Who Is Janne Lahti?
By pucksandbooks -
March 30, 2007
His name arose this afternoon during a WaPost chat with Tarik:"Fredericksburg, Va.: "Tarik, Janne Lahti scored another goal for HPK in the Finnish playoffs to send the game to OT. He has seven goals in seven games now. I hope the rumors of him signing here are true."
Tarik El-Bashir: "I heard those rumors, too. I've been trying to get a hold of GMGM to confirm. Not that he'll say anything, though. But that's never stopped me from trying."We hadn't heard his name before today, but we've conducted a bit of crack research. He goes about 6 '2, 200, and he skates for HPK Hameenlinna of the Finnish Elite League. He'll be 25 this July. In 56 games with HPK this season he potted 20 goals and 14 assists -- those goals in particular are eye-catching in any European Elite league. They're solidly in the postseason in Finland now, and through seven games Lahti has 7 goals. That there is potential interest from the Caps in signing him is the stuff even of Finnish hockey message boards these days:
"Iltalehden mukaan Janne Lahti olisi Washington Capitalsin miehiä ensi kaudella eli ei sitten tulisi meille. "My Finnish is as bad as yours (worse, likely), but even I can make out the middle portion of that passage.
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