Marcus Johansson signs one-year deal with Farjestad

This will be Johansson’s second stint with Färjestad. Prior to moving to North America, he played parts of two seasons with the club in Sweden’s top pro league.

It puts a pause on what has been a rather fruitful 16-year career in the NHL for the Landskrona, Sweden native. Johansson broke into the league in 2010 with the Washington Capitals, the team that took him in the first round, 24th overall, of the 2009 NHL Draft. He became a solid secondary scorer for a talented Capitals team that possessed the likes of Alexander Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom.

After seven seasons in the U.S. capital, Johansson was on the move, as he was traded to the New Jersey Devils in the summer of 2017. He played part of two seasons before being traded to the Boston Bruins ahead of the 2018-19 trade deadline. He became a free agent that offseason and signed on with the Buffalo Sabres. However, after just one season, she was acquired by the Minnesota Wild, where he played one season in 2021.

Johansson then signed with the expansion Seattle Kraken that coming summer, but wasn’t there for long, as he was traded back to the Capitals in March 2022. The following year, he was traded one more time, going back to the Wild, where he has remained ever since.

The veteran winger certainly still had value, proving he could be a solid depth option on a Minnesota team that was one of the best in the NHL, having hopes of making a deep run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In 75 regular-season games, the 35-year-old scored 15 goals and 34 assists for 49 points, his most productive season since the 2022-23 campaign, when he was last traded from Washington to Minnesota. He added another four goals in the postseason, though Minnesota was ousted by the Colorado Avalanche in the second round.

Johansson also had a chance to represent his country, playing a pair of games for Sweden at the 2026 Winter Olympics. He’s one of just a few athletes to have played in the last two Olympic tournaments with NHL participation.

In 1,058 NHL regular-season games, Johansson scored 200 goals and 366 assists for 566 points, with another 51 points in 125 playoff appearances.