STOCKHOLM -- Two NHL general managers talking alone inside a cafe might cause some looking in from the outside to wonder if there is some business at hand, such as a potential trade.

That wasn’t the case in this situation for Pittsburgh Penguins GM Kyle Dubas and Nashville Predators GM Barry Trotz, though. Dubas and Trotz are taking a few minutes away from their busy schedules while in Stockholm for 2025 NHL Global Series Sweden presented by Fastenal for a friendly chat over coffee and pastry, a Swedish tradition known as fika.

“It’s a great city,” Trotz said. “I love the Old Town (Gamla Stan), getting around there. I did a lot of walking yesterday.”

Perhaps Dubas’ and Trotz’s conversation doesn’t fit the strict definition of fika, because their discussion eventually turns to how they

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