NHL’s Finnish role player Joel Kiviranta returns to the Dallas Stars for the next season after spending three seasons with the Colorado Avalanche in between.

The 30-year-old World Championship gold medalist signed a one-year, million-dollar contract with the Stars on the second day of free agency.

According to Urheilucast, Kiviranta had a significantly more lucrative offer on the table than the Stars. However, the deal fell through in a puzzling manner.

– This requires special consideration. We haven’t heard this yet, namely the Vegas Golden Knights offered Kiviranta a significantly better financial deal than Dallas. But this particular guy was not found in time to respond to the offer, says Esko Seppänen, host of Urheilucast.

– According to Urheilucast, the Vegas offer was 1.6 million dollars, pretty much on the same terms and tax basis.

Kiviranta played 51 regular season games last season, with stats of 3+6=9. Throughout his career, the forward has scored 69 points with 38 goals and 31 assists in 349 regular season games.

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