Chicago added to its organizational depth at goaltender on Thursday, announcing the signing of Swedish goalie Arvid Söderblom to an entry-level contract.
The deal is for two seasons with a salary cap hit of $883,750 and expires at the end of the 2022-23 season.
Söderblom was second in the Swedish Hockey League with a .922 save percentage, shared second with a 2.03 goals-against average and four shutouts in 22 regular-season appearances during the 2020-21 campaign for Skellefteå AIK. https://t.co/z9OJUpVxPf
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Söderblom, who’ll turn 22 in August, is a 6-foot-3, 179-pound native of Göteborg, Sweden and spent last season playing with Skelleftea AIK in the top division of the Swedish Hockey League.