Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) NHL Draft Undrafted Career start 2004 Position Left Wing Name Linus Klasen Parents Robert Klasen | Shoots Left Role Ice hockey player Current team Sodertalje SK National team Sweden Weight 80 kg | |
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Born February 19, 1986 (age 38)
Stockholm, Sweden ( 1986-02-19 ) NLA team
Former teams HC Lugano
Sodertalje SK
Nashville Predators
Lulea HF | ||
Linus Klasen ● The Swedish Genius ● Best Skills and Goals
Robert Linus Alexander Klasen (born February 19, 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HC Lugano of the National League (NL).
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Playing career
Klasen started his career with Huddinge IK and has played with Södertälje SK in the Swedish Elitserien. He played 3 games with team Sweden in the 2007–08 season.
On October 30, 2010 Klassen made his NHL debut with the Nashville Predators in an away game against the Detroit Red Wings.
Klasen signed a three-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks of the HockeyAllsvenskan on May 17, 2011. He was immediately appointed the team's captain. The contract included an annual salary of 4 million SEK ($0.6 million USD), making him the best paid ice hockey player in Sweden. He scored 50 points (20 goals, 30 assists) in 52 games and helped the team reach a playoff spot. However, due to economical crisis in the Redhawks club, Klasen was forced to leave the club after the 2011–12 season. His contract is being paid out by the Redhawks.
Following the 2011–12 season, Klasen signed a two-year contract with Luleå HF of the Swedish top-tier league Elitserien (SEL) prior to the 2012–13 season. He will keep the same annual salary from Malmö Redhawks during these two years.
After the final year of his contract with Luleå, in which Klasen compiled his most prolific SHL season with 28 goals and 57 points in just 54 games, he left as a free agent to sign a lucrative four-year contract with Swiss club, HC Lugano, of the NLA on April 2, 2014. In his debut season with Lugano in the NLA, Klasen finished second in team scoring with 55 points in 46 games to be selected in the 2014–15 NLA All-Star Team.
Inline Hockey
Linus has competed for Sweden at the 2007, 2008 and 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships.