Swedish
defenseman Filip Roos, 26, has signed a two-year contract with
Färjestad
BK, the
SHL club announced on Sunday. This comes two days after Färjestad
signed Czech forward Radim Zohorna to a two-year
deal.
“It’s
gonna be fun,” said Roos. “I don’t know much about Karlstad,
but I lived up in Karlskoga for two years, which is not very far
away. The times I’ve played here, you can feel the energy from the
fans in the arena. It will be really fun.”
“We’ve had our eyes on Filip
for a long time and we believe that he, with his abilities, will
strengthen our defense in a good way, said Färjestad
sports director Rickard Wallin. “Of
course, we’re looking to strengthen all parts of the team to the
best of our ability, and even though we thought the defense had the
qualities that we wanted in advance of last year, we didn’t really
get it together as a whole. We think the qualities that Filip Roos
has match very well with what we want to add.”
Wallin described Roos as “a really good two-way defenseman at the SHL level. He skates
well, has good size and can play in all zones. We think the ceiling
is high and we know that he is eager to come here so it feels great.”
Roos,
who describes himself as “a skilled defenseman who likes to drive
the puck and hopefully can use it even more at home on bigger ice,”
is originally from Gothenberg and played one SHL game with Frölunda
in
2017-18 and 56 with Skelleftea AIK in 2021-22, recording seven points
in the regular season and playoffs.
Roos
was never drafted by an NHL team but spent the last three seasons in
North America. The first two seasons he spent in the Chicago
Blackhawks organization, recording three points and four penalty
minutes in 21 NHL games, spending the rest of the time with the AHL’s
Rockford IceHogs. He spent last season in the Ottawa
Senators organization, recording 17 points – all assists – in
68 AHL games with the Belleville Senators.
Last
season, Färjestad finished fourth in the SHL regular season and was
eliminated in the quarterfinals. The team also reached the final
of the Champions Hockey League, losing to the ZSC Lions in Zurich.
In addition to Zohorna and
Roos, Färjestad has under
contract for next season ex-NHLers Oskar
Steen and Marián
Studenič, and NHL prospects Lucas Forsell (Vancouver
Canucks), Jack Berglund (Philadelphia
Flyers), Noel Fransén (Carolina
Hurricanes) and goaltender Melker Thelin (Utah
Mammoth).
Radim Zohorna Signs With Swedish ClubCzech
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Radim Zohorna, 29, has signed a two-year contract with Färjestad BK,
the
SHL club announced on Friday.
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