Rosen’s North American introduction couldn’t have been an easy one back in 2017. Having spent the prior three seasons playing for his hometown Vaxjo HC of the SHL, the then-24-year-old made what can only be considered as the biggest professional leap of his career, signing with the Maple Leafs and moving across the globe for a chance to play against hockey’s toughest competition.
That chance, initially, lasted all of four games.
With Rosen struggling to contribute in just 12:47 of average nightly ice time on the Leafs’ third pairing, the organization had no choice but to jettison him down to the Toronto Marlies on October 23rd, 2017 as a means of simplifying his acclimation process.