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Unlucky, unhappy Niku gets to trade shackles for skates, suit up for Jets in Montreal

Winnipeg Free Press | January 7, 2020

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Opinion

Sami Niku missed the first few days of training camp after a vehicle he was driving was T-boned. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)

MONTREAL — Let the record show that Winnipeg Jets defenceman Sami Niku was officially "freed" here in Montreal Monday night.

From what, exactly? It depends who you ask.

Common sense suggests it's from a string of bad luck and bad timing, but there are those who believe it's from a closed-minded head coach who was doing everything in his power to keep the offensively-gifted 23-year-old buried in the minors for as long as possible.

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