Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Lehtonen akasarudzwa wechipiri zvachose mu2002 NHL Entry Draft
neAtlanta Thrashers mushure memwaka unoshamisa wa2001-02 muFinnish SM-liiga. Lehtonen ndiye aiva muchengeti wemagariro weJokerit, asi akabata nzvimbo yekutanga uye akahwina mukombe weUrpo Ylönen, wakapihwa muchengeti wemagariro akanakisa wemwaka, uye mubairo weMVP weligi playoff, mukombe weJari Kurri. Lehtonen akagara naJokerit kweimwe mwaka asati aenda kuNorth America.