Finland Hockey is played well into the spring and the ice hockey world championships seem to come every spring too late, but here the situation is quite ridiculous.

Continuing our affiliation with the Edmonton Oilers has been a high priority for our organization this off-season and we’re very much looking forward to working with them during the 2012-13 season.

Next year I really want to focus on training this summer, then the season and after that I don't think I'd really want to go any where else. I haven't really given it much thought. I was drafted by the Oilers, they saw something in me, they really like me, we have a personal and formal relationship that I really like and hopefully I can land here.

They say they like me but there is no place for me. Now they got the first choice again [Nail Yakupov] so there is not exactly more space.

According to Veikkaaja Oilers forward Lennart Petrell is planning to return to Europe. Shame... I thought he was capable to stay in the NHL

He’s the top player.

"...we built him into something we could move"

...you never address immediate needs at the draft table. In fact, with the crapshoot the draft is, you’re lucky if you can even hope to address the long-term voids in your roster.

My guess is this will be the longest suspension of Torres's career, one that's really been a year in the making and that will be roundly criticized no matter how long it goes. But the NHL had a few golden opportunities here to send a clearer message several months ago, and they blew it. Marian Hossa is paying for that. And, in a way, Torres is, too, as he'll be the scapegoat of the week for a much larger problem at the league level.