Olli Jokinen
Olli Jokinen
Olli Veli Pekka Jokinenis a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is currently a free agent, having last played for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings third overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, with whom he made his NHL debut. He has also played for the New York Islanders, Florida Panthers, Phoenix Coyotes, Calgary Flames, New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators and Toronto Maple Leafs. He began...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth5 December 1978
few games gary last playing
I've been playing with Gary the last 20 games and things have been clicking. Gratton has been there a few games and it's been working really well.
against matter teams wins
Sometimes against some teams you get wins no matter how you play.
bit bitter few hockey lose next player taste win
Probably it's going to taste a little bit bitter in the next few days. You win the bronze, you win the gold, you lose the silver. As a hockey player you always want to win. It's disappointment right now.
decision help hopefully signing understand
I understand his side, you want to see a commitment. Hopefully my signing will help his decision a little bit, too.
marty obviously win
It was working pretty well with Marty and Stumpy. But obviously when you don't win some games, there are going to be some changes.
goal huge
It was a huge goal by Horton, to get it back right away.
bit finally lucky played puck
A little bit of a lucky bounce, but I'll take it. Finally a puck bounces our way. But we played pretty well tonight.
cost four gave period puck second three turning
We started turning the puck over in the second period and it cost us. We gave them three or four goals.
character win
We showed a lot of character tonight. It was a big win for our team.
break fight scary since single tonight
Since the break we've been there every single game. Tonight we were able to fight back and get some points. We need to find a way to do this every single night. It was a little scary tonight, everything went our way.
came feeling manager since somewhere
Since (General Manager Mike) Keenan came in, I never had a feeling I wanted to go somewhere else,
age closer earn elite good guys job prove spot step themselves
One thing that's good now is the young guys are going to have to earn their spot in the lineup. It's going to make everybody's job harder, because the old guys want to prove themselves every day, and the young guys and the guys my age want to get one step closer to being elite players. That's a good mix.
both dream final obviously
Obviously it's going to be a dream final for both teams. For both countries.
came changed definitely fresh hockey start training
When I came here this training camp, the only thing that was the same was the Panthers logo on your jersey. Everything else has been changed here. That's what we definitely needed, a fresh start for our hockey club.