OLLI JOKINEN RUMORS & GOSSIP
Matthew Barry: A Whopper of a Finish!
The last time the end of the season was this exciting I was watching Olli Jokinen take a shootout shot for the Rangers. If it went in, the Rangers likely make the 8th and final playoff spot. If he missed, the Flyers would sneak it. With Gaborik on the sidelines, the rental Olli missed and the Flyers made the playoffs and made it all the way to the finals. (At least how this old brain...
Jokinen ready to show off his all-around game with Jets
The Winnipeg Jets landed their biggest fish to date on the second day of NHL free agency. Center Olli Jokinen, who spent the last two seasons with the Calgary Flames, on July 2 agreed to a two-year deal with Winnipeg that will pay him $9 million. He gives the Jets more offensive punch and some size down the middle, which is what the team desperately needed. Considering they snagged...
Jets sign Jokinen to 2-year deal
The Winnipeg Jets have signed center Olli Jokinen to a two-year deal.
The 33-year-old made $3 million last season in Calgary, where he had strong year with 23 goals and 61 points.
Jokinen has played with the L.A. Kings, New York Islanders, Florida, Phoenix, and the New York Rangers, where he was traded to by the Flames during the 2009-10 season.
Calgary brought Jokinen back the...
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July 02, 2012
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Flames' Jokinen has surgery
Calgary Flames center Olli Jokinen has undergone surgery on a torn abdominal muscle.
The NHL club said in a statement that Jokinen played through the injury late in the season after first experiencing discomfort March 22 in a game against Minnesota.
His operation was done Tuesday in Philadelphia. Rehabilitation is expected to last three to four weeks and a full recovery is expected...
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May 04, 2012
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Flames center Olli Jokinen has abdominal surgery
Calgary Flames center Olli Jokinen has undergone surgery on a torn abdominal muscle.
The NHL club said in a statement that Jokinen played through the injury late in the season after first experiencing discomfort March 22 in a game against Minnesota.
His operation was done Tuesday in Philadelphia. Rehabilitation is expected to last three to four weeks and a full recovery is expected...
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May 04, 2012
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Olli Jokinen Had Surgery To Repair Abdominal Muscle Tear
Calgary, AB – Injury Update - Olli Jokinen underwent successful surgery on May 1st to repair a tear in an abdominal muscle. The surgery was performed by Dr. William Meyers at the Vincera Core Physicians Clinic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rehabilitation is expected to be three to four weeks and a full recovery is anticipated.
Jokinen first reported discomfort on March 22nd when...
Olli Jokinen Likely to Leave Calgary Flames
There is no doubt that the Calgary Flames would love to welcome back centre Olli Jokinen next season, but following various lucrative contracts handed to comparable players and another solid season from Jokinen himself, that may not happen.
Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun recently speculated that the Flames likely won’t be able to re-sign 33-year-old. From Francis:
Recent deals...
Big Mac breaks Olli Jokinen's goalless streak
When Calgary Flames center Olli Jokinen had gone 15 games without a goal, he knew he had to change up something. So the former Phoenix Coyote recollected on some advice that was passed on to him by the Great One, Wayne Gretzky. He went out for a Big Mac meal.
"In Phoenix, I think I went 10, 11 games without a goal and he pulled me into a meeting and said ‘Hey, you take...
Flames C Jokinen snaps slump .. by eating hamburger
Olli Jokinen snapped his 15-game goalless streak by having a hamburger.
Yes, you read that right.
The Calgary Flames center remembered some sage words from the legendary Wayne Gretzky when the Finn was last mired in a pronounced slump during the 2008-09 campaign.
"In Phoenix, I think I went 10, 11 games without a goal and he pulled me into a meeting and said ‘Hey, you take...
Olli Jokinen talks about staying sober
The Calgary Sun’s Eric Francis spoke to Calgary Flames forward Olli Jokinen about a battle which Jokinen had previously preferred to keep to himself:
“I’ve been sober six years now,” a candid Jokinen told the Calgary Sun, sharing his alcohol issues publicly for the first time. “I don’t want to be one of those guys who sits in the bar after I’m done playing and says...
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