After promising fans news on Viktor Stalberg’s future by Monday, it was announced yesterday that the Swedish winger had signed a two-year contract with the Zug hockey club in Switzerland.
Meaning that in two years, the Senators will sign Stalberg out of Switzerland because Guy Boucher has seen him play.
It’s an interesting development considering the Senators’ playoff run and the fact that the team wound up paying a third round price to bring Stalberg’s speed and penalty killing ability into the lineup. They obviously wanted the player, so it feels a bit weird to see him leave as an unrestricted free agent now.