29-year-old defenseman @OscarFantenberg 🇸🇪 joins SKA.
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Former Vancouver Canucks defenceman Oscar Fantenberg signs in KHL

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By Zach Laing
Oct 27, 2020, 12:53 EDTUpdated: Oct 27, 2020, 13:01 EDT
The bleeding continues as the Vancouver Canucks have lost another player from their 2019-20 roster.
Defenceman Oscar Fantenberg, who joined the Canucks as a free agent last year on a one-year, $850,000 deal, played in 36 games for the club. He scored one goal and six points, adding another two games with the Utica Comets.
Fantenberg’s loss isn’t a major issue for the club this year as he posted very poor underlying numbers relative to his teammates. At 5v5 relative to his teammates, he posted a -4.64 CF%, a -18.81 GF% and a -0.34 xGF%.
Fantenberg, 29, has since inked a one-year deal to play for the KHL’s SKA St. Petersburg.
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