Arttu from Ruotsalai is taken to Switzerland.
Last season, Arttu Ruotsalainen played 57 regular season games in the shirt of Rochester Americans. PDO
News site Watson’s according to Arttu Ruotsalainen has signed a contract with the Swiss club EHC Kloten.
The transfer has not been formalized yet, but the Swede and the club would have signed a contract. According to Watson, the Swede also negotiated with SC Bern, but the club preferred a right-footed striker.
The Swede, 24, has represented the Buffalo Sabers organization for the past two seasons. His contract expires this summer and he is a restricted free agent.
The Swede has played 35 NHL regular season games in the Sabres’ jersey with 7+3.
He has mainly played for the Sabres’ farm club Rochester Americans in the AHL. In the finished season, the Swede scored 18+33=51 power points in 57 regular season games for the Americans. In the playoffs, he scored 8+4 power points in 10 matches.
The Swede moved to the Sabers organization from Tampere Ilves, where he made his breakthrough. In his most effective season, the Swede scored 15+28=43 power points in 44 regular season games in Ilves.
In addition to Ilves, the Swede has also played in the SM league in Pori Äss.
Kloten will move up to the Swiss premier league next season. The club won the country’s second highest league championship last season.
There will also be other Finns playing in Kloten next season, as the goalkeeper has signed a contract with the club Juha Metsola and striker Miro Aaltonen. Ville Peltonen son Jesper Peltonen has in turn signed a trial contract with Kloten.