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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
I liked Jokinen's personality, but do not miss his aimless swooping around the ice and horrible angle shots on goal.
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Jokinen was amazing at gaining the zone and then doing nothing useful with the puck.
Good guy, but I think you'd have to categorize him as a bust in Calgary -- came nowhere near filling that #1 centre hole on the team.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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