{"id":50053,"date":"2019-07-01T10:14:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T14:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=50053"},"modified":"2019-07-01T10:21:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T14:21:03","slug":"joonas-korpisalo-columbus-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/07\/01\/joonas-korpisalo-columbus-blue-jackets\/","title":{"rendered":"Joonas Korpisalo Staying With Columbus Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blue-jackets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> signed restricted free agent goaltender<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/korpijo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joonas Korpisalo<\/a><\/strong> to a one-year contract. This contract carries him through the 2019-20 season. He will once again be an RFA upon the completion of his contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Korpi re-signs with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CBJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CBJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u270d\ufe0f\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yVUwQaI4Q8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/yVUwQaI4Q8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IJ07yxxBff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/IJ07yxxBff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueJacketsNHL\/status\/1145694176593567745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Joonas Korpisalo Career Numbers<\/h1>\n<p>The Blue Jackets potentially get their new starting goaltender with upside moving forward in his career. Korpisalo has spent his entire four-year career with the Blue Jackets. He has put up a 41-31-9 career record in 90 career appearances with 81 career starts. He also has a 2.89 goals-against average, .907 save percentage, and one shutout.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Korpisalo played in 27 games with 21 starts for the Jackets. He put up a 10-7-3 record with a 2.95 goals-against average and .897 save percentage. His best season was during his rookie year in 2015-16 when he put up a 16-11-4 record with a 2.60 goals against average, and a .920 save percentage.<\/p>\n<h2>Could Joonas Korpisalo Be the New Starter In Columbus?<\/h2>\n<p>With <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bobrose01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a><\/strong> leaving Columbus, it&#8217;s very likely that Korpisalo could see time as the starter in Columbus. Korpisalo hasn&#8217;t put up jaw-dropping numbers but may be the best move for Columbus moving forward. He has the experience over <strong>Elvis Merzlikins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Merzlikins, also on a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/05\/15\/elvis-merzlikins-extension-columbus-blue-jackets\/\" target=\"_self\">one year deal<\/a>, will still likely fight for the starting position in Columbus. This would be his first action at any pro level. He is coming off his a solid season with HC Lugalo where he posted a 2.44 GAA and a .921 SV% in 43 games. He posted similar numbers with Latvia at the World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Unless Merzlikins blows the team away in training camp, the job is Korpisalo&#8217;s to lose. The Blue Jackets <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aportzline\/status\/1145485030640295937?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aren&#8217;t expected<\/a> to pursue another goaltender, according to insider Aaron Portzline.\u00a0So the Blue Jackets will be going with Korpisalo and Merzlikins barring any injuries or unforeseen circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"M-qJE8E-QFBEP8h6cSL-VQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1135460018\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'M-qJE8E-QFBEP8h6cSL-VQ',sig:'4Yk_AOH4kkojscAlWZ6eubdYJTZ_KHpQwrc2FvKVDHY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1135460018',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Columbus Blue Jackets signed restricted free agent goaltender Joonas Korpisalo to a one-year contract. This contract carries him through the 2019-20 season. He will once again be an RFA upon the completion of his contract. Korpi re-signs with the #CBJ \u270d\ufe0f\u2192 https:\/\/t.co\/yVUwQaI4Q8 pic.twitter.com\/IJ07yxxBff \u2014 Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) July 1, 2019 Joonas Korpisalo Career [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":50552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,34],"tags":[111,37,707,38],"class_list":["post-50053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bluejackets","category-news","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-hockey","tag-joonas-korpisalo","tag-nhl"],"modified_by":"Ariel Melendez","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}