The Winnipeg Jets opened the season with Kristian Vesalainen on their roster, and we were all excited. Well, I was. He’s a great, young player will the skills to exceed in today’s NHL., and he’s just 19.
I expected him to be sent to the AHL, as this was the first year of his three year ELC, and his first stateside (Well, proviceside too).
He even played in their first five games, albeit sparingly as the team struggled in close games and on spent hours on the penalty kill, two times where you don’t normally like to expose your rookies.