NHL ENTRY DRAFT

June 21, 1997

Olli Jokinen

I expected that Los Angeles will pick me.

I feel I can fit right in the lineup and score a few goals for Los Angeles and he will help.

I have been talking to Okki, a lot about hockey. They played junior hockey and he has known him for a while and he asked all about L.A., L.A. Kings and he knows quite a bit about L.A.

He knows, there is a lot of traffic

I am planning working a lot on my English during this summer and I am going to do a lot of reading, a lot of studying from books and trying to get in the situation where I can speak a lot of English.