Timo Silani, 52, claims to have received an electricity bill of more than SEK 50,000 – despite the fact that the villa is empty.
A claim that baffled experts.
Now the Finnish ice hockey legend answers the numbers.
“The Finnish Flash” ended his successful career in the NHL with the Anaheim Ducks and still lives in California, USA.
So the 600-square-meter villa in Kyrkslätt Finland is empty, but that doesn’t mean it’s cheap to run.
“Is the electricity bill for our house in Kyrkslätt high given that nobody lives there and only basic heating works?” Skrev Selänne på Twitter On Tuesday he told us that the electricity bill for the past month had fallen by more than 5,000 euros, which equates to just over 50,000 crowns.
Debate created in Finland
The claim was met with skepticism among the hockey icon’s followers, and the sensationalized account became a major point of discussion in the Finnish media.
Vattenfall energy expert Malcus Lindros called the electricity bill “exceptionally high” in an interview with Ilta-Sanomat.
– There is a malfunction in the house if it is not related to a quarterly bill, for example. An open window, is it leaking from the hot water tap? I hope there’s no water damage there,” Lindros told the newspaper.
There is something amiss with Selänne’s story, though Timo Celan always tell the truth one user wrote on Twitter.
Selänne resists – she publishes the evidence
On Wednesday night, Selänne responded to the speculation in a single Twitter posts Where I attach pictures of transactions.
“The house is ready for winter in mid-September. The pool and jacuzzi are emptied, and the sauna is closed. The heating core is set to 15 degrees. We go there every week to check everything’s OK. Now you can go on messing around with the others.. .” Writes in response to the user who questioned the authenticity.
No Finn has scored more goals or points in the NHL than Teemu Selänne. He’s scored 1,457 points in 1,451 games — and financially indispensable. He earned just over SEK 800 million over 21 seasons in the top hockey league in the world.