As was rumoured last week, Eemeli Räsänen has official joined the Toronto Marlies on a Professional Try Out contract.
They also officially announced the PTO for Joe Duszak they said was coming when they signed him to an ELC.
Of note: They have not agreed to an ELC with Räsänen. This could mean the Leafs aren’t sure of him, and that’s reasonable, since he’s barely played all year, or it could be that he wants to wait until he has some kind of track record to show for his efforts here.
From the previous article:
Originally, Räsänen took the KHL opportunity instead of another year in junior hockey in the OHL (he just turned 20 a few days ago) as a greater challenge where he’d be able to grow his game.