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bleeds green · 05-04-2016, 12:21 PM

Just some clarification on Kekäläinen and connection to Blue Jackets, he has only been with the Blue Jackets since Feb 2013 not since 2002 as was mentioned earlier in this thread.

Jarmo Kekäläinenleft Finland in 1999 and became director of Player Personnel of the Ottawa Senators until 2002.

In 2002 Kekäläinen joined the St. Louis Blues as Assistant GM and Director of Amateur Scouting.

In 2010 after being passed over for the Blues GM job, Kekäläinen returned to the Finnish Elite League to take the GM job with Jokerit.

While with Jokerit, Kekäläinen had an unwritten escape clause with ownership that permitted him to leave if he was offered a GM job in the NHL. That opportunity came on February 13, 2013, when after Scott Howson was fired the previous day, president John Davidson, under whom Kekäläinen had worked while with the Blues, hired Kekäläinen to be the new GM of the Blue Jackets.

05-04-2016, 12:21 PM	#300
bleeds green Draft Pick Join Date: Aug 2005	Just some clarification on Kekäläinen and connection to Blue Jackets, he has only been with the Blue Jackets since Feb 2013 not since 2002 as was mentioned earlier in this thread. Jarmo Kekäläinenleft Finland in 1999 and became director of Player Personnel of the Ottawa Senators until 2002. In 2002 Kekäläinen joined the St. Louis Blues as Assistant GM and Director of Amateur Scouting. In 2010 after being passed over for the Blues GM job, Kekäläinen returned to the Finnish Elite League to take the GM job with Jokerit. While with Jokerit, Kekäläinen had an unwritten escape clause with ownership that permitted him to leave if he was offered a GM job in the NHL. That opportunity came on February 13, 2013, when after Scott Howson was fired the previous day, president John Davidson, under whom Kekäläinen had worked while with the Blues, hired Kekäläinen to be the new GM of the Blue Jackets.