1/9/2024 0 Comments Olli jokinenMore talk on potential lines after THE JUMP This omits Alexander Burmistrov and Nik Antropov as well, who are also both capable of centering a line if needed, though both will likely find themselves on the wing. The move could see the Jets ice a decent core of centres, if as Ben proposed in an earlier post, the Jets go with Little, Jokinen, Jim Slater and Patrice Cormier at centre. With Jokinen being 33 years old, turning 34 in December, he is not the centre of the future for the Jets organizations, but should prove to be a more than capable stop gap in the time it takes some of our younger forward prospects to develop. This also allows for prized prospect Mark Scheifele more time to develop, as opposed to being plopped into a second line centre role before he reaches "the next level". With Jokinen in the fold, we now have two players fully capable of centering the top 2 lines. This move plugs a big hole that was overly evident throughout last season in the fact that Winnipeg only had one semi-decent scoring centre in Bryan Little. However, I will not bemoan this deal as I did that of Ondrej Pavelec. The Winnipeg Jets made another splash in the free agent market, doing so late Monday as they agreed to terms with veteran centre Olli Jokinen on a two year deal worth 9 million dollars, producing a cap hit of 4.5 million per season, which may seem like a steep price, but when you're bidding for the only decent veteran scoring centre in a shallow free agent pool you're bound to overpay.
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