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Juuso Riikola

#50

age31

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

Juuso Riikola is an Unrestricted Free Agent. His last contract was 2 years, $2,300,000 with a cap hit of $1,150,000 per season . It expired at the end of the 2021-22 season.

Profile

Undrafted

Agent Claude Lemieux

Birthdate Nov 9, 1993

Birthplace Joensuu

Nationality Finland

UFA Year 2021

ELC Year 24

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $3.99M

SCL Tigers

(NL)

GP45

A21

P25

PPG0.56

PIM8

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP80

A10

P13

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.16

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.04

Career Statline Details

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Career Stats By Contract

SCL Tigers

(NL)

GP45

A21

P25

PPG0.56

PIM8

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP80

A10

P13

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.16

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.04

Career Statline Details

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Season	Age	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
2025-26	32		NL	SCL Tigers	1	0	0	0	0
2024-25	31		NL	SCL Tigers	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	8	2	2	4	0
2024-25	31		EHT	Finland	3	0	0	0	2
2024-25	31		International	Finland (all)	3	0	0	0	2
2024-25	31		NL	SCL Tigers	45	4	21	25	8
2023-24	30		WC	Finland	8	1	1	2	4
2023-24	30		International	Finland (all)	19	1	4	5	8
2023-24	30		EHT	Finland	5	0	2	2	0
2023-24	30		NL	SCL Tigers	43	3	14	17	20
2022-23	29		SHL	IK Oskarshamn	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2022-23	29		International	Finland (all)	14	0	3	3	2
2022-23	29		EHT	Finland	8	0	2	2	0
2022-23	29		SHL	IK Oskarshamn	42	2	17	19	16
2021-22	28	$1,150,000 $1.15M	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0
2021-22	28	$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	28	$1,150,000 $1.15M	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	53	1	34	35	24
2020-21	27	$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	26	$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	25	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	5	0	2	2	0
2018-19	25	$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	24		Liiga	KalPa	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	6	0	1	1	0
2017-18	24		WC	Finland	8	0	2	2	4
2017-18	24		International	Finland (all)	19	0	9	9	6
2017-18	24		EHT	Finland	7	0	5	5	2
2017-18	24		Champions HL	KalPa	6	1	1	2	6
2017-18	24		Liiga	KalPa	59	8	16	24	14
2016-17	23		Liiga	KalPa	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	18	1	6	7	0
2016-17	23		Champions HL	KalPa	8	0	2	2	6
2016-17	23		Liiga	KalPa	59	6	19	25	28
2015-16	22		Liiga	KalPa	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0
2015-16	22		Champions HL	KalPa	4	0	0	0	0
2015-16	22		Liiga	KalPa	51	5	10	15	24
2014-15	21		Liiga	KalPa	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2014-15	21		U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	1	0	0	0	2
2014-15	21		Champions HL	KalPa	6	2	1	3	4
2014-15	21		Liiga	KalPa	40	6	8	14	24
2013-14	20		U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	6	0	2	2	10
2013-14	20		ET	KalPa	5	0	0	0	0
2013-14	20		Liiga	KalPa	54	1	4	5	28
2012-13	19		International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	6	2	1	3	4
2012-13	19		WJC-20	Finland U20	6	0	1	1	4
2012-13	19		Liiga	KalPa	20	0	6	6	6
2012-13	19		U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	14	3	2	5	12
2011-12	18		U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	8	2	1	3	0
2011-12	18		International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	10	1	4	5	4
2011-12	18		U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	37	4	9	13	65
2010-11	17		U18 SM-sarja	KalPa U18	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2010-11	17		U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	0	0	0	0	0
2010-11	17		International-Jr	Finland U18 (all)	7	0	0	0	29
2010-11	17		U18 SM-sarja	KalPa U18	6	0	3	3	4
2010-11	17		U18 SM-sarja Q	KalPa U18	2	1	1	2	2
2010-11	17		U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	28	3	7	10	24
2009-10	16		U16 SM-sarja	KalPa U16	27	3	13	16	36
2009-10	16		U16 SM-sarja Q	KalPa U16	8	2	4	6	6
2008-09	15		U16 SM-sarja	SaiPa U16	22	2	8	10	26
2008-09	15		U16 SM-sarja Q	SaiPa U16	7	2	2	4	4
2007-08	14		U16 I-divisioona	SaiPa U16	2	0	0	0	0
NHL Totals					80	3	10	13
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

09/5

2020

Riikola, Juuso

2yrs

$1,150,000

Cap Hit

05/30

2019

Riikola, Juuso

1yr

$850,000

Cap Hit

05/18

2018

Riikola, Juuso

1yr

$925,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

02/2

2022

Riikola, Juuso

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

02/1

2022

Riikola, Juuso

Riikola was elevated to the taxi squad Tuesday.

01/17

2022

Riikola, Juuso

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

01/8

2022

Riikola, Juuso

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

12/28

2021

Riikola, Juuso

Riikola was promoted to Pittsburgh's taxi squad Tuesday.

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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

Signing GM Jim Rutherford

% Cap Contract Start 1.41%

Signing Status RFAage 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
Year Type	RFA	UFA
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

Signing GM Jim Rutherford

% Cap Contract Start 1.04%

Signing Status RFAage 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
Year Type	RFA
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

Signing GM Jim Rutherford

% 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
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

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