Confirmed with Link: Oilers sign Iiro Pakarinen
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Paralyzer008
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http://www.capgeek.com/player/3451
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=122784
Keep in mind that Lennart Petrell had more points the year we signed him out of Finland but was a few years older than Pakarinen. He was originally drafted in 2011 by the Panthers who didn't retain his rights.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=122784
Keep in mind that Lennart Petrell had more points the year we signed him out of Finland but was a few years older than Pakarinen. He was originally drafted in 2011 by the Panthers who didn't retain his rights.
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Token Finn acquisition of the year?
Name sounds too much like Paajarvi and not at all like Tikk to Kurri to my liking..
ps this is a jk around post. I probably have to state that.
Name sounds too much like Paajarvi and not at all like Tikk to Kurri to my liking..
ps this is a jk around post. I probably have to state that.
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Holy ****!!! A good friend of mine. 
This has potential to be a very good and underrated signing. Pakarinen reminds me a lot of Jarome Iginla, he's good skater, very physical and he has rocket of a shot. He also has good defensive abilities (he has played a lot as a defender too). On PP he is able to cause havoc and screen in front of the net or shoot hard slappers from the point.
I approve this signing.
This has potential to be a very good and underrated signing. Pakarinen reminds me a lot of Jarome Iginla, he's good skater, very physical and he has rocket of a shot. He also has good defensive abilities (he has played a lot as a defender too). On PP he is able to cause havoc and screen in front of the net or shoot hard slappers from the point.
I approve this signing.
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Holy ****!!! A good friend of mine.
Thats cool!
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As per @capgeek the @EdmontonOilers sign Iiro Pakarinen to a 2-way 2-year contract. Pakarinen is a former Florida draft who is 6'1" winger. Pakarinen scored 20 goals in 60 GP with HIFK Helsinki this season and moved up from 4th line to a 2nd line role at the WHC this spring. Oilers Finnish Scout Matti Virmanen pushed hard for Pakarinen who played for the Silver Medal winning Finns and their GM Jari Kurri at WHC.
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Holy ****!!! A good friend of mine.
This has potential to be a very good and underrated signing. Pakarinen reminds me a lot of Jarome Iginla, he's good skater, very physical and he has rocket of a shot. He also has good defensive abilities (he has played a lot as a defender too). On PP he is able to cause havoc and screen in front of the net or shoot hard slappers from the point.
I approve this signing.
Sounds like what we wanted Hartikaninen to be. I'm intrigued.
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Holy ****!!! A good friend of mine.
This has potential to be a very good and underrated signing. Pakarinen reminds me a lot of Jarome Iginla, he's good skater, very physical and he has rocket of a shot. He also has good defensive abilities (he has played a lot as a defender too). On PP he is able to cause havoc and screen in front of the net or shoot hard slappers from the point.
I approve this signing.
Will he drop the gloves?
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In watching the WHC he was definitely one of the players who grabbed my attention.... though part of that was because every time the announcers said his name I thought they were saying Pekka Rinne. Either way, good depth move that increases competition at camp. One of these under the radar signings will eventually be a homerun, maybe this is the one?
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No, but he makes opponents drop their gloves. He is an agitator, not a fighter.
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Yeah, but does he speak an in-game gibberish which is neither Finnish nor English?
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It's an okay minor signing, but for a guy with less numbers than Petrell, I'm hoping it's just OKC depth and that he isn't pencilled in.
The Oilers RW depth is:
Eberle, Yakupov, Joensuu (LW also), Arcobello (C also), Pitlick, Pinizzotto, Andrew Miller (C also)
Clearly there was some room in OKC for a RW as they had two guys on AHL deals there (Ford and Holmberg) so it'd be decent to see depth wise what he's capable of.
The Oilers RW depth is:
Eberle, Yakupov, Joensuu (LW also), Arcobello (C also), Pitlick, Pinizzotto, Andrew Miller (C also)
Clearly there was some room in OKC for a RW as they had two guys on AHL deals there (Ford and Holmberg) so it'd be decent to see depth wise what he's capable of.
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Hopefully he makes the team, and plays with Yak. A tandem slide down the ice after a goal might just be enough to give Cherry a heart attack
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Finland does produce a lot of those type of players. It's great that he is willing to stand in front of the net and take some abuse too. That quality alone might be enough to earn him a spot on the fourth line depending on how training camp and preseason goes. It is a bonus that he is a right hand shot.
McGlassbangers
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Yup, that's why I want Leo Komarov too. Komarov and Pakarinen would be an absolute nightmare to play against. They'd piss the living **** out of everybody.
