Confirmed Signing with Link: Marcus Sörensen signs with Djurgården

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

Marcus Sörensen returns to Sweden after a few years in the NHL.

4 year deal worth 12 million SEK.


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[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

Efter alla turer: Marcus Sörensen officiellt klar för Djurgården

 

[boboche]

Liked him with the Sharks. Not a lot of production, good depth player, good work ethics. He probably wanted to go back to Sweden? I'd be surprise if SJ had no interest in bringing him back.

 

[Cas]

Liked him with the Sharks. Not a lot of production, good depth player, good work ethics. He probably wanted to go back to Sweden? I'd be surprise if SJ had no interest in bringing him back.

San Jose had zero interest in bringing him back. He got benched halfway through the season and never again cracked the lineup.

Sorensen is just plain not an NHL starter. He might have value as a 13th forward, but he'd rather be a starter in Sweden (and no one can blame him).

 

[T_Cage]

12mil SEK is about 1.5Mil US, so 375k a season. Not bad, but he likely coulda got 800-900k here

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Sorensen was complete ass on the ice, the guy couldn’t even hit an empty net.

Should have an easier go at the royal game park (Djurgården).

 

[ThePrideofStockholm]

Welcome home!

 

[BHD]

Not entirely surprised. He would score some goals every once in a while, and that was about it.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Easy decision for him, he's getting 3M per in Sweden, and he definitely wouldn't get that here.

 

[CupcakeSprinkles]

Easy decision for him, he's getting 3M per in Sweden, and he definitely wouldn't get that here.

3M SEK is 375KUSD

 

[izzy]

this guy has awesome hair

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

He apparently said no to team(s) from NHL, KHL, Swiss league etc. He wanted to come home to Sweden according to himself.

It'd be interesting to know which NHL team(s) he said no to and what they offered.

He scored 17 goals and 30 points one season, he's a very good skater and so on.

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

Easy decision for him, he's getting 3M per in Sweden, and he definitely wouldn't get that here.

He said no to at least one NHL team and league minimum in NHL is more than 3 mill SEK.

 

[Lays]

I’ll always remember him destroying Brady Skjei

 

[stator]

I recall he put up some decent numbers for a bottom-6 in his 2nd season with the Sharks. Perhaps his choice was being a bottom-6er in the NHL for a few more years, or a top line in his home country?

 

[Kcoyote3]

Lost all his finishing ability

 

[Willy Stylez]

Lost all his finishing ability

Mjau

 

[Phil McKraken]

Good luck to Marcus in the royal game park.

 

[Kamaya Painters]

I recall he put up some decent numbers for a bottom-6 in his 2nd season with the Sharks. Perhaps his choice was being a bottom-6er in the NHL for a few more years, or a top line in his home country?

He was fed up with playing bottom 6-roles in the NHL and wanted to play a more important role. He also wanted to move away from the Sharks because of how bad they've been in the last few years. He's got an out-clause every single year during the 4-year contract and will probably exercise it if things don't work out. He also built a new house in Sweden recently.

 

[KingsHockey24]

He's the guy that got the shit beat out of him by Athanasiou.

 

[Kcoyote3]

He was fed up with playing bottom 6-roles in the NHL and wanted to play a more important role. He also wanted to move away from the Sharks because of how bad they've been in the last few years. He's got an out-clause every single year during the 4-year contract and will probably exercise it if things don't work out. He also built a new house in Sweden recently.

Hint: he was part of the reason they were bad as well.

 

[To Be Determined]

my garden?

 

[SNES]

Sharks fans were saying this guy was their better version of Pageau. Oh how the mighty have fallen

 

[stator]

He was fed up with playing bottom 6-roles in the NHL and wanted to play a more important role. He also wanted to move away from the Sharks because of how bad they've been in the last few years. He's got an out-clause every single year during the 4-year contract and will probably exercise it if things don't work out. He also built a new house in Sweden recently.

Think he will be back in the NHL at some point? The out-clause suggests so, and I'll anticipate it's limited to NHL. I think his age is going to be a factor if he doesn't hurry up.

 

[Prntscrn]

Think he will be back in the NHL at some point? The out-clause suggests so, and I'll anticipate it's limited to NHL. I think his age is going to be a factor if he doesn't hurry up.

Not if the first 4 games are any indication. He looks like he can't hang with the pace in the SHL right now. But hopefully he is catching up with his fitness and is just under heavy workout load.

The out-clause is probably KHL aswell (money)