Confirmed with Link: Bruins sign F Joonas Kemppainen from Finland

[Jean_Jacket41]

6`2 213lbs....I like that

Not much time wasted from Sweeney in doing something

Give Spoons the key to the 3rd, Sods is gone, betcha Kelly is too and this guy is the new 4th line centerman

Agree with all that.

Kelly is gone. Yeti is also gone unless Krejci is traded for a top-W or top-D.

Interesting signing.

 

[DitClapper]

I'd say there's a 0% chance Talbot is traded.

 

[CptxMorgan]

I like it, low risk, possibly solid reward.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

I wonder if he will come to Boston faster then Soderberg...

He signed a one-year deal so he will probably be in Boston for rookie camp.

 

[GordonHowe]

They expelled me from Oasis High School so I cant read what Kirk wrote- he have anything on this guy? Dom likes to paste and bring **** from here to there so if you can find the time to do that i'd like to read Kirk's scouting report

You're kidding, right? Chain Yanker!

PS Kirk hasn't weighed in yet.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

I'd say there's a 0% chance Talbot is traded.

He's the perfect 13F.

-Cheap
-Experience
-PK option
-And you don't want a young kid to sit all year

Or someone else that fits this.

 

[KnightofBoston]

I'd say there's a 0% chance Talbot is traded.

Dunno bout that, only player Id out at 0% right now is bergeron, everyone else is at least .1%

Talbot i wouldn't put that high on the safe list

 

[missingchicklet]

Solid move with no major downside. This is the kind of thing that needs to be tried by a team with cap issues.

 

[Bruinsfolife]

Great. A guy in Finland scores 11 goals. This is the NHL where he will get about 5 goals. I'm not thrilled.

 

[TheBigBadB]

Hopefully both Talbot and Kelly are gone by September.

Nah, keep talbot as 13th forward since his salary is small. They need all the cap room they can get

 

[GordonHowe]

Nah, keep talbot as 13th forward since his salary is small. They need all the cap room they can get

I would keep him, yes. As a spare forward he's a deal.

 

[GordonHowe]

No opinion posted.

 

[HuskyBruinPride]

Great. A guy in Finland scores 11 goals. This is the NHL where he will get about 5 goals. I'm not thrilled.

He's not being brought here to put up points. He provides some more competition for the bottom 6, is on a 2-way deal, and is cheap. What's not to like?

 

[KnightofBoston]

He's not being brought here to put up points. He provides some more competition for the bottom 6, is on a 2-way deal, and is cheap. What's not to like?

That and he totally turned it on when his team needed it most, based on what I've read and seen for skills, he's not incapable of putting up a good amount of points relative to his TOI

 

[BB88]

He's not being brought here to put up points. He provides some more competition for the bottom 6, is on a 2-way deal, and is cheap. What's not to like?

+ 24points in 19 games in the playoffs.

+9 points in 8 games in the world championships as a bottom 6 C, he should have been our top6 C.

Great in d-play.

He will make our bottom 6 stronger.

Love this signing, got a new Finn on the team.

 

[Ranksu]

Blues fan coming peace.

I have only one thing to say. Kemppainen is steal with that price and could open up if you need trade somebody out if and when Joonas is taking bottom 9 spot. Great 'debt player' who can easily play higher minutes. His gamestyle fits what B holds. Got strenght, speed, good vision both end and surprisingly good hands. You are going to love him.

 

[missingchicklet]

Blues fan coming peace.

I have only one thing to say. Kemppainen is steal with that price and could open up if you need trade somebody out if and when Joonas is taking bottom 9 spot. Great 'debt player' who can easily play higher minutes. His gamestyle fits what B holds. Got strenght, speed, good vision both end and surprisingly good hands. You are going to love him.

Thanks for the observations.

 

[BruinDust]

Nah, keep talbot as 13th forward since his salary is small. They need all the cap room they can get

Bruins have plenty of younger, cheaper options with upside who make the same as Talbot or less. If the top 9 stays the same I see a bunch of options to comprise forwards 10 through 13.

Kemppainen
Koko
Ferlin
Flick
Randell
Griffith
Lindblad
Phillips

Gimme any combination of 4 from the above list of players over Talbot who has zero, zero upside.

Talbot can come to training camp, but if he gets beat out by younger players then it better be waivers for him and off to Providence if he clears.

I'm sure Talbot is a good locker room guy, etc. But if he's here Claude is going to use him, a lot. He'll never be the 13th forward especially with Campbell, Paille, and hopefully Kelly gone.

 

[Mainehockey33]

We might have our Campbell replacement, I like it.

 

[DoubleAAAA]

Our new Nokelainen!

 

[LouJersey]

Nobody is gone to fit this guy in . He will be plugged in if they can get rid of Kelly and Soderberg bolts .

 

[Mainehockey33]

Nobody is gone to fit this guy in . He will be plugged in if they can get rid of Kelly and Soderberg bolts .

Campbell isn't coming back.

 

[GordonHowe]

Blues fan coming peace.

I have only one thing to say. Kemppainen is steal with that price and could open up if you need trade somebody out if and when Joonas is taking bottom 9 spot. Great 'debt player' who can easily play higher minutes. His gamestyle fits what B holds. Got strenght, speed, good vision both end and surprisingly good hands. You are going to love him.

Thanks, too.

 

[DitClapper]

He's the perfect 13F.

-Cheap
-Experience
-PK option
-And you don't want a young kid to sit all year

Or someone else that fits this.

If Claude is the coach, he'll be an everyday player. Nothing wrong with it, perfect 4th liner.

 

[traffic cone]

Our new Nokelainen!

A perfect comparison, actually. Two very similiar players right there.