Confirmed with Link: Lilja signs 1-year 2-way contract

[pled]

one of the player on Bem team last year I guess some people got a good look at him while watching Bem. he's a jack of all trade master of none kinda player. Can seem him be a good third liner after some ahl time to adapt this year. only 25 nothing too old.

Blue Jackets sign Jakob Lilja

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[Theo Von]

interesting.

at one point he led the entire SHL in points thru 36 games... 32 points.

definitely seems like a playmaker (high assist totals).. the chemistry with Bemstrom is already there (played on the same team).

i'm intrigued.

 

[Doggy]

Which NHL club will Djurgarden fans be cheering for next season?

 

[Cowumbus]

Lilja-Wennberg-Bemstrom as a third line.

 

[Prntscrn]

Lilja-Wennberg-Bemstrom as a third line.

The Djurgården line

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Lilja-Wennberg-Bemstrom as a third line.

In Cleveland?

I kid......kinda

 

[Finner]

SHL is 2nd league in europe. Games there are fast and skillfull compared to the finnish league. Ofcourse NHL is way a head anyother league. Have seen Lilja and Bem played last season couple of away games in Luleå and they have really good chemistry. Hopefully they can break their way in playing roster at Columbus. Its not possible but time will show. Next season will be interesting but still we need couple elite player before i start to scream and celebrite cause obviously we are the next Stanley Cup champions.

 

[Viqsi]

I'm not normally a big fan of "they played together in <other league> therefore they're ready to go in the NHL", but, hey, if our scouts happened to notice him while they were keeping track of Bemstrom, I'm willing to be optimistic.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

I wonder what our list of players signed from overseas during the Jarmo era is. Because it seems like we get decent production out of most of them. All I remember is

Simon Hjalmarsson (who busted)
Markus Hannikainen
Dean Kukan
Jakob Lilja

but it feels like there is more

 

[Viqsi]

I wonder what our list of players signed from overseas during the Jarmo era is. Because it seems like we get decent production out of most of them. All I remember is

Simon Hjalmarsson (who busted)
Markus Hannikainen
Dean Kukan
Jakob Lilja

but it feels like there is more

CapFriendly makes it relatively easy to look up all NHL-level signings: Jarmo Kekalainen - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

Hjalmarsson was a Blues draft pick; I don't know if he was ever associated with the Jackets. And I could've sworn there were at least two more - indeed, there's at least one defenseman that I'm going absolutely mad trying to remember the guy's name but I can't find it anywhere; it was really early in his tenure. (Also, I'm not really counting Matiss Kivleneieks and Oleg Yevenko, as they were both already in North America at the time.)

EDIT: Found him! Ilari Melart Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

EDIT 2: In confirming Melart's contract info, I also was able to verify that Hjalmarsson was indeed here. I chalk up my remembering Melart but not Hjalmarsson to my well-established pro-defenseman bias.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

CapFriendly makes it relatively easy to look up all NHL-level signings: Jarmo Kekalainen - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

Hjalmarsson was a Blues draft pick; I don't know if he was ever associated with the Jackets. And I could've sworn there were at least two more - indeed, there's at least one defenseman that I'm going absolutely mad trying to remember the guy's name but I can't find it anywhere; it was really early in his tenure. (Also, I'm not really counting Matiss Kivleneieks and Oleg Yevenko, as they were both already in North America at the time.)

EDIT: Found him! Ilari Melart Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

EDIT 2: In confirming Melart's contract info, I also was able to verify that Hjalmarsson was indeed here. I chalk up my remembering Melart but not Hjalmarsson to my well-established pro-defenseman bias.

Ah yes, Melart. The guy who absolutely destroyed Bjorkstrand in development camp. I remember it well.

Jesus, I'm getting old.

 

[Old Guy]

Jesus, I'm getting old.

Welcome to the club.

 

[Eye of Ra]

How is he doing?

 

[stevo61]

How is he doing?

Average 4th liner thus far. Should be sat in my opinion for Milano but is more defensively responsible and rounds out a reliable 4th line that Torts trusts

 

[Theo Von]

How is he doing?

exactly what @stevo61 said