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Juuso Riikola

#50

age30

posD

shotl

h6'0"

w190lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$1,150,000$1.15M

Term

2 Years

Expiry Status

UFA 2022 age 28

Profile

Draft Position

Undrafted

Draft Class

Draft Team

Birthdate Nov 9, 1993

Nationality Finland

Agent Claude Lemieux

UFA Year 2021

ELC Year 24

Waivers Age 25

Est Career Earnings $4,075,000

Career Stats By Contract

NHL Only

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2023-24	-	WC	Finland	8	1	1	2	4
2023-24	-	International	Finland (all)	19	1	4	5	8
2023-24	-	EHT	Finland	5	0	2	2	0
2023-24	-	NL	Langnau	43	3	14	17	20
2022-23	-	International	Finland (all)	14	0	3	3	2
2022-23	-	EHT	Finland	8	0	2	2	0
2022-23	-	SHL	IK Oskarshamn	42	2	17	19	16									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2021-22	$1,150,000 $1.15M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	5	0	1	1	2	58	66.70	60.60	4.40	54.80	1.50		1.04
2021-22	$1,150,000 $1.15M	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	53	1	34	35	24									Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0
2020-21	$1,150,000 $1.15M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	0	0	0	0	18	50.00	45.20	-6.30	42.40	-10.60
2019-20	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	36	1	6	7	6	437	58.30	57.20	7.50	53.50	4.60	0.14	0.69
2018-19	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	5	0	2	2	0
2018-19	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	37	2	3	5	10	561	53.85	48.65	-2.47	45.18	-3.68	0.00	0.32
2017-18	-	WC	Finland	8	0	2	2	4
2017-18	-	International	Finland (all)	19	0	9	9	6
2017-18	-	EHT	Finland	7	0	5	5	2
2017-18	-	Champions HL	KalPa	6	1	1	2	6									Playoffs	6	0	1	1	0
2017-18	-	Liiga	KalPa	59	8	16	24	14									Playoffs	6	0	1	1	0
2016-17	-	Champions HL	KalPa	8	0	2	2	6									Playoffs	18	1	6	7	0
2016-17	-	Liiga	KalPa	59	6	19	25	28									Playoffs	18	1	6	7	0
2015-16	-	Champions HL	KalPa	4	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0
2015-16	-	Liiga	KalPa	51	5	10	15	24									Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0
2014-15	-	U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	1	0	0	0	2
2014-15	-	Champions HL	KalPa	6	2	1	3	4									Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2014-15	-	Liiga	KalPa	40	6	8	14	24									Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2013-14	-	U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	6	0	2	2	10
2013-14	-	ET	KalPa	5	0	0	0	0
2013-14	-	Liiga	KalPa	54	1	4	5	28
2012-13	-	International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	6	2	1	3	4
2012-13	-	WJC-20	Finland U20	6	0	1	1	4
2012-13	-	Liiga	KalPa	20	0	6	6	6
2012-13	-	U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	14	3	2	5	12
2011-12	-	International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	10	1	4	5	4
2011-12	-	U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	37	4	9	13	65									Playoffs	8	2	1	3	0
2010-11	-	U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	4	0	1	1	0
2010-11	-	International-Jr	Finland U18 (all)	7	0	0	0	29
2010-11	-	U18 SM-sarja	KalPa U18	6	0	3	3	4									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2010-11	-	U18 SM-sarja Q	KalPa U18	2	1	1	2	2									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2010-11	-	U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	28	3	7	10	24
2009-10	-	U16 SM-sarja	KalPa U16	27	3	13	16	36
2009-10	-	U16 SM-sarja Q	KalPa U16	8	2	4	6	6
2008-09	-	U16 SM-sarja	SaiPa U16	22	2	8	10	26
2008-09	-	U16 SM-sarja Q	SaiPa U16	7	2	2	4	4
2007-08	-	U16 I-divisioona	SaiPa U16	2	0	0	0	0
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Contract History

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$2,300,000$2.30M

cap hit$1,150,000$1.15M

expiry 2022 UFA age 28

Signed On Sep 5 2020

Signing Agent Claude Lemieux

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.41%

Signing Status

RFA

age 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$1,150,000$1.15M	$1,150,000$1.15M	UFAage 28
AAV	$1,150,000$1.15M	$1,150,000$1.15M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,300,000$1.30M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,300,000$1.30M
Minors Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,300,000$1.30M
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

2019-2020 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$850,000$850K

cap hit$850,000$850K

expiry 2020 RFA age 26

Signed On May 30 2019

Signing Agent Claude Lemieux

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.04%

Signing Status

RFA

age 25

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$850,000$850K	RFAage 26
AAV	$850,000$850K
Base	$850,000$850K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$850,000$850K
Minors Salary	$850,000$850K
Clauses	-
UFA Year

2018-2019 Entry Level Contract

term1yr

value$925,000$925K

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2019 RFA age 25

Signed On May 18 2018

Signing Agent Claude Lemieux

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.16%

Signing Status age 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	RFAage 25
AAV	$1,775,000$1.78M
Base	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	$850,000$850K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$925,000$925K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K
Clauses	-
UFA Year

Juuso Riikola Updates

May 25 2022

Riikola agreed to terms on a one-year deal with Swedish club IK Oskarshamn on Wednesday.

Feb 2 2022

Riikola was demoted from the taxi squad to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Wednesday.

Feb 1 2022

Riikola was elevated to the taxi squad Tuesday.

Jan 17 2022

Riikola was demoted from the active roster to AHL Wilkes-Barre on Monday.

Jan 8 2022

Riikola was recalled to the Pittsburgh Penguins' active roster Saturday but won't play in Dallas, Seth Rorabaugh of TribLive.com reports.

Dec 28 2021

Riikola was promoted to Pittsburgh's taxi squad Tuesday.

Nov 14 2021

Riikola was reassigned to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday.

Nov 12 2021

The Penguins recalled Riikola from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Friday.

Nov 11 2021

Per Seth Rorabaugh of TribLive.com, Riikola is no longer listed on Pittsburgh's active roster, indicating he's been assigned to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

Oct 23 2021

Riikola was recalled by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.

Oct 8 2021

Riikola was placed on waivers by Pittsburgh on Friday in order to move him to the minors, Sportsnet's Chris Johnston reports.

May 9 2021

Riikola was recalled from the Pittsburgh Penguins' taxi squad Sunday.

Apr 12 2021

Riikola was reassigned to the taxi squad Monday.

Apr 10 2021

The Penguins waived Riikola on Saturday, Mike DeFabo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Mar 9 2021

Riikola (upper body) was activated from long-term injured reserve Tuesday.