{"id":718584,"date":"2026-06-06T07:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718584\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T07:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:53:14","slug":"marcus-johansson-signs-two-year-contract-with-farjestad-bk-of-shl-signaling-likely-end-to-nhl-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718584\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Johansson signs two-year contract with F\u00e4rjestad BK of SHL, signaling likely end to NHL career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marcus Johansson<\/a> was a revelation for the Minnesota Wild<\/a> last season. The 35-year-old, slick-skating Swede recorded 49 points (15 goals, 34 assists) in 75 games \u2014 the second-most points of his career \u2014 and added four goals in 11 Stanley Cup Playoff games.<\/p>\n

The Minnesota Wild apparently wanted Johansson to come back<\/a>, but ultimately, the former Washington Capitals<\/a>\u2018 first-round draft pick went with his gut and signed with F\u00e4rjestad BK of the SHL \u2014 the Swedish team he started his career with.<\/p>\n

Johansson previously played parts of three seasons with F\u00e4rjestad BK (2007-2010) as a teenager (17-19) before leaving for the NHL with the Capitals.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cTo play in front of F\u00e4rjestads fans again, it\u2019s something you don\u2019t forget,\u201d Johansson said in a brief interview with sports director Rickard Wallin<\/a> and translated by Google Translate. \u201cI remember from many years since I went over that there is always a good pressure in L\u00f6fbergs Arena. I\u2019ve watched a lot of the end games on TV and I\u2019m looking forward to hearing the pressure in there again. When things really [heat up] in L\u00f6fbergs, it\u2019s always fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll dust off the number 90 shirt again,\u201d Wallin observed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, it\u2019ll be fun,\u201d replied Johansson. \u201cYes, it\u2019ll be fun to look forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview with Swedish outlet V\u00e4rmlands Folkblad<\/a>, Johansson said the deal was for two seasons, which would make him 37 when it concludes. F\u00e4rjestad BK, in a release on their website<\/a>, does not mention the term of the deal, saying only that Johansson \u201cis ready for the 2026-27 season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johansson\u2019s return to Sweden comes after he became the 412th player \u2014 and the 20th Swede ever \u2014 to play in 1,000 career NHL games<\/a>. He also made Sweden\u2019s Olympic team that finished seventh at Milan-Cortina, Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Marcus Johansson reaches 1,000 NHL games milestone: \u2018It feels like a long time, but also it\u2019s flown by at the same time\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He also follows in the footsteps of his close friend and former Capitals teammate, Nicklas Backstrom, who returned to former Swedish team, Bryn\u00e4s IF, last season<\/a> to end his career where it started.<\/p>\n

If Johansson\u2019s time in the NHL is over \u2014 which it appears it may be \u2014 he ends his NHL career with 200 goals, 366 assists, and 566 points. Johansson played 1,058 NHL games combined with the Capitals, Wild, New Jersey Devils<\/a>, Boston Bruins<\/a>, Buffalo Sabres<\/a>, and Seattle Kraken<\/a>. Johansson also assisted on 58 Alex Ovechkin goals during his time in DC<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcus Johansson was a revelation for the Minnesota Wild last season. The 35-year-old, slick-skating Swede recorded 49 points…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-718584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}