Confirmed with Link: Avs sign Kiviranta to PTO

[Colorado Avalanche]

Payback time for Dallas. Let's gooooo

 

[chet1926]

Between him and Holland we are really scraping the bottom of the barrel on these PTOs. Hoping these guys were just brought in to light a fire under guys like Meyers, Foudy, Pavel etc. and push them a bit.

 

[Gruyeriev]

Stars Board having fun with our signings of Tufte, Olofsson and Kirivanta(PTO). I figure we are just trying to balance what Matt Duchene brings to the table

 

[shadow1]

This PTO was almost as predictable as the Drouin signing.

As a 13th forward, Kiviranta is fine. As a 12th forward, he doesn't move the needle enough due to his lack of offense.

His 8 goals last year were respectable, but his 1 measly assist isn't cutting it. He had 5 points in 15 playoff games though, and in general has been more productive in his post-season career, so maybe the Avalanche can squeeze 15 points out of him.

 

[the_fan]

Kiviranta will score a hatty in western conference final game 7 vs Dallas. Book it

 

[The Moops]

Kiviranta will score a hatty in western conference final game 7 vs Dallas. Book it

And we'll lose 4-3

 

[the_fan]

And we'll lose 4-3

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Well it's about time, I called this ages ago. He plays the way Bednar likes, and if he earns a contract he's gonna be a pretty safe, if not underwhelming option. Kills penalties at least.

 

[Balthazar]

Stars Board having fun with our signings of Tufte, Olofsson and Kirivanta

We sure like Dallas' trash.

 

[Gruyeriev]

We sure like Dallas' trash.

Sadly I bet Bednar loves all 3 of them!

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

That’s a quality PTO. Like this one.

 

[RECKLESS]

Rocky Beach!!
(=Kiviranta)

Hope he succeeds here.

 

[The Moops]

Dumpster diving in the Stars trash can hoping to get Nuke 2.0

 

[sethro109]

The Avs definitely have a preference. And that preference is used Stars and Blue Jackets players.

 

[MacKaRant]

The Avs definitely have a preference. And that preference is used Stars and Blue Jackets players.

You think Patrick Nemeth would have taught them a lesson about that but then again there's Nichushkin, so...

 

[Murzu]

Sign him to a two way deal and bury him to the ECHL. That serves him right.

 

[Hasbro]

He’s a below average to bad 4th liner. There’s a reason the Stars have moved on. If he makes the team, it would be a bad sign for the depth. In the AHL as a 14/15th forward he’d be fine.

Then Bednar will definitely love him!

 

[forsbergavs32]

Best case the Avs get a defensive PKer for the 4th, worst case he sucks and doesn’t make the team. Pretty standard for a PTO so can’t hurt to see if the Avs can get something out of a player people think are done (like with JJ and Nuke).

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Does anyone know if Kiviranta is related to Ranta in any way?

He's the second evolution of Ranta. Third being Rantanen.

 

[Vaslof]

Does anyone know if Kiviranta is related to Ranta in any way?

I'd say they are about a stone's throw away from each other.

 

[Flanagan]

Best case the Avs get a defensive PKer for the 4th, worst case he sucks and doesn’t make the team. Pretty standard for a PTO so can’t hurt to see if the Avs can get something out of a player people think are done (like with JJ and Nuke).

Worst case he sucks and still makes the team

 

[UncleRisto]

Worst case he sucks and still makes the team

That's also the most probable outcome.

 

[missionAvs]

That's also the most probable outcome.

Well we need a top line winger once Drouin proves to be a bust.

 

[henchman21]

Stars Board having fun with our signings of Tufte, Olofsson and Kirivanta(PTO). I figure we are just trying to balance what Matt Duchene brings to the table

I think Tufte is going to get a lot of NHL games this year. He's been a slow burn of disappointment for the Stars, but his offense was coming around in the AHL finally and he's got skating, size, and some physicality. Bednar doesn't mind pure north/south guys who play simple in the bottom 6 as long as the energy is there. Tufte can do that in spurts. Not sure if it will be sustainable (especially the physicality part), but I do expect he's going to get runs at different times.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

I posted in the second week of July that the Avs had PTO feelers out on a ton of players.

I knew about Holland, had no clue about this guy. I know of a few more they’re interested in.

They don’t want to wait to compete with other teams in September for PTOs, they have been aggressive and got their offers out early.

I expect a couple of more at the very least, especially since two of the guys I heard about in early July remain unsigned in any league right now.