Jokinen To Sign With KHL Club Dinamo Minsk?

Sportsdaily.ru is reporting that New York Rangers unrestricted free agent center Olli Joikinen could be headed to Dinamo Minsk of the KHL next season. In an article discussing key developments so far in the KHL off-season, author Maxim Grushev states the following in regards to the Belorussian club: "The main transfer news in the coming days could be the signing of a contract with Finnish forward Olli Jokinen, who spent last season with the Rangers. In conjunction with Spiridonov, Stümpel and Glazachev from Barys, the Finn should become a leader of the updated Minsk [club]."
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That could have been our 5,250,000 coming off the books.

Well if he does end up leaving it’s been a very bumpy ride for the Joker, I’ll miss seeing is face and him speaking.

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by CofRed on May 5, 2010 9:51 AM PDT reply actions

So if he signs with a KHL team, is his remaining salary removed from the cap?

by Firefox444 on May 5, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

It was removed when we traded him. There’s no extra relief.

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by Justin Azevedo on May 5, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions

If, hypothetically, a player is signed in the NHL but chooses to play in a different league, their salary is pretty much voided, IIRC

by SmellOfVictory on May 5, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions

It depends. If the player is bought out, the salary stays. If he is loaned, the salary goes. There are a bunch of other situations, but these are the two most common ones.

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by Justin Azevedo on May 5, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions

I don’t know, he’s a UFA this summer so I’d guess that once he gets his final pay cheque from the Rangers, that’ll be it

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by Hayley on May 5, 2010 11:15 AM PDT reply actions

Is he even going to be good in a different league?

by R O on May 5, 2010 1:32 PM PDT reply actions

Who knows. It’s strange that he would sign in Europe now without waiting to see if he gets an offer from any NHL teams, unless he knows that he’s going to get more money over there. Even with the results of the past few seasons taken into consideration, you have to think some team would take a chance on him. Litter Box Cats has a good piece on this.

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by Hayley on May 5, 2010 3:42 PM PDT reply actions

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