As noted in the Finnish media:
HIFK teki valtavan virheen 16-vuotiaan lupauksen kohdalla – nyt Kristian Vesalainen on liigatähti ja lähtee NHL:ään Kärpistä
Apparently the Jets scouts followed him "recently" for a week in three games, and he writes a report of every game to the Jets.
Translating the main points:
-Left HIFK in 2015. He says that HIFK staff thought that he'll take 6 years to become a player in Finnish Liiga. Vesalainen saw more potential in himself
-In Frolunda he sucked all the information he could from different coaches. Says he grew a lot during his trip to Sweden
-Dropped everything else at 14 years of age and decided to make hockey his profession
-Sounds like he's been working very hard to better himself. He says many people don't realize how much work it actually takes.
-He got confidence from WJC and thinks that's the most important thing in hockey. Without confidence you can't get anything done
-Like Lempo said, Winnipeg scouts were at his games recently for 1 week, and he wrote a report for them from every game.
-He'll get his ELC contract after the season is done (Not sure which season, NHL or Liiga. Probably Liiga, yeah?)
Maybe the biggest take here is how much he believes in himself.
