-Vintage Canuck- Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Quote Jussi Jokinen retired from professional hockey Wednesday. The 38-year-old-forward played for nine NHL teams in 13 seasons. He competed with Oulun of SM-liiga, the top pro league in his native Finland, the past three. Jokinen, a sixth-round pick (No. 192) of the Dallas Stars in the 2001 NHL Draft, scored 563 points (191 goals, 372 assists) in 951 games for the Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes, Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida Panthers, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, Columbus Blue Jackets and Vancouver Canucks. He scored 32 points (17 goals, 15 assists) in 54 Stanley Cup Playoff games. His last NHL season was 2017-18 when he played in 60 games for four teams. Jokinen won a silver medal with Finland at the 2006 Turin Olympics and bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. He was teammates with Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov for the team that finished second to Canada at the 2016 IIHF World Championship. https://www.nhl.com/news/jussi-jokinen-announces-retirement/c-324827980 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Would like to say that Jokinen's 14 games in a Canucks jersey were memorable......but...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontTouchMeGuys Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 He's still playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe-max Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 44 minutes ago, Fanuck said: Would like to say that Jokinen's 14 games in a Canucks jersey were memorable......but...... They were. He had 10 points in 14 games and helped the team to win a couple of games down the road when they were already out of the playoffs. Some will claim his play cost the Canucks a better draft position and had they not traded for him, they would have finished lower, consequently drafted higher and the Canucks would long have won a cup. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 I remember how surprisingly good he was for us. Kind of a neat surprise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fanuck said: Would like to say that Jokinen's 14 games in a Canucks jersey were memorable......but...... I think the Canucks did him wrong. 14 games, 4 goals, 6 assists, 10 points. Benning really dropped the ball by not re-signing him. Edited May 19, 2021 by Dazzle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patel Bure Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Fanuck said: Would like to say that Jokinen's 14 games in a Canucks jersey were memorable......but...... With respect to Jokinen, his Canucks stint was probably more memorable than Sergei Nemchinov's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 You gotta be kidding me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French00 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Always liked him in shootouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coryberg Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 On 5/19/2021 at 12:41 PM, joe-max said: They were. He had 10 points in 14 games and helped the team to win a couple of games down the road when they were already out of the playoffs. Some will claim his play cost the Canucks a better draft position and had they not traded for him, they would have finished lower, consequently drafted higher and the Canucks would long have won a cup. Yeah instead we got stuck with chopped liver at #7 (Quinn Hughes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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