The Calgary Flames signed defenceman Joni Jurmo to an entry-level contract in a deal introduced Sunday.
The Flames acquired the rights to the 21-year-old from Espoo, Finland, in a Jan. 31 commerce that despatched centre Elias Lindholm to the Vancouver Canucks.
Calgary additionally acquired ahead Andrei Kuzmenko, one other defensive prospect in Hunter Brzustewicz, Vancouver’s first-round choose and a conditional fourth-round choose within the 2024 NHL draft in that transaction.
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Jurmo’s contract with the Flames is 2 years with a mean annual worth of US$850,000. He was a third-round choose by Vancouver (82nd total) in 2020.
“We’re happy to signal Joni to his entry-level contract and look ahead to his continued growth in our group,” Flames common supervisor Craig Conroy mentioned Sunday in a press release.
“At 21 years outdated, he gives us with one other younger defenceman prospect with dimension, mobility, who skates and defends effectively.”
The six-foot-five, 210-pound defenceman break up this season between Ilves and KooKoo in Finland’s high division. He had a purpose and 4 assists with 14 penalty minutes and a plus-three score.
Jurmo additionally performed for the Finnish squad that misplaced 3-2 in additional time to Canada within the 2022 world junior males’s hockey championship remaining in Edmonton.
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