2016 Draft: 8th Pick: Aapeli Rasanen

[Tyrolean]

Very good Enlglish for living in Finland his whole life..

A lot of people speak very good English in Finland. Met many.

 

[Whyme]

A lot of people speak very good English in Finland. Met many.

Many do, but in general it's more difficult for Finns than for people from Sweden, Norway and Denmark as the language is so different. At the time of the video Räsänen had spent two years in NA so he hadn't spent all his life in Finland as suggested in an earlier post. Unless I misunderstood something, which is possible.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

A bump

Not sure will he ever be a regular NHL:er for your guys but, he has a a good pro career in Finland so far
and this season, beginning of the season, even superb so far!. also at 23 he is still young

season 1 : 14 goals, 24 points (58 games)
season 2 : 12 goals, 35 points (56 games)
season 3 : 5 goals, 9 points (5 games)

 

[Spawn]

I don't think the Oilers even own this players rights anymore.

 

[Morpheus]

I don't think the Oilers even own this players rights anymore.

From an article Feb 9th Lowetide athletic:

Lowetide: Oilers pro forward depth chart about to get overhauled

The Oilers don't have enough forwards signed to NHL contracts, which could become a recall issue.

theathletic.com

He wasn’t signed so yeah he is not property of oil

 

[Morpheus]

A bump

Not sure will he ever be a regular NHL:er for your guys but, he has a a good pro career in Finland so far
and this season, beginning of the season, even superb so far!. also at 23 he is still young

season 1 : 14 goals, 24 points (58 games)
season 2 : 12 goals, 35 points (56 games)
season 3 : 5 goals, 9 points (5 games)

He is 24 now, but a 6 foot 205 pound right handed centre with a hot start to the season is definitely a player to keep an eye on. See if he consistently puts up big points.

 

[SwedishFire]

Already 6 years sice drafted. He should be signed by oilers, He seems to be legit. Stupid.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Now with 11 points.
- 2nd in points for KalPa, has 6 points.

 

[Jumptheshark]

I don't think the Oilers even own this players rights anymore.

nope lost them
I truly have no idea why the oilers did not sign him and why he went back to Europe. Everything that had been suggested was after the 19/20 uni season he was going to sign with the oilers farm team.

thought he would be a good 3rd line center for the Oilers or in the NHL

Matej Blumel will be the guy we will be kicking ourselves over----no idea why the oilers did not sign him and assign him back to europe

 

[Oilhawks]

Oh no! Anyway

 

[OilerSuperstar17]

According to elite prospects, his rights are still with the team

Aapeli Räsänen at eliteprospects.com

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Aapeli Räsänen, 1998-06-01 Tampere, FIN Finland. Most recently in the Liiga with KalPa. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

This site is pretty accurate with their info, and it gets updated daily so you should trust it.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

According to elite prospects, his rights are still with the team

Aapeli Räsänen at eliteprospects.com

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Aapeli Räsänen, 1998-06-01 Tampere, FIN Finland. Most recently in the Liiga with KalPa. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

This site is pretty accurate with their info, and it gets updated daily so you should trust it.

Nah, Oilers didn't sign him otherwise he'd be developing in Bako or at least sniff some NHL games.. not in a lower league in Finland.

Edmonton Oilers Contract Signings - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

NHL player contract signings presented in chronological order

www.capfriendly.com

 

[Jumptheshark]

According to elite prospects, his rights are still with the team

Aapeli Räsänen at eliteprospects.com

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Aapeli Räsänen, 1998-06-01 Tampere, FIN Finland. Most recently in the Liiga with KalPa. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

This site is pretty accurate with their info, and it gets updated daily so you should trust it.

We are draft year + 6 now. I believe we had his rights up to draft year +4. I could be wrong here. The days of having a European players rights for 10 years after draft was negotiated away a few years ago.

 

[OilerSuperstar17]

Nah, Oilers didn't sign him otherwise he'd be developing in Bako or at least sniff some NHL games.. not in a lower league in Finland.

Edmonton Oilers Contract Signings - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

NHL player contract signings presented in chronological order

www.capfriendly.com

I didn't say they signed him, I said we still have his rights, meaning we have 1st dibs TO sign him but not sure why we haven't or why he hasn't/doesn't want to.

+ he's playing in the top league in Finland lol, what're you talking about?

 

[HockeyHistorian]

I've always liked him. He could carve himself a career of fourth line defensive specialist. He also has the magical intangibles and is one of the nicest and most civilized guys in hockey. Would fit in with Hyman and alike. Perhaps he will sign after this season?

 

[McDNicks17]

I've always liked him. He could carve himself a career of fourth line defensive specialist. He also has the magical intangibles and is one of the nicest and most civilized guys in hockey. Would fit in with Hyman and alike. Perhaps he will sign after this season?

Looks like his contract with KalPa is for next season too.

 

[HockeyHistorian]

Looks like his contract with KalPa is for next season too.

Liiga teams are usually happy to let their players go to the NHL. That said, I don't even know if either party is interested.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

I didn't say they signed him, I said we still have his rights, meaning we have 1st dibs TO sign him but not sure why we haven't or why he hasn't/doesn't want to.

+ he's playing in the top league in Finland lol, what're you talking about?

Like others have said here, we don't have his rights anymore. I meant to show you the red text that he needed to be signed in order to retain his rights have already expired June 1, 2022.

Liiga is a step down in my opinion but that's besides the point.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Is KalPa's leading scorer.

With the political situation in Russia, few of the non-NHL Finnish players are playing in the KHL so Liiga may have a few more potential NHL prospects.

For financial reasons, however, the majority of those players are still in places like Sweden or Switzerland.