What happened to Jussi Jokinen

[MMC]

Scored 60 points in 2015-16, got bought out after scoring 28 points in 69 games in 2016-17, bounced around 4 teams in 2017-18 and now can’t get a contact? What happened?

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[Tad Mikowsky]

Too damn slow. When he was traded from Edmonton to LA, there was quite a few people pointing out that Jokinen was due to breakout because he had some unlucky underlying numbers.

That never happened in LA. Or Columbus. Did score ten points in Vancouver, but was shooting at a stupid unsustainable pace (21.5%)

 

[Jacob]

He declined rapidly in his mid-30s as virtually all athletes do.

 

[Esko6]

He is 35, not everyone is like Jagr, especially when the league is getting faster every year.

 

[Keduzin]

He was a freerider playing with great players. Alone he can’t create anything and is nowadays a 3rd or 4th line guy and not that good at that either. Should just pack his bags and spend the rest of his carreer playing for Oulu where he is still appreciated and will get to play with the best players on the team

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Age, can't keep up with the speed of the game...etc.

 

[Ratsreign]

Knees are shot. Basically played on one leg his last year with FL in 16/17.

 

[Gsus]

He put up 10 points in 14 games in Vancouver. Small sample size but what do teams got to lose with signing him cheap? Thought that would get him one more shot.

 

[Lempo]

He was a freerider playing with great players. Alone he can’t create anything and is nowadays a 3rd or 4th line guy and not that good at that either. Should just pack his bags and spend the rest of his carreer playing for Oulu where he is still appreciated and will get to play with the best players on the team

Won't play in Finland in 2018-19 due to the FLA buyout money and the Finnish taxation it would be subject to if he did.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Father time won. His hockey IQ earned him a ~1000 game career. Pretty good for an undersized slow player.