Luttinen playing in Peoria
September 21, 2007
I read earlier in training camp that Luttinen no longer wanted to be in this organization at Murray was more than willing to oblige. Then I came across this tidbit from the Peoria Rivermen…
They were St. Louis Blues on Wednesday. Today, they are Peoria Rivermen, the first wave of players cut from the parent club’s NHL training camp.
…
The others are veteran ex-NHL center Jarrod Skalde, who is scheduled to be player-assistant coach for UHL-IHL Bloomington this season, plus Peoria native Bo Cheesman, ECHL Alaska signees Lucas Burnett (6-3, 225) and enforcer Eric Neilson, and Finnish free agent left wing Arttu Luttinen.
Maybe Murray just cut him loose? Here’s was Sharp posted last week:
While left wing Arttu Luttinen remains under contract with Ottawa, his days with the organization appear numbered. Luttinen, a rookie with the B-Sens last season, was not listed on Ottawa’s training camp roster and was not present Saturday for the first day of camp.
“He’s still under contract with us. We’re trying to move him,” said Ottawa’s assistant general manager Tim Murray. “If we don’t move him, then we’ve got to make a decision what we’re going to do with him.”
Murray added: “He was willing to come to the NHL camp, but we have been talking to another team. His agent actually has been trying to find him another job. We’ve told him that that’s fine. If he wants to do that, then to just get the teams that he’s talking to to call us and let us know what’s what, and we’ll go from there.”
Murray said Luttinen wants to play in North America, but not to rule out another season overseas either. A native of Helsinki, Luttinen played four seasons in Finland before putting up 12 goals and 17 assists with Binghamton last season. He was a third-round pick by Ottawa in 2002.
Comments
Got something to say?
You must be logged in to post a comment.
