Another Hurdle Close to Cleared as Swedish Club Looks to Sign Lundqvist The big obstacle for a European club looking to sign a locked-out N.H.L. star is the cost of insuring that player against injury. The Swedish Elitserien club Frolunda Gothenburg seems to have overcome that barrier in its attempt to sign Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, the city's hometown hero, for the duration of the lockout. This weekend Frolunda has put together financing to cover the cost of Lundqvist's insurance, which is estimated at about $30,000 a month to protect the remaining two years and $13.75 million of his Rangers contract, according to reports from the Goteborgs-Posten and other Swedish news outlets. A phone call and an e-mail message to Lundqvist's agent were not immediately returned. All N.H.L.-paid insurance policies on players are suspended for the duration of the lockout, so separate insurance is necessary, and it is expensive. Lundqvist must still decide whether and when he will go home, but the issue of insurance against injury is a big one. Here are some recent injuries sustained by locked-out N.H.L. players competing overseas: ¶ On Sunday, Flyers forward Jakub Voracek sprained his knee playing for Lev Prague against SKA St. Petersburg in the K.H.L. This summer Voracek signed a four-year, $17 million contract with Philadelphia. Voracek will miss a week, according to his agent, Petr Svoboda. But Lev Prague said later that Voracek would be out a month. ¶ Rangers winger Rick Nash, playing for HC Davos of the Swiss N.L.A., has missed two games with a bone bruise to his shoulder he sustained Sept. Nash, who still has six years left on a deal that pays him $7.8 million a year, is expected to return to play Tuesday. ¶ Flames forward Jiri Hudler left Lev Prague on Wednesday with an abdominal injury that would have sidelined him for at least four weeks, were he still playing. Hudler, signed by Calgary last summer to a four-year, $16 million deal, was released from his Lev contract and will sit out until he recovers. Lundqvist was the Elitserien M.V.P. while leading Frolunda to the 2005 championship. He has said a number of times in recent weeks that he would consider returning there during the lockout. If he does, his insurance will be covered by a consortium of sponsors, a common practice among European clubs signing N.H.L. players during the lockout. Frolunda must also find a way around the Elitserien's informal ban on signing locked-out N.H.L. players to short-term contracts. The league had a formal ban, but it was declared illegal under Swedish and European labor law by the government Competition Authority almost three weeks ago. So far, however, only two locked-out N.H.L. players have signed with Elitserien clubs, both ostensibly as fill-ins for injured regulars: the Blues' Alex Steen, playing for MoDo Ornskoldsvik, and Colorado's Matt Duchene, skating for Frolunda.