Carl Soderberg
Upon Linköpings exit in the post-season, with the ambition to embark on a NHL career, Söderberg after settling a protracted dispute with the Swedish Ice Hockey Association, was released by Linköpings HC and rewarded the Boston Bruins patience by agreeing to a three-year, one-way contract on April 13, 2013. After he was granted a visa, Söderberg joined the Bruins for the homestretch of the 2012–13 season and made his long-awaited NHL debut against the Pittsburgh Penguins on April 20, 2013. In only his second game with the Bruins, Söderberg assisted on the first goal (scored by Jaromír Jágr) of a 3–0 win over the Florida Panthers on 21 April, for his first NHL point.
He scored his first NHL goal later in the year, on 31 October, beating Jonas Hiller as the first Bruins goal of a 3–2 home shootout victory over the Anaheim Ducks.
On 25 June 2015, just prior to becoming an unrestricted free agent on 1 July, Söderberg was traded by the Bruins to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Boston's own sixth-round pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft previously traded to Colorado. The next day, on 26 June, he subsequently signed a five-year, $23.75 million contract with the Avalanche, which includes a full no-trade clause for the first two years and a limited no-trade afterward.
On 25 June 2019, with a year remaining on his contract, Soderberg was traded by the Avalanche to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Kevin Connauton and a 2020 3rd round draft pick.
Upon Linköpings exit in the post-season, with the ambition to embark on a NHL career, Söderberg after settling a protracted dispute with the Swedish Ice Hockey Association, was released by Linköpings HC and rewarded the Boston Bruins patience by agreeing to a three-year, one-way contract on April 13, 2013. After he was granted a visa, Söderberg joined the Bruins for the homestretch of the 2012–13 season and made his long-awaited NHL debut against the Pittsburgh Penguins on April 20, 2013. In only his second game with the Bruins, Söderberg assisted on the first goal (scored by Jaromír Jágr) of a 3–0 win over the Florida Panthers on 21 April, for his first NHL point.
He scored his first NHL goal later in the year, on 31 October, beating Jonas Hiller as the first Bruins goal of a 3–2 home shootout victory over the Anaheim Ducks.
On 25 June 2015, just prior to becoming an unrestricted free agent on 1 July, Söderberg was traded by the Bruins to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Boston's own sixth-round pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft previously traded to Colorado. The next day, on 26 June, he subsequently signed a five-year, $23.75 million contract with the Avalanche, which includes a full no-trade clause for the first two years and a limited no-trade afterward.
On 25 June 2019, with a year remaining on his contract, Soderberg was traded by the Avalanche to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Kevin Connauton and a 2020 3rd round draft pick.
