As the league's all-time leading scorer and oldest player, Esa's is in the twilight of his legendary career. His role has been changing on the team in recent seasons to more of a support player, from the elite scorer he's always been throughout his career. He's still got game as evident by his league leading 6 game winning goals last season along with 15 goals and 32 points. This year he will find himself moving down the line up and filling in a scoring role on lines 2 and 3 along with some powerplay time. Esa is still a team leader and beloved player, but he's no longer looked to score elite points and be a big producer, he's more of a support player now. He's certainly expected to snipe his fair share of goals again in S44 and be clutch like he's always been. As he approaches 1,000 points, he's excited to become the first 1k point player in SHL history. We'll see if he can bring home his record setting 6th Challenge Cup this season also. Not a bad run.