Trade Deadline Acquisition Extends With Ottawa Senators

Fabian Zetterlund has played for three teams over 398 career games. He has proven to be an offensive contributor, albeit somewhat inconsistent. He has played strong stretches throughout of his career of sustained play of above two-points-per-60 minutes, over all situations. Depending on your total ice time and specialty team distribution, those kind of numbers can get you approaching 60-point campaigns. If you combine his last two seasons, he potted 43 goals. So, the potential is there for the native of Sweden.

However, during his time with the Ottawa Senators he didn’t quite find his stride with five points through 20 regular season games. It was not a large sample size with the Senators, but there were definitely glimpses of positive vibes.

What He Brings to the Club Based on What He Has Done

In his limited time in Ottawa, here are his line combination statistics. As you can see, when he is put with strong offensive players, he can play very well. Everyone watching the line of Tim Stutzle and Brady Tkachuk, with Zetterlund, didn’t have much bad to say about the trio. Now,  as he signs, it is more reasonable to expect Fabian Zetterlund as a middle-six guy. He has speed, doesn’t mind using his body, and has some scoring touch. This is a great signing and fans will be singing the praises.