Editing Fredrik Modin (section)

== Playing career ==
Modin played his youth league games for [[Njurunda SK]], like [[Henrik Zetterberg]]. In 2008, the club renamed their arena—until then known as Njurunda Ishall—to Modin & Zetterberg-hallen.

Modin was drafted 64th overall by the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in the [[1994 NHL Entry Draft]]. He was traded to the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] on October 1, 1999, where he served as an [[Captain (ice hockey)#Alternate captains|alternate captain]] for several seasons. In 2001, he was the lone Lightning player at the [[51st NHL All-Star Game]] and won the "Hardest Shot" competition with a blast clocked at 102.1&nbsp;mph. He went on to win the [[Stanley Cup]] with the Lightning in the [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]] season. For the 2004–05 season, Fredrik Modin returned to Sweden to play for [[Timrå IK]] due to the [[2004–05 NHL lockout|NHL lockout]]. He scored 12 goals, 24 assists and had a total of 36 points. On June 30, 2006, he was traded to the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] (along with [[Fredrik Norrena]]) in exchange for [[Marc Denis]].

Modin served as an [[Captain (ice hockey)#Alternate captains|alternate captain]] for the Blue Jackets. He has begun to decline in production, due to injuries. He scored a goal in Game 4 of the Blue Jackets' [[2009 NHL Playoffs#(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) Columbus Blue Jackets|opening round playoff series]] against the [[Detroit Red Wings]], the Blue Jackets' first-ever playoff appearance.

During the [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10]] season, at the NHL trade deadline, Modin was traded by the Blue Jackets to the [[Los Angeles Kings]] for future considerations on March 3, 2010.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=4962738 | title = Los Angeles Kings get forwards Jeff Halpern, Fredrik Modin | publisher = [[ESPN]] | date = 2010-03-03 | access-date = 2011-03-01}}</ref>

On September 6, 2010, Modin signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the [[Atlanta Thrashers]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=5539572 | title = Fredrik Modin signs with Thrashers | publisher = [[ESPN]] | date = 2010-09-06 | access-date = 2011-03-01}}</ref> He posted 7 goals in 36 games for the Thrashers. On February 28, 2011, Modin was traded to the Calgary Flames for a seventh round pick in the [[2011 NHL Entry Draft]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=355865 | title = Flames acquire Modin from Thrashers for seventh round pick | publisher = [[The Sports Network]] | date = 2011-02-28 | access-date = 2011-03-01 | archive-date = 2011-03-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110303125449/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=355865 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Hampered by a lingering back injury in his last two seasons, Modin announced his retirement on May 19, 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/internationellt/nhl/article13049212.ab | title = Fredik Modin stops playing hockey | publisher = Aftonbladet.se | date = 2011-05-19 | access-date = 2011-05-19}}</ref>