Swiss club HC Davos has signed three of its key
forwards to three-year
contract extensions – Czech
Filip Zadina, 25, Canadian
Adam Tambellini, 30,
and Swede Simon Ryfors, 27.
“We
are delighted that Simon, Filip, and Adam have so clearly committed
to HCD and are planning their future with us,” said
club sports director Jan Alston. “All three are hungry for
more, and we expect a high level of play from them over the next
three years.”
It’s interesting
that Zadina chose to sign long-term in Davos after last summer, when
the Czech winger was reportedly close to signing with his hometown
club Dynamo Pardubice, but a sticking point was term – the club
wanted a multi-year deal but Zadina, then 24, wanted to keep his NHL
options available and chose the shorter-term offer from Davos.
Presumably, this contract contains an opt-out in case he receives an
NHL offer.
Last season, Zadina
had 43 points in 53 National League regular-season and playoff games.
He also had four points in three games in the
Spengler Cup, which Davos hosts annually.
In addition to
Tambellini and Ryfors, Zadina’s teammates in Davos this season will
include ex-NHLers Joakim Nordström, Brendan
Lemieux, Rasmus
Asplund and Klas Dahlbeck.
Swedish forward Rasmus Asplund, 27, has signed a
two-year contract with HC Davos, the
National League club announced on Tuesday.
Originally from Pardubice, Czechia, Zadina went
overseas at age 17 to play junior hockey
for the QMJHL’s
Halifax Mooseheads. After winning the
league’s rookie-of-the-year award and making the first all-star
team, he was drafted sixth overall by the Detroit
Red Wings in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
Between 2018 and 2024, Zadina played 262 NHL
games for the Wings and
San Jose Sharks, recording 91 points and 40 penalty minutes. In
2023-24, his last NHL campaign to date, Zadina hit career highs in
games played (72) and goals (13).
Internationally, Zadina performed brilliantly for the Czechs at
the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, recording eight
points in seven games as the Czechs finished fourth. In his only
senior-level World Championship to date in Riga in 2021, Zadina had
four points in eight games.
Photo © Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images.
Finnish winger Jesse Puljujärvi, 27, has signed a
two-year contract with Genève-Servette, the National League
club announced on Tuesday.
