators’ camp.
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It was Roman Josi who encouraged the striker to try overseas.
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In the first test game, the SCB striker shot the Senators to victory.
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On Friday, Scherwey and Co. had the first contact with the new sports director Florence Schelling.
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Many were surprised when Tristan Scherwey was invited to the Ottawa Senators’ camp in autumn at the age of 28. Even the bundle of energy itself. For years he didn’t even dare to dream of the NHL. Until his World Cup debut in 2018, the silver fairy tale of Copenhagen.
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Roman Josi advised the SCB star to give overseas a try. When the invitation came, Scherwey was awesome, saying: “I am far from the NHL, I have no idea whether I am even known in Ottawa and what they are going to do with me.” As soon as he arrived, trainer D. J. Smith praised him in the highest tones and predicted a promising future for him.
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«Don’t see me in the foreground»
Nevertheless, the five-time champion, who scored the game winner in the first preparatory game against Toronto, returned home kinked two weeks later. The road trip to Vancouver became nothing. The problem? Only this summer (July 15) did Scherwey have an exit clause – which the transfer agreement will no longer need – be written into his contract, which runs until 2027. And the SCB decided early on that they would never let him go beforehand.
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For Scherwey it was clear: in 2020 he wants to try again. But he hasn’t heard from Ottawa anymore. «There was no more contact. And my agent in North America couldn’t tell me anything specific, ”said Scherwey. Bitter for the Nati striker, too the World Cup, which would have served as a shop window, falls victim to the corona virus. But Scherwey is unselfish. «At the moment there are more important things than taking a close look at the work with me. I don’t see myself in the foreground, I don’t want to prioritize myself. »
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“It comes, as it must”
The SCB striker, who continued to train unwaveringly after the championship was abandoned, does not want to worry. “I always said: ‘It comes as it must.’ I did everything I could to impose myself. Nevertheless, it is possible that I will not get another chance. I am realistic, soon I will be 29. »
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Yesterday, Scherwey and his teammates had the first contact with their new sports director Florence Schelling. Via video telephony. It is still open when the team can start summer training.