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Vesalainen to suit up with Jokerit squad

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

CALGARY — The curious case of Kristian Vesalainen has taken one final plot twist. And now the 19-year-old prized Winnipeg Jets prospect is taking his hockey sticks and heading home to Helsinki.

Like sands through the hourglass, the last several days have played out like a soap opera. But in an ending many believed was inevitable, Vesalainen is returning to Finland to play the rest of this season in the KHL with Jokerit, which traded for his rights last week.