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Kekäläinen departed to Blue Jackets during a semi-lockout season when Jokerit was (what nine points off?) in SM-liiga regular season lead?
Kekäläinen didn't inherit the circus that was Jokerit from an exactly a position of strength to begin with so there is bit more context behind those results given that Jokerit for example is not even the only Helsinki-based team or contender in the SM-liiga in which teams operate from a position of strength rather than following structures of communism, in pyramid-like fashion.
From a simplistic country rube point of view one could argue that the gm of either HIFK or Jokerit couldn't fail unless totally incompetent. To shine is the thing to aspire for.