Let's face it -- take away the vowel-enchanced European name and consider a guy with two marginally-impressive seasons (the second of which showed decline) in the WHL as the sole criteria, and at best the Flames are luke-warm about Puustinen. If they were truly sure, the kid would be under contract. This extension of rights is more a product of an international agreement in limbo (the default position) than about buying time for Juuso Puustinen. I think he'll be largely forgotten about in a few years.
If his name were Kris Hogg we'd probably be spared the hand-wringing.
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