Christian Djoos is returning to the organization that the Washington Capitals originally drafted him from in 2012.
The 2018 Stanley Cup champion is headed back to Sweden’s SHL for the first time in just about a decade as he has signed a five-year contract with Brynäs IF. Djoos has spent the last three seasons with two teams at the top level of hockey in Switzerland.
Välkommen hem till Gävle och Brynäs IF, Christian Djoos! ✍️✅
Den 29-årige backen har skrivit på ett femårskontrakt och återvänder därmed till klubben efter nio år utomlands.
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— Brynäs IF (@Brynas) May 31, 2024
“I have had this idea for a long time, but the situation now is good for me and the feeling around the association feels extremely interesting,” Djoos said on the team’s official website as translated via Google Translate. “While building something good, I am also at the right age to be able to contribute properly. I want to move forward and see this as the right step to develop even more, hopefully I have my best hockey years ahead of me here in Brynäs.”
Djoos played in 22 games during Washington’s successful run to the franchise’s first Stanley Cup. The Capitals’ 2012 seventh-round draft selection played 110 total games for the Capitals and 173 games for the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears over five years.
After being traded by the Capitals to the Anaheim Ducks for Daniel Sprong in 2020, Djoos played one more season in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings before leaving for Europe in May 2021.
Djoos played his first two seasons with EV Zug, winning the Swiss National League championship with the team in 2023.
Before being drafted by Washington, Djoos came up through the Brynäs youth system and made his full senior debut with the club during the 2011-12 campaign. He would go on to play 145 games with Brynäs before making his way to Hershey at the end of the 2014-15 season.
Brynäs is also the hometown team of Capitals legend Nicklas Backstrom. Backstrom played three seasons with the team before making his way to DC in 2007.
