The former eighth overall draft pick of the San Jose Sharks in 2005 has been recommended to HCD by their lockout-player Joe Thornton, who played with Setoguchi in San Jose between 2008 and 2011.
Setoguchi scored 65 points (31 goals, 34 assists) in his first full NHL season with the Sharks in 2008 but had not been able to reach those numbers since then.
The 28-year-old has appeared in 524 career NHL games for the San Jose Sharks, the Minnesota Wild, the Winnipeg Jets and the Calgary Flames, scoring 274 points. The past season, though, the forward spent mostly with the Flames' AHL-affiliate, the Adirondack Flames.
Now, Setoguchi could try to relaunch his career in Switzerland with HC Davos. However, nothing has been signed yet. (lcu)
