Confirmed with Link: Eetu Luostarinen signs ELC

[Jorma Heart]

I'm pretty sure he's not going back to KalPa. No one ever does.

 

[Lempo]

I'm pretty sure he's not going back to KalPa. No one ever does.

I only know that he got the EA clause, and if he uses it in 2019-20 I'm pretty sure he's bound by the Kalpa contract as far as IIHF and all associated leagues are concerned. I would believe the NHL SPC only supercedes the IIHF one, but doesn't void it.

Now if he tried to use the EA clause to ditch for KHL (Jokerit assumably), so effectively to leave his Liiga contract to go to NA and then play for other team in Finland instead, a veritable ****storm would ensue (soothed a bit by the transfer fee, obviously).

 

[Lempo]

The performance bonus of $82.5k for 2019-20 is assumably a Games Played bonus, payable if he plays 10+ games in NHL. There's none for the following years, logically meaning that he's expecting to play up in the N full time in the later years, but for 2019-20 the contracting parties expect him to spend time in the AHL.

The first year bonus would drive his first year salary to ~$150k instead of the regular AHL pay of $70k (+ what he makes in NHL salary while he is up), sweetening the mostly-AHL salary to the level he might expect if playing in Europe. The Canes assumably would like him to be conditioned in NA.

 

[AD Skinner]

I'm pretty sure he's not going back to KalPa. No one ever does.

Going back to KalPa

 

[Lempo]

Sami Kapanen went back to KalPa.

Now he's training the boy.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Going back to KalPa

Man, I don't think so

 

[Jorma Heart]

Sami Kapanen went back to KalPa.

Now he's training the boy.

Even he left to Switzerland

 

[Svechhammer]

Eetu, Brute?

 

[Negan4Coach]

Jesus Christ

 

[Tryamw]

Jesus Christ

Superstar!.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Disgusting.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

With Haula out, this makes sense as they need a center.

 

[bleedgreen]

He’s the one that seems to have taken the biggest step forward this season down there, and he’s a center so it makes sense. Normally this would’ve been Brown so we should rejoice the kid filling in on the fourth line!

Probably only a game or two of course.

Bishop obviously would’ve made sense too. It’ll be interesting to watch. Maybe the kid will get a higher line?

 

[emptyNedder]

Don't expect the Gibbons/Luostarinen/McGinn line to get more than 8-9 minutes. Still they could produce some chances.

 

[Identity404]

Et tu, Eetu?

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Eetu over Geekie? Weird. Eetu’s first year on NA ice. Also had penalty issues in Europe. Could suggest had issues with speed and open ice play. Better in Charlotte though.

Eetu isn’t one of the only 7 skaters not in the negative for +\-.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Et tu, Eetu?

According to elite prospects its et-tu.

 

[emptyNedder]

Eetu over Geekie? Weird.

Not particularly. Luostarinen is more suited to the fourth line. Also, much like last season, it appears that the organization (maybe mostly RBA) doesn't like to bring up offensive-minded players. After the first 10 games, all of Bishop, Maenalanen, and McKegg (and Brown a shorter call up) were given long stints in Raleigh while Necas remained in Charlotte. My guess is that DW and RBA think Geekie's role is in the top 9, so there is little benefit in giving him 2-3 games of 8 minutes per on the fourth.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Eetu over Geekie? Weird. Eetu’s first year on NA ice. Also had penalty issues in Europe. Could suggest had issues with speed and open ice play. Better in Charlotte though.

Eetu isn’t one of the only 7 skaters not in the negative for +\-.

From the little bit I've seen of both of them, I think we can expect Geekie to stay in the AHL this season. He plays a top-6 game and he certainly isn't going to step into a top-6 role with the Canes. Eetu is mediocre, but he slots into a checking role. For a callup like this, it makes more sense to slide Wallmark up to 3C and let Eetu skate a few conservative minutes on the bottom line.

 

[emptyNedder]

Eetu is mediocre, but he slots into a checking role.

I haven't followed the Checkers as much as last season. I have seen most of 3 games. Luostarinen has looked good—where he is most noticeable is between the blue lines and behind the goal. He has made several defensive plays around center ice that have thwarted the opposition's attack. On offense he is good keeping possession of the puck behind the goal.
He doesn't have the wow factor of Necas, or Gauthier when he is playing well, but he seems to play every shift hard and think the game well.

 

[tarheelhockey]

He doesn't have the wow factor of Necas, or Gauthier when he is playing well, but he seems to play every shift hard and think the game well.

And that's pretty much it when it comes to a quick NHL callup. We don't need a guy who's going to take a couple of games to be a spectator and figure out where he fits. Even a guy as talented as Necas had to go through that phase in order to play a scoring role, and it wasn't pretty to watch him figuring it out. For a short term situation, we need the guy who comes as advertised, ready to engage, and doesn't make dumb mistakes from speed-shock.

 

[Svechhammer]

Superstar!.

 

[DaveG]

Superstar!.

do you think you're what they say you are?

 

[Stubu]

Eetu is mediocre, but he slots into a checking role. For a callup like this, it makes more sense to slide Wallmark up to 3C and let Eetu skate a few conservative minutes on the bottom line.

So... his role is to check those liberal NYR skaters?

 

[Lempo]

So... his role is to check those liberal NYR skaters?

Check, and balance.