Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Laaksonen wuxuu Finland uga tagay Waqooyiga Ameerika 1993 isagoo ahaa xirfadle yar oo ka tirsan SM-Liiga. Waxa uu is qorey jaamacadda Denver halkaas oo uu u ciyaaray afar xilli ciyaareed Pioneers. Laaksonen waxaa doortay kooxda Boston Bruins markii 191-aad
1997kii oo ahaa doorashada ugu horeysa ee NHL. Sannadkii 1997-98, Laaksonen wuxuu sameeyay xirfaddiisa xirfadeed ee Waqooyiga Ameerika, isagoo la ciyaaray labada Charlotte Checkers ee ECHL iyo Bruins, Providence Bruins.