The Calgary Flames signed defenceman Joni Jurmo to an entry-level contract in a deal introduced Sunday.
The Flames acquired the rights to the 21-year-old from Espoo, Finland, in a Jan. 31 commerce that despatched centre Elias Lindholm to the Vancouver Canucks.
Calgary additionally bought ahead Andrei Kuzmenko, one other defensive prospect in Hunter Brzustewicz, Vancouver’s first-round choose and a conditional fourth-round choose within the 2024 NHL draft in that transaction.
Jurmo’s contract with the Flames is 2 years with a median annual worth of US$850,000. He was a third-round choose by Vancouver (82nd total) in 2020.
“We are pleased to sign Joni to his entry-level contract and look forward to his continued development in our organization,” Flames basic supervisor Craig Conroy stated Sunday in an announcement.
“At 21 years old, he provides us with another young defenceman prospect with size, mobility, who skates and defends well.”
The six-foot-five, 210-pound defenceman break up this season between Ilves and KooKoo in Finland’s high division. He had a purpose and 4 assists with 14 penalty minutes and a plus-three score.
Jurmo additionally performed for the Finnish squad that misplaced 3-2 in additional time to Canada within the 2022 world junior males’s hockey championship closing in Edmonton.
