Travel man Jussi Olkinuora says he is in the best shape of the season.
The Lions’ hero guard last spring Jussi Olkinuora32, says he is still homeless.
– Currently, my spouse and I are staying in a short-term furnished rental apartment in Helsinki, he says.
Reissumie has practically been without a permanent home his entire professional career. In recent years, he has been living out of a suitcase for his spouse Emily Usset-Olkinuoran with outside the playing seasons. During the playing season, the couple has often been in a camp organized by the club.
There is no information about the future accommodation after the rental camp in Helsinki, because the goalkeeper has no deal for anything.
– I have no idea where I will play. Hopefully in as tough a European club as possible. The SM league is excluded at this stage.
That means you want to go to Sweden or Switzerland…
– That is the goal.
According to Aftonbladet, the traditional club MoDo is strongly offered as an employer of a Finn.
Rude visit
Jussi Olkinuora says he is in top shape. Jussi Saarinen
Olkinuora left Detroit’s NHL organization last fall with high hopes.
– I felt that the training camp went really well. But when the games in the AHL started, things didn’t go well. There were very few games, and I couldn’t get into a rhythm. Already in October, Detroit acquired by Magnus Hellberg for the third time.
The Red Wings entered the season with a tandem Ville Husso–Alexander Nedeljkovic. Olkinuoran had to realistically challenge the duo and take matches from the legendary, but the balance remained 15 AHL starts with a modest save percentage of 86.8.
– I still don’t regret leaving.
The return to Europe was no more flattering. The Finn played nine league games and three qualifying matches in the Swedish premier league in Brynäs. The suppression percentages were 88.8 and 90.6. Brynäs dropped out after 63 years of continuous main league play.
“I’m in great shape”
The goalkeeper was chosen as the most valuable player of last year’s World Cup. PASI LEISMA
When the games in the western neighbor were over, the goalkeeper coach of the Lions Kari Lehtonen sent Olkinuora a simple message: in vai out.
The straw replied in. He went to the World Cup preparatory camp.
– The camp was good and necessary for me. I’ve timed the season’s peak fitness here – now I’m in top shape.
If the mood is similar to last spring’s World Cup, when the man was chosen as the best player of the tournament, the Lions’ situation in the field is excellent.
– That tournament made lifelong memories. If I have a hometown, it is Tampere. It was really unique: I got to participate, I won and I got to influence the outcome. It was a dream come true.
The guard who grew up in Tampere was going to win Olympic gold in China in February 2022. At that time, the first molar of the Lions was Harri Säteri.
– I remember more about the World Cup: I got to play in a responsible role. If you dare to say it, then the World Cup home competition is just a win away from the Olympic gold.