Regular season in the Finnish Liiga finished this week. Today two wild cards series begin for the last two places in the quarterfinals, with SaiPa (with Robin Salo) playing in one. Pelicans (with Jakub Skarek) finished regular season in third place, and will start the playoffs next week.
Salo finished the regular season with 4-12-16 in 57 games, beating his previous career high by one point. Coincidentally, he had exactly identical season stats (4-12-16) as former Isles-draft flop Jyri Niemi. All hope might not yet be lost for Salo to become a NHL'er, but things certainly aren't looking to good at this point.
Skarek finished with a 90.6% SVS, and played out most of the season as Pelicans' back-up goalie. Not quite as spectacular as one might have hoped for, but still a really solid season considering his age. If the Isles can get Sorokin to cross the pond, and Soderstrom back on the ice, Skarek will have a nice couple of years to improve himself in Europe and perhaps the AHL. He could indeed end up a very nice asset for the organisation.