Confirmed Signing with Link: Eeli Tolvanen [NSH] signed. Max bonuses, European assignment clause

Lempo

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Schedule B is going to be extremely difficult to hit, bordering on impossible.

The bigger question is if he can hit 4x Schedule A bonuses. And I agree there’s a good chance he only gets 2-3 of them. It’s rare for even the best players to score 4x Schedule A bonuses on an ELC.

I don't know about the As; 20 G seems like a lazy doorman nowadays letting better half of the cool kids in and Top6 utilization gets you the ToI one. Little bit of luck in +/- on top of that and you're close.

Finland alone has Rantanen, Laine and Aho doing it this season and they're not even on their last ELC year. The three Toronto boys will probably hit theirs if Marner and Nylander don't cannibalize each other from some stat.*

Of course it's not a slam dunk. 35 A and 60 P takes some doing.

* edit: Checking it up: Marner has secured the needed 4 categories on goals/assists/points stats alone. Matthews has secured 3 with goals, PpGP and ASG and is practically sure thing to forwards ToI/GP ToP 6 and forwards +/- Top 3 (leading both). Nylander has secured 1 with assists and is practically safe in ToI (both pGP and total aggregate) and +\-, but will need four points in remaining four games to reach the P and PpGP target.

On Jets side, Ehlers and Connor have secured goals; both look safe for ToI and Ehlers for +\- too; but to get four categories Ehler needs 4 points and Connor 5 in remaining 5.

The funnest thing with A bonuses really is that the (forwards') demanded 60 in Points category is also the amount you need to make in full regular season of 82 games to have your PpGP above the demanded 0.73 (60/82=0.732). It's the difference maker.

Same thing with defender A bonuses: 40 P is also approximately the demanded 0.49 PpGP in 82 games.
 
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Stripper

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This guy has never played a day in the NHL. Though chance of success is high, it's no slam dunk and a bit of a stretch so associate him with Barkov & Laine, IMO.
He's already proved that he can play on an international level (OG) and can hold his own in a professonial league (KHL). Considering that Tolvanen will once again be called to represent Finland on international tournaments, yes it is okay to put this guy next to Barkov and Laine.

Now, to put him at the level of those two in the NHL is another thing. I think he'll have a nice career, but only time will tell.
 

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