Overview
- Theodor Niederbach agreed to a one-year, two-way contract with Washington, a Thursday team announcement said, for $1.025 million in the NHL and $85,000 in the AHL.
- The 24-year-old posted 13 goals and 32 points in 52 SHL games for Frölunda in 2025–26 and added two assists in Champions Hockey League play during the club’s title run.
- Across six SHL seasons with Frölunda, MoDo, and Rögle BK, he has 100 points in 238 games, profiling as a reliable two-way center.
- Detroit drafted him 51st in 2020 but never signed him, and reports in February said nearly half the NHL, including the Bruins, reached out before he chose Washington.
- A two-way contract pays different salaries in the NHL and AHL, which sets up a likely camp tryout and, if needed, a landing spot with the Hershey Bears to ease his transition to the smaller North American ice.