Mikael Granlund
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26 February 1992 Oulu, Finland |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 184 lb (83 kg; 13 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Minnesota Wild Oulun Kärpät Helsingin IFK |
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| National team |
 Finland
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| NHL Draft | 9th overall, 2010 Minnesota Wild |
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| Playing career | 2008–present | ||
 Granlund at the 2010 World Junior Championships |
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| Representing Finland
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| Winter Olympics | ||
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2014 Sochi | |
| World Championships | ||
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2011 Slovakia | |
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2016 Russia | |
| IIHF World U18 Championships | ||
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2009 United States | |
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2010 Belarus | |
Mikael Granlund (born 26 February 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre who plays for the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played professionally in his homeland with Oulun Kärpät and HIFK of the Finnish SM-liiga. He was the ninth overall pick, selected by the Minnesota Wild, in the 2010 NHL Draft. He is the older brother of Markus Granlund.
Granlund played junior ice hockey with Kärpät in 2007–08 and 2008–09, averaging greater than a point per game in both seasons, and was named a first-team All-Star by his junior A league in 2009. He gained his first professional experience late that season, making his debut with Kärpät's team in the SM-liiga on his 17th birthday. He played only two games before he became embroiled in a contract dispute with the team. Granlund and his agent alleged that the four year junior contract he signed with Kärpät in 2007 was invalid, because it failed to define what compensation he would get from the team, and that the team had altered the end date on his SM-liiga insurance application from April 2009 to April 2011 without his approval. The team admitted that mistakes were made, but that they were made in good faith as both the team and player wished to get him in their top team immediately.
Arguing his contracts to be void, and considering himself to be a free agent, Granlund signed a contract with HIFK Helsinki for the 2009–10 season; Kärpät challenged his attempts to transfer to HIFK. Granlund sued his old team in July 2009 after Kärpät failed to relent, asking a court to cancel his contracts with them and clear the way for him to play with HIFK. The two sides reached an out of court settlement a month later, allowing Granlund to transfer to his new team. He scored 13 goals and 27 assists in 43 games with HIFK in 2009–10, and was the top rookie scoring 40 points. He was named the winner of the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy as the SM-liiga's top rookie, and with only two penalty minutes in the whole the season, he also won the Raimo Kilpiö trophy as the league's most gentlemanly player. Additionally, Granlund was voted Finland's young Athlete of the Year for 2009.
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