PTO: [COL] F Saku Maenalanen signs PTO with the Avalanche (failed physical; released)

[Royale With Cheese]

The Big Sak has returned.

 

[StewieP19]

With Tatar signature, Colorado got a lot of wigner + Kovalenko who will coming in March.
Colorado have on nhl contract Rantanen Nichushkin Lehkonen Drouin Kovalenko Tatar Cogliano O'connor Wood Olofsson. 10 guys for eight spot Does him and Kirivanta can take a 2 way contract ?

 

[jurbs112]

With Tatar signature, Colorado got a lot of wigner + Kovalenko who will coming in March.
Colorado have on nhl contract Rantanen Nichushkin Lehkonen Drouin Kovalenko Tatar Cogliano O'connor Wood Olofsson. 10 guys for eight spot Does him and Kirivanta can take a 2 way contract ?

What do you think the next happen now?

 

[TheFamousFart]

im excited to see how it works out for him there, he has alot of grit and is a great part of a 4th line that can occasionally score goals trough hard work, i wouldnt be surprised if he gets a one year deal.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Saku Maenalanen was supposed to push for a roster spot while playing on a PTO but Peter Baugh of The Athletic relays that the winger failed his physical and has been released from his PTO.

 

[Mitch nylander]

Brandon Kozun was given a PTO as a replacement. I remember having such high hopes for him.

 

[TS Quint]

The Jets already knew his hands were broken.

 

[biturbo19]

That's too bad. Probably means it's back to Europe for the year for him? Tough to find a contract for a fringe guy like that later in the season if he gets healthy...without that preseason audition and chance to get integrated to the PK and systems early.

 

[LOFIN]

That's too bad. Probably means it's back to Europe for the year for him? Tough to find a contract for a fringe guy like that later in the season if he gets healthy...without that preseason audition and chance to get integrated to the PK and systems early.

For 3 years:

Finnischer Olympiasieger und Weltmeister zu den Tigers - SCL Tigers

Die SCL Tigers verpflichten per sofort den finnischen Weltmeister und Olympiasieger Saku Mäenalanen. Der Stürmer wechselt mit einem Dreijahresvertrag zu den SCL Tigers. Saku Mäenalanen (192 cm/94 kg) bestritt letzte Saison 69 Spiele für die Winnipeg Jets in der NHL. Beim kanadischen NHL-Team...

www.scltigers.ch

I just wonder what kind of injury we are talking about here. Nothing was mentioned in that news of him signing for Langnau either.

 

[biturbo19]

For 3 years:

Finnischer Olympiasieger und Weltmeister zu den Tigers - SCL Tigers

Die SCL Tigers verpflichten per sofort den finnischen Weltmeister und Olympiasieger Saku Mäenalanen. Der Stürmer wechselt mit einem Dreijahresvertrag zu den SCL Tigers. Saku Mäenalanen (192 cm/94 kg) bestritt letzte Saison 69 Spiele für die Winnipeg Jets in der NHL. Beim kanadischen NHL-Team...

www.scltigers.ch

I just wonder what kind of injury we are talking about here. Nothing was mentioned in that news of him signing for Langnau either.

Ahhh. I guess that's pretty much it for his NHL ambitions then. Oh well. He got some games in. That's more than most can claim.


Definitely curious what the injury is. Something that skirted by initially, but didn't pass the physical...and doesn't seem to be much of a concern to his Euro team?

 

[LOFIN]

Definitely curious what the injury is. Something that skirted by initially, but didn't pass the physical...and doesn't seem to be much of a concern to his Euro team?

Maybe it's something that might prevent him from fully participating for say 2 weeks? For a PTO, that's a death knell already.

 

[biturbo19]

Maybe it's something that might prevent him from fully participating for say 2 weeks? For a PTO, that's a death knell already.

Could be. Still not really sure what that would be. Presumably some sort of recent training injury from the offseason?

 

[mattihp]

Time to bring in the real big man on a PTO

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Time to bring in the real big man on a PTO

Marko Anttila is 38 years old.

 

[mattihp]

Marko Anttila is 38 years old.

At 28 his skills was at the same level they will be when he is 78

 

[Hasbro]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of size queens suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly saying the Avalanche need to trade for Lawson Crouse.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

At 28 his skills was at the same level they will be when he is 78

To which "real big man" were you referring?

 

[mattihp]

To which "real big man" were you referring?

The one and only. Marko "Mörkö" Anttila

 

[JJTT]

Kaleva: Tästä syystä kultaleijonan NHL-sopimus revittiin – Totuus paljastui vasta Amerikassa

Saku Mäenalasen NHL-unelma vaihtui nopeasti Sveitsiin.

www.iltalehti.fi

Seems very weird. He is fully healthy and playing in Switzerland, yet NHL didn't allow him to play since the recovery time from the upper body surgery is at least 5 months. He was healthy in 4.

Is there anything in the cba about injuries?

 

[missionAvs]

Every time I see this thread updated with a new post, I wonder why the hell anyone is talking about this guy still. Only then do I step back and realize that I myself have updated the thread and am therefore still talking about this guy.

 

[Kahvi]

Kaleva: Tästä syystä kultaleijonan NHL-sopimus revittiin – Totuus paljastui vasta Amerikassa

Saku Mäenalasen NHL-unelma vaihtui nopeasti Sveitsiin.

www.iltalehti.fi

Seems very weird. He is fully healthy and playing in Switzerland, yet NHL didn't allow him to play since the recovery time from the upper body surgery is at least 5 months. He was healthy in 4.

Is there anything in the cba about injuries?

Just to clarify, the article says that the minimum recovery time for that operation is stated (in the CBA?) to be 5 months, even if the player was healthy. So basically Mäenalanen said and felt he was healthy to play, and he failed his physical only because of bureaucracy.

But that's just his version, and it doesn't explicitly state the reason for the failed physical. It doesn't say anything if the doctors thought he was ok or not, or where they just following the rules.

Every time I see this thread updated with a new post, I wonder why the hell anyone is talking about this guy still. Only then do I step back and realize that I myself have updated the thread and am therefore still talking about this guy.

Well at least now it seems to be an interesting case because of CBA or something, well worth the discussion anyway.