Olli Jokinen Olli Jokinen ( born December 5 , 1978 ) is a Finnish professional player currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He was initially drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 1997 , third overall after Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau . He became the captain of the Florida Panthers from 2003 to 2008 . He was later dealt to the Phoenix Coyotes , where he started the 2008 – 09 NHL season . With Phoenix failing to make the NHL playoffs , the Coyotes , on trade deadline day , traded Jokinen to the Calgary Flames . Jokinen has the dubious record of playing the most regular season games without making a playoff appearance . He played 799 games before reaching the post season with the Flames . Playing career . KalPa ( 1995 – 96 ) . Jokinen started his career in his hometown club KalPa , where he played his first season in SM - liiga . Jokinen played 15 games for the Kuopio team and scored 1 goal and assisted 1 and had 2 minutes in penalties . HIFK ( 1996 – 97 ) . Jokinen had his true breakthrough during his second SM - liiga season , when he moved south and was contracted by HIFK , which was by that time a major contender in SM - liiga . HIFK was coached by American Head Coach Mike Eaves during the 1996 - 97 season and Jokinen had a good season as he played in all 50 games , scoring 41 points ( 14 + 27 ) . Los Angeles Kings ( 1997 – 98 ) . Jokinen was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings , 3rd overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft and was contracted to the Kings for the following season . Jokinen ' s NHL debut , however , was not a great one . Jokinen played eight games without any points and decided to return to Finland during the season . HIFK ( 1998 ) . Jokinen returned to HIFK after his eight game NHL season for the Kings . Jokinen did get in form and played the 30 remaining games for HIFK , scoring 39 points . HIFK qualified for the play - offs and advanced to the finals , competing for the SM - liiga Championships against Ilves . HIFK swept Ilves aside in three games and claimed its first championship victory in 15 years ( the last to that date being in 1983 ) , Jokinen scoring the decisive goal in the overtime of the third game . Los Angeles Kings ( 1998 – 99 ) . After a successful season in Finland , Jokinen decided to give his NHL career another shot and returned to Kings for the 1998 - 99 NHL season . Jokinen played in 66 games and scored 21 points . New York Islanders ( 1999 – 2000 ) . After his second overall season and first full one in the NHL , Jokinen was dealt to the New York Islanders in a trade that brought Žigmund Pálffy to Los Angeles . Jokinen ' s mediocre form continued as he racked 21 points in 82 games . Jokinen did have a NHL career - high in penalties , as he had 80 penalty minutes during his season with the Islanders . After one disappointing season in Long Island , Jokinen was dealt to the Florida Panthers . Florida Panthers ( 2000 – 2004 ) . Jokinen was again traded away , this time his destination was Florida Panthers . Jokinen continued on his checking line - form , racking in 106 penalty minutes and scoring 16 points in 76 games . In Jokinen ' s second season for the Panthers , he fared slightly better as he had 29 points in 80 games . He then had his big breakthrough during his third season with the Panthers , potting in 36 goals and assisting 29 others in 81 games , making it his best NHL - season at that time , cementing his " first - line status " during the season . He continued his good showing from the following season , as he scored 58 points in 82 games . EHC Kloten , Södertälje SK and HIFK ( 2004 – 05 ) . During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout , Jokinen played in Europe . He played for EHC Kloten in Switzerland , Södertälje SK in Sweden and the most familiar team to him , HIFK in Finland . Florida Panthers ( 2005 – 08 ) . After the Lockout season , Jokinen continued his scoring habit , notching 89 points in 82 games during 2005 – 06 season . Jokinen did better on the following season , as he had career - high 91 points in 82 games . Jokinen broke the team record for most game - winning goals ( 24 ) on October 21 , 2006 . The record was previously held by Pavel Bure . He recently broke the Panthers franchise records in goals , points , and consecutive games played . Jokinen ' s 2007 – 08 season saw a bit struggle , as Jokinen ' s form was a bit inconsistent but he still scored 71 points in 82 games . On February 10 , 2008 , Olli Jokinen was involved in one of the most serious hockey injuries to date when he was upended and his skate cut the neck of teammate Richard Zedník , nearly severing his external jugular vein and causing a tremendous loss of blood . Zedník skated to the bench on his own , where he was met with Panthers trainers . He was escorted out of the rink and taken to Buffalo General Hospital . The game was put on hold until it was announced that Zedník was in stable condition . After the game Jokinen was interviewed about the incident and after being asked how scary it was for him to see , he replied " Well what do you think ? What kind of fucking question is that ? " . After the question was reworded he replied " well you know i think we all were in shock " . On February 5 , 2008 , Jokinen reached the 200 goal mark in his NHL career . Phoenix Coyotes ( 2008 – 09 ) . During the 2008 NHL Entry Draft weekend , Jokinen was traded to Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for defencemen Nick Boynton , Keith Ballard and a second round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft ( Jared Staal ) . Calgary Flames ( 2009 – present ) . On March 4 , 2009 , Jokinen was traded to the Calgary Flames in exchange for forwards Matthew Lombardi , Brandon Prust , and a conditional 1st round draft pick in 2009 or 2010 ( Calgary ' s choice ) . In his first game with the Flames the following day , he scored two goals against the Philadelphia Flyers . International career . During his career , Olli Jokinen has played for the Finnish National team several times . In 1997 , Jokinen played in the 1997 World Championships which were held in Finland . In 1998 , Jokinen won the 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships , along with players like Niklas Hagman , Mika Noronen , Niklas Bäckström , Niko Kapanen , Toni Dahlman and Eero Somervuori . Jokinen also played in 1998 Men ' s World Ice Hockey Championships , where Finland lost to Sweden in the Finals . Jokinen played in 1999 Men ' s World Ice Hockey Championships and won Silver after Finland lost to Czech Republic in the Finals . Jokinen was part of the Bronze - winning team in 2000 Men ' s World Ice Hockey Championships as Finland won Canada 2 - 1 . Jokinen played in 2002 , 2003 , 2004 and 2005 tournaments , where Finland was not that successful as they were left without medals on each occasion . Jokinen however played in 2004 World Cup of Hockey , where Finland surprised everyone and played in the Final against Canada , losing 2 - 1 . Jokinen was part of the 2006 Olympic team , which won Olympic Silver after they lost to Sweden in the Finals and the 2006 Men ' s World Ice Hockey Championships team , which won bronze , beating Canada 5 - 0 . Jokinen was selected to 2008 Men ' s World Ice Hockey Championships team . Finland won Sweden in the Bronze Medal game 4 - 0 and Jokinen won his third World Championship Bronze . Off the ice . Olli Jokinen ' s older brother , forward Ville Jokinen ( born July 27 , 1976 ) played 47 games in SM - liiga , scoring 4 points . They are not related to Carolina Hurricanes forward Jussi Jokinen . Olli Jokinen has a wife , Katerina and two daughters .