The Scandy leagues tend to have a pretty long off season (winter up there is pretty brutal of course) - and I had naively wondered whether some Kiwis playing there, could also have short summer stints in the Handy. Which is sort of what Chris James did I guess.
But yeah no doubt their clubs, want them back in plenty of time for the pre season - even if that means running around in the late winter/spring snow.
And I hear Handy clubs really hate the disruption of players leaving in Feb to go back to pre season in Scandinavia. My view is they should commit fully to Scandinavian club rather than halfway trying to do both.