Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'ịlaghachi na North America, Jokinen malitere oge 1998<unk>99 na ndị Eze 'American Hockey League (AHL) mmekọ, Springfield Falcons. A kpọghachitere ya na Los Angeles mgbe egwuregwu itoolu gachara, ebe o nwetara akara itoolu. O dekọtara akara NHL mbụ ya na November 5, 1998, site na inye aka na egwuregwu megide St. Louis Blues, wee nweta ihe mgbaru ọsọ NHL mbụ ya abalị ise mgbe e mesịrị megide Calgary Flames. A kpọrọ Jokinen NHL Rookie nke Ọnwa maka ọnwa Nọvemba, na-enweta isi asatọ na egwuregwu iri na otu. O mechiri oge ahụ na ihe iri abụọ na otu n'egwuregwu iri isii na isii. Mgbe emechara oge ahụ, na June 20, 1999, a gbanwere Jokinen na New York Islanders, yana Josh Green, Mathieu Biron na nhọrọ nke mbụ na afọ ahụ
, na mgbanwe maka Žigmund Pálffy, Bryan Smolinski, Marcel Cousineau na nhọrọ nke anọ. A na-ewere Jokinen dị ka isi ihe dị na nkwekọrịta ahụ site n'echiche New York, ebe ha hapụrụ onye ọkpụkpọ ha kachasị elu na Pálffy.