Andreas Kvalheim does not have a player agent, or anyone else in a similar role, to help him out during contract negotiations. Andreas is a frugal man, and he cannot bear to have any portion of his salary siphoned off to fill someone else's pockets. And in the SHL, where players are pretty much forced to take minimum contracts if they are on a contending team, there really is not any need for an agent. Contract negoations for Andreas usually take a second or two, or however long it takes for him to reply to his general manager's offer. Of course, perhaps if he did employ an agent, perhaps Andreas could have negotiated some much larger deals that what he ended up with. And perhaps Andreas wouldn't be facing down bankruptcy right now. But even having an agent now wouldn't help Andreas get more money. At this point, he's still lucky to even have a spot in the league anymore.