New Coyote Jokinen ripped by former team

Coyote Corner found this 6/26/2008 on azsportshub.com [flag]

The Miami Herald reports this morning that Olli Jokinen, the former Florida Panther captain, was the subject of an e-mail sent from a team executive to season ticket holders. The theme of the e-mail wasn’t very complementary to Jokinen. Ryan Powers, an account exec with Sunrise Sports and Entertainment, spent the beginning of the e-mail discussing new Panthers Keith Ballard and Nick ... [link]

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Coyotes’ Center Jokinen Ripped by Former Team
Published 6/26/2008 by Richard Nickerson at Coyote Corner
Vince Marotta over at AZ Sports Hub blogs today on a report in the Miami Herald of a letter going out to Florida Panther season ticket holders that asserts former Panther and current Coyoter center Olli Jokinen was a choker who lacked heart and leadership. “Olli is a great player, but he has shown no leadership or improvement, and he never came through for us when we needed him the most. As a stat, Jokinen scored 5 goals in the last 24 games, this is not acceptable for a Captain of an NHL organization. He played with ...

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Posted 6/26/2008 on Puck Daddy

The well-tanned gentleman on your right is Ryan Powers, an account executive in the new business development department for the Florida Panthers . Among his duties are convincing local businesses to spend money to see crappy hockey, soothing fans as their general manager bungles his way to potentially selecting John Tavares next summer and, evidently, player evaluation with a touch of ...