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The Avalanche signed Swedish guardant Oskar Olausson to a three-year introduction level declaration 2 weeks aft selecting him successful the archetypal circular of the NHL draft, the squad announced Friday.
The 18-year-old autochthonal of Stockholm, Sweden, was taken with the 28th wide prime of past month’s draft.
Olausson made his debut successful the Swedish Hockey League this past season, notching 4 points (three goals and 1 assist) successful 16 games for HV71 successful the country’s apical league. He started the twelvemonth with the club’s inferior squad and had 27 points (14 goals, 13 assists) successful 13 games earlier joining the elder team. He finished retired the play successful Sweden’s 2nd tier league aft being loaned retired to Södertälje for 11 contests (three goals and 3 assists).
The 6-foot-1, 180-pound close helping besides played for the Swedish nationalist squad astatine the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship and appeared successful 4 games.
“He fits our identity. We’re a squad that evidently velocity and skating is simply a large portion for us,” Avalanche manager of amateur scouting Wade Klippenstein said past month. “He’s a precise bully skater, a large body. He tin people and sprout the puck. Just a batch of cheque marks with Oskar.”
“He’s a big, existent mobile, good-skating winger who has a large changeable and a knack for scoring goals,” Avalanche wide manager Joe Sakic said aft the draft. “He’s hard connected the puck, takes pucks to the net, and we’re excited for that skillset.”
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