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Report: Tom Gilbert may be headed for Switzerland

Tom Gilbert

Minnesota Wild defenseman Tom Gilbert (77) talks with a teammate during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

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Defenseman Tom Gilbert has been trying to land another NHL job since being bought out by the Minnesota Wild this year. Things haven’t gone so well on that front.

Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal reports the 30-year-old Gilbert may wind up overseas in Switzerland thanks to the lack of interest here.

Gilbert has spent seven seasons in the NHL, mostly with the Edmonton Oilers, and finished last year with the Wild. As a puck-moving, offensive-defenseman he’s gotten knocked for not playing physical enough, but his advanced statistics say he’s solid in the role he plays.

Should he not wind up headed abroad, a team like the Carolina Hurricanes could come knocking as they’ll be without Joni Pitkanen for an as yet unknown amount of time.

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