Swedish forward Rasmus Asplund, 27, has signed a
two-year contract with HC Davos, the
National League club announced on Tuesday.
“Rasmus
is a classic two-way center who can handle all game situations,"
said Davos sports director Jan Alston. “He’s very intelligent,
reads the game excellently, and brings a lot of speed.”
Asplund
was a product of the Färjestad BK club in
Karlstad, Sweden, eventually turning pro with the club and remaining
until he was 20. He was drafted in the second round, 33rd
overall, by the Buffalo Sabres
in 2016.
Between
2019 and 2025, Asplund played 189 NHL games with the Sabres,
Nashville Predators and
Florida Panthers, recording 49
points and 22 penalty minutes. His only full NHL season was 2021-22,
when he recorded 27 points in 80 games with Buffalo. That spring, he
was chosen to play for Sweden at the IIHF World Championship in
Finland.
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In
2024-25, Asplund was held pointless in six NHL games with Florida and
had 52 points in 81 AHL
regular-season and playoff games as the Charlotte Checkers advanced
to the Calder Cup finals.
Davos,
which hosts the annual Spengler
Cup tournament, is coming off a season in which it finished fifth
in the National League standings and lost in the semifinals. Other
than Asplund, the team has under contract for 2025-26 ex-NHLers
Brendan
Lemieux,
Joakim
Nordström, Filip
Zadina
and
Klas
Dahlbeck.
Photo © Matt Blewett-Imagn Images: Rasmus Asplund playing for the Buffalo Sabres in the 2022-23 season.
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