Swedish defenseman Gustav Lindström, 26,
has signed a five-year contract with
Djurgården,
the Stockholm-based SHL club announced on Thursday.
“I’m
so incredibly happy and proud to have signed for Djurgården,” said
Lindström. “I
remember when I was younger and watched hockey at Hovet (Djurgården’s
home rink) with my friends. Every now and
then, we would
just look at each other and say, ‘Imagine
playing here one day.’ Now that day is
here.”
“Gustav is a very exciting player who has
experience from international hockey at all levels,” said club
sports director Niklas Wikegård. “At the same time, he’s still
at an age where we feel that with him, we will have something to
build around over time. We are very happy that Gustav has finally
found his home in his beloved Djurgården.”
Lindström was
picked in the second round, 38th overall, by the Detroit
Red Wings in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. He played the 2018-19
season in the SHL for Frölunda and then
went overseas.
Between 2019 and
2024, Lindström played
174 NHL games for the Red Wings, Montreal
Canadiens and Anaheim Ducks,
recording 35 points and 80 penalty minutes. He returned to the
Montreal organization in 2024-25 but spent the entire season in the
AHL with the Laval Rocket.
Lindström joins
a Djurgården team that just earned a promotion from the
HockeyAllsvenskan and is in the process of building a competitive SHL
roster. The team will have the consensus top-two
ranked European draft prospects in 18-year-olds Anton Frondell and
Victor Eklund, as well as veteran center Marcus Krüger, who was
a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Chicago
Blackhawks, and Finnish
right winger Jesse Ylönen, who
like Lindström,
is also returning from North America.
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American-born Finnish right winger Jesse Ylönen,
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IF, the
Stockholm-based SHL club announced on Tuesday.
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