Leafs set to sign Petri Kontiola

[moon111]

Malkin earned 1.75 points per game in the KHL.  Petri Kontiola earned .67 points per game in the KHL.  I have no vision of him in the top two lines.  However maybe with the right line-mates?  Have to wait and see.

 

[moon111]

I really don't know what to expect from Petri.  But instead of comparing apples and oranges, figured I'd look to the lock-out season and see how he faired against some players we know.

2012-13 KHL
Evgeny Malkin        37games 65 points +23
Nikolai Zherdev      50 games 43 points -7
Ilya Kovalchuk        36 games 42 points +21
Alexander Ovechkin 32 games 40 points +13
Nikolai Kulemin      36 games 38 points +25
Paval Datsyuk        31 games 36 points +14
Petri Kontiola          44 games 31 points +22
Jarkko Immonen      50 games 31 points +11
Niko Kapanen          50 games 28 points +14
Sergei Kostitsyn      27 games 28 points +18
Mikhail Grabovsky    29 games 24 points +8
Nail Yakupov          22 games 18 points -4
Alexei Ponikarovsky 32 games 18 points -8
Nikolai Antropov      26 games 17 points +2

I wonder what he'd do with a winger like Phil Kessel?  Might generate more production then Jan Bullis or whoever he's been playing with.

 

[hockeyfan1]

I really don't know what to expect from Petri.  But instead of comparing apples and oranges, figured I'd look to the lock-out season and see how he faired against some players we know.

2012-13 KHL
Evgeny Malkin        37games 65 points +23
Nikolai Zherdev      50 games 43 points -7
Ilya Kovalchuk        36 games 42 points +21
Alexander Ovechkin 32 games 40 points +13
Nikolai Kulemin      36 games 38 points +25
Paval Datsyuk        31 games 36 points +14
Petri Kontiola          44 games 31 points +22
Jarkko Immonen      50 games 31 points +11
Niko Kapanen          50 games 28 points +14
Sergei Kostitsyn      27 games 28 points +18
Mikhail Grabovsky    29 games 24 points +8
Nail Yakupov          22 games 18 points -4
Alexei Ponikarovsky 32 games 18 points -8
Nikolai Antropov      26 games 17 points +2

I wonder what he'd do with a winger like Phil Kessel?  Might generate more production then Jan Bullis or whoever he's been playing with.

Not a bad chart (re:Kontiola).  He was a +22 (3rd best).  That should tell us something in terms of (offensive) production generation, which means that, if he's paired on a good line, they'll all benefit.

Eager to see him in the Leafs lineup.

 

[2badknees]

If you want to win, get a Finn.

It'll be an adjustment for him from the KHL ice, so I imagine it may take a month or two for him to get comfortable.

 

[Kaberle15]

Hartikainen might be a useful 13th forward, but I don't see room for him in the top-12.

There is aways Orr spot

 

[freer]

If you want to win, get a Finn.

It'll be an adjustment for him from the KHL ice, so I imagine it may take a month or two for him to get comfortable.

Lets hope that playing with a fellow fin speeds up that process