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Full Player ProfileLehtonen signed a four-year contract with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL on Sunday, Sportsnet's Chris Johnston reports.
Lehtonen was placed on unconditional waivers by the Columbus Blue Jackets for the purpose of terminating his contract Tuesday.
Columbus placed Lehtonen on waivers Sunday, according to CBS Sports.
Lehtonen (lower body) returned to practice Saturday, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports.
Lehtonen is considered day-to-day with a lower-body issue, Blue Jackets team reporter Jeff Svoboda reports.
Lehtonen signed a one-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday.
Lehtonen dished out two helpers to go with two shots, two blocked shots and a plus-1 rating in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators.
Lehtonen notched an assist in Sunday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Lehtonen was recalled from AHL Cleveland to the taxi squad Sunday, Blue Jackets team reporter Jeff Svoboda reports.
The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired Mikko Lehtonen from the Toronto Maple Leafs for Veini Vehvilainen
Lehtonen was reassigned to AHL Toronto on Thursday, per CBS Sports.
Lehtonen had two assists and was plus-3 in a 5-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
Lehtonen will be promoted to the active roster for Saturday's matchup with Vancouver, Joshua Kloke of The Athletic reports.
Lehtonen was assigned to the taxi squad Thursday, per CBS Sports.
Lehtonen skated on the fourth pairing Tuesday at practice, reports the Toronto Sun.
Lehtonen was activated from the taxi squad and will play in Tuesday's game versus the Calgary Flames, Mark Masters of TSN.ca reports.
Lehtonen was promoted to the main roster Thursday, James Mirtle of The Athletic reports.
Lehtonen and Jokerit Helsinki of the KHL have mutually agreed to terminate the 26-year-old blueliner's contract, Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun reports.