Lasse Kukkonen

42-Year-Old DefensemanD
 Free Agent  
2023 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Lasse Kukkonen in 2023. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
$Became an unrestricted free agent in July of 2009.
Announces retirement
DFree Agent
June 17, 2020
Kukkonen will call it a career after seven seasons with Karpat.
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Kukkonen has been out of the NHL since 2008-09, when he was with the Flyers. In his four-year NHL career, the blueliner appeared in 159 games for Chicago and Philadelphia, in which he notched six goals, 16 helpers and 90 PIM while averaging 15:33 of ice time. After spending a few years in the KHL, the 38-year-old closed out his career with Karpat, the club he started with as a youngster.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2007
2006
Kukkonen had five goals and 14 points in 74 games for the Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks last season. The defenseman led all NHL rookies in blocked shots with 151. He'll have Fantasy value only in the deepest of leagues heading into the 2007-08 season.
The 25-year-old defenseman has an outside shot of making the Hawks. Kukkonen was selected by the Blackhawks in the fifth round, 151st overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. The 6-foot-1-inch, 187 pound defenseman appeared in 56 games for Karpat in Finland’s Elite League in the 2005-06 season recording 11 goals and 16 assists for 27 points, 38 penalty minutes and a plus/minus rating of plus-30.
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DPhiladelphia Flyers  Free Agent
March 2, 2009
Kukkonen was sent to the AHL, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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DPhiladelphia Flyers  Free Agent
February 11, 2009
Kukkonen cleared waivers and will be sent to the AHL, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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DPhiladelphia Flyers  Free Agent
February 9, 2009
Kukkonen was placed on re-entry waivers on Monday, TSN.ca reports.
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DPhiladelphia Flyers  Free Agent
January 10, 2009
Kukkonen cleared waivers and the Flyers have not decided if they will send him to the AHL's Phantoms, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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DPhiladelphia Flyers  Free Agent
January 9, 2009
Kukkonen was waived by the Flyers Thursday.
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