Denis Malgin returns to the Swiss league

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty ImagesSwiss team ZSC announced that Maple Leafs RFA Denis Malgin has signed a four-year contract with their team that runs through the 2024/2025 season.

ZSC is the club he began with as a junior.

Malgin played last season for Lausanne, returning to the Maple Leafs after their playoffs, but never got farther than the practice ice. He was 13th in the NL last season in points per game for players who had more than 20 games played, besting Joe Thornton’s points pace by a little. That seemed to put him on the bubble of useful depth NHLer or press box extra.

Traded straight up for Mason Marchment in February 2020, Malgin seemed to be a player that just needed an…