Tuomo Ruutu has found work.
After spending training camp and the exhibition campaign in Vancouver on a professional tryout, the veteran Finn has agreed to join Swiss National League A side HC Davos, the team announced on Friday.
Ruutu, 33, caught on with the Canucks after a 13-year career in which he played 735 games for three different teams -- Chicago, Carolina and New Jersey. Injuries limited him to just 33 games for the Devils last season and, to be fair, several seasons prior as well.
Ruutu had only appeared in 186 of a possible 246 games over the last three years.
In his prime, Ruutu was an energetic winger that could bang and crash, as well as score goals. He netted a career-high 26 with the ‘Canes in ’08-09, and scored 15 or more five times in his career.
Though he lasted nearly the entire preseason with the Canucks, Ruutu was dropped just prior to the start of the regular season. Another veteran forward that attended camp on a PTO -- Jack Skille -- did manage to score a one-way deal from the Canucks, however.