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Movin’ on up: Sabres’ Enroth joins Swedish second division

Jhonas Enroth

Buffalo Sabres goalie Jhonas Enroth makes a stick save during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, in Montreal. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)

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After a brief stint with hometown club Huddinge, Buffalo netminder Jhonas Enroth has joined Swedish first division club Almtuna on a lockout deal.

Enroth inked on last week with Huddinge -- the third division side he played for as a youth -- but announced via Twitter it was only a two-game deal.

The 24-year-old netminder is coming off a successful “freshman” campaign that saw him named to the NHL’s 2011-12 All-Rookie team. Even though he’s 24 and debuted with the Sabres in 2009-10, Enroth was still considered a rookie last season because he’d never appeared in more than 14 games in a single season.

The signing is another get for the Allsvenskan, Sweden’s second-highest professional hockey circuit. The league is now loaded with locked-out NHLers -- last week, Capitals forward Marcus Johansson signed with BIK Karlskoga, joining the likes of Anze Kopitar, Jonathan Ericsson, Gabriel Landeskog, Matt Read, Carl Hagelin, Douglas Murray and Patric Hornqvist.