11th year center Oscar Lindberg(19) is off to a hot start with his new club EV Zug scoring 3 goals and 3 assists in 8 NLA games.
He left after 4 full NHL seasons, two with initial contract team New York Rangers, then one and a half for Vegas Golden Knights and finally 20 games with Ottawa Senators potting 5 goals and 3 assists but he elected to leave as his 2nd two-year one-way deal was up and he was still an unsigned free agent heading into 2019/2020.
The 27-year skated 252 games in the big league (39 goals, 40 assists with an overall +7 rating) and I might take a bet that says if he strikes big for points in Switzerland’s top league a team will come knocking and he’ll be wooed back.
Oscar Lindberg (16)
New York Rangers‘ Swedish-born rookie center Oscar Lindberg(16) has come to this side of the pond and wasted no time establishing himself as a scoring presence with AHL affiliate Hartford Wolf Pack.
In 13 games he has 3 goals and 6 assists.
The 22-year old forward has already skated in 178 games through four years of pro play in his home country SHL with Skellefteå AIK and managed to light it up last season scoring 17 goals and 25 assists, win the league championship and was even named the playoffs MVP.
Originally a Phoenix Coyotes‘ 2nd round pick in the 2010 draft (#57 overall), he was traded to the Blueshirts before ever skating a game.
The 6’1″ 195 lbs. forward is signed to a three-year entry level deal through 2015, was a spark plug in preseason and looks to be making a statement that he belongs in the NHL sooner than later.