Probably depends on his contract situation in Europe for next year and they would need to get him signed to his ELC.
Prospect Info: G Topias Leinonen -- Selected 41st overall in 2022
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Nobody wants to play him. He’s been the worst goalie on every team he’s played for this year. I don’t know why we would bother signing him. He’s been terrible.
CaliSabresfan24
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They're going to do whatever they can to justify picking him in the 2nd round.
At the time I thought it was Adams worst pick and its continuing to look that way but I don't have a problem with getting him to NA and see what he can do here first
They hold his rights for two more years, there isn't a necessity to waste a contract spot on the guy until he gets himself righted. Part of that might be getting out of JYP's cesspool of an organization.
Djp
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He can come over and sign an AHL/ECHL contract
They can sign him to an ahl only contract and still hold his rights and not count as a contract. Glotov they did that with iirc.
He needs to see pucks and get games. That's unlikely to happen in the AHL and most ECHL teams with affiliations aren't going to be keen to take on an overhaul like this. They'd be better off seeing if they can get him into the net somewhere outside of Finland, like into HockeyEttan the third tier in Sweden and not signing him until they get some sort of consistency out of him.
KeyserSoze81
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Old Navy Goat
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He needs to stay healthy and get games or he's a bust in the making
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
Goalies are voodoo. Unless they’re a top 15 pick, I wouldn’t say anyone is a bust.
That being said, I hope he can stay healthy in the future even if he decides to never try to come to North America.
Old Navy Goat
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You hope to at least get something out of a high 2nd, even if they only top out as a tweener. Fortunately being an Euro you don't have to roll the dice and give him a contract now
