Nashville (38-12-6, 82 points), in fact, has the NHL's best record. I wasn't fine being the extra guy because nobody wants to be that extra forward and not play, but at the same time, I was part of a first-place team." "It's a tough part of the business … you never know what's going to happen. I was trying to do everything possible to get back in the lineup. "I would say the last five or six days they were pretty open about it, about their plans," he said. Jokinen wasn't overly surprised to be dealt to Toronto, adding he felt something was imminent. About two weeks ago, what I was doing wasn't good enough any more and I'm here now." I didn't go to the coaches and tell them to put me at centre I tried to do my role the best I could. as a player you try to do your job as best you can.
"I think I wasn't used properly there … at the same time. "I was very uncomfortable I have never played wing before in my life. "I don't know what happened between July 2 and training camp but I found myself on the wing, playing right wing most of the year," Jokinen told a large media gathering at the Mastercard Centre. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound forward signed a one-year, $2.5-million (U.S.) free-agent deal with the Predators last summer, but said a reason for his lack of production was the club's decision to play him on the wing instead of centre, his natural position. Jokinen recorded just three goals and three assists in 48 games this season, his first with Nashville, and had played just once in February.
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