Finland's Joni Jurmo checks Slovakia's Roman Faith during the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton, on Aug. 14, 2022.JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press
The Calgary Flames have signed defenceman Joni Jurmo to an entry-level contract.
The Flames acquired the rights to the 21-year-old from Espoo, Finland, in a Jan. 31 trade that sent centre Elias Lindholm to the Vancouver Canucks.
Calgary also got forward Andrei Kuzmenko, another defensive prospect in Hunter Brzustewicz, Vancouver’s first-round pick and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2024 NHL draft in that deal.
Jurmo’s contract with the Flames is two years with an average annual value of US$850,000. He was a third-round pick by Vancouver (82nd overall) in 2020.
The six-foot-five, 210-pound defenceman split this season between Ilves and KooKoo in Finland’s top division.
He had a goal and four assists with 14 penalty minutes and a plus-three rating.