08-29-2016, 05:16 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Nakladal and Kevin get a mention in this CBC article regarding the World Cup of Hockey:
Jakub Nakladal
- World Cup team: Czech Republic
- NHL team: Unrestricted free agent
- Position: Defence
- Age: 28
- Birthplace: Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
- Drafted: Undrafted
- NHL experience: 27 games, 3 goals, 5 points, minus-5
- Skinny: The six-foot-two, 212-pound rearguard remains an unrestricted free agent after collecting two goals and 14 points in 35 games last season with the Calgary Flames' American Hockey League affiliate in Stockton, Calif. … Nakladal led all Czech defencemen with five assists in 10 games at 2015 world championship.
Jyrki Jokipakka
- World Cup team: Finland
- NHL team: Calgary Flames
- Position: Defence
- Age: 25
- Birthplace: Tampere, Finland
- Drafted: 7th round (195th overall) by Dallas in 2011
- NHL experience: 109 games, 2 goals, 22 points
- Skinny: Expected to be ready for World Cup following off-season hip surgery … Acquired by Flames from Dallas at 2016 trade deadline in Kris Russell deal and had six assists in 18 games for Calgary … Competed for Finland at the 2011 world junior championship and 2015 world championship.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/...yers-1.3740089
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