Waived: Jussi Jokinen for buy-out

[Ricky Bobby]

Last off-season Florida moved a 2nd round pick to unload Marc Savard to create cap space that they never used.

This sure seems like another brilliant move along the same lines.

In real dollars the Panthers are already coming out negative. They're paying Jokinen 2.66M not to play for them but his replacement will cost more than 1.34M.

 

[Dessloch]

luongo to develop skin disorder soon? or can he play wing?

 

[I am not exposed]

Dale Tallon read somebody post "wingers are the least valuable position" on HFBoards.

So he decided he'd try without any.

 

[NYR94]

Florida is acting like it's going to be very busy once free agency hits.

 

[IslesNorway]

Wasn't Jokinen hot shait just a year or so ago??

 

[Riptide]

With the Penguins looking for a 3C, I wonder if Jokinen makes a Pittsburgh comeback.

This was my first thought when I saw he was getting bought out.

 

[PetterssonSimp]

Wasn't Jokinen hot shait just a year or so ago??

This previous season, before that he was a 60 point player for them.
I gotta ask, who in the **** are the Panthers targeting? This group of free agents are terrible when it comes to finding quality scoring forwards. Do they have some prospects they wanna test?

 

[BB88]

This previous season, before that he was a 60 point player for them.
I gotta ask, who in the **** are the Panthers targeting? This group of free agents are terrible when it comes to finding quality scoring forwards. Do they have some prospects they wanna test?

I'm going Radulov+ Dadonov, but just 2 won't be enough, not even close.

They have prospects but they shouldn't be in the NHL yet.

 

[DrMom9900]

Maybe they think Tippett is NHL ready and have plans for him in a top 9 W position?

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Wasn't Jokinen hot shait just a year or so ago??

Juice seems to play himself out of every team.

In Dallas it was the 3rd year (to be fair he wasn't bad, but also didn't improve), in Tampa he played well after a trade but the season after got traded again, in Carolina it was the 4th year, and in Florida ended up being the 3rd year.

I'd give Jussi a 1 yr deal because he's shown to step up when motivated, but anything longer especially at the age of 34 is out of the question.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Juice seems to play himself out of every team.

Exactly. This is the story of his career.

Year 1: "OMG we stole this guy!!!"
Year 2: "Hoping he can continue to be a part of our long term plans"
Year 3: "He'll do until we find a better option"
Year 4: [this page intentionally left blank]

 

[Stickpucker]

I love the Juice. Perfect guy for 1 year show me deals.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

Perfect fit for Nashville. Can move up and down the lineup as needed. Two year, 3.5-4M would be nice.

 

[Lempo]

Wasn't Jokinen hot shait just a year or so ago??

Jussi Jokinen is so hot that Patrik Laine's gonna play off-wing just to accommodate for him.

 

[Shoofyou10]

I'd love to see him slid into Cullen's role of 4C for the Pens. For face offs and shootout alone he'd be worth it.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Gotta be Pittsburgh. He'll do well there playing bottom 6.

 

[BrockBoeser6]

luongo to develop skin disorder soon? or can he play wing?

As a Canucks fan I like this whole skin disorder thing. I think Luongo could pull off a skin disorder.

 

[chamber99]

I wouldn't be surprised if vegas claimed a couple of the guys on waivers. A couple not bad producers for not terrible contracts.

 

[ijuka]

Ok, I understand. Jokinen didn't have a good season.

But heck, he's still a player. He can at least fill a third line role decently enough. He only had a year left on his contract. If you want to get rid of him, I'm sure someone would have offered something for him, especially if you offer to retain salary(Which you are effectively doing when buying him out, anyway). He's scored 60 points in the not-so-distant past and I'm sure some teams would have liked to take a chance with him.

 

[Draiskull]

Perfect fit for Nashville. Can move up and down the lineup as needed. Two year, 3.5-4M would be nice.

umm might as well claim him off waivers

 

[Harvey Birdman]

Comeback to Pittsburgh Juice!

 

[hagelin1381]

Exactly. This is the story of his career.

Year 1: "OMG we stole this guy!!!"
Year 2: "Hoping he can continue to be a part of our long term plans"
Year 3: "He'll do until we find a better option"
Year 4: [this page intentionally left blank]

Loved him in Pittsburgh. Sucks he priced himself out of town.. Maybe he could come back on a cheap deal?

 

[PBPantherfan]

As a Canucks fan I like this whole skin disorder thing. I think Luongo could pull off a skin disorder.

Luongo has had a bad hip the last two years I see that acting up when he's only making a million a year. Probably tweet out a picture of himself using a walker to get to WSOP events.