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Originally Posted by dissentowner
None of that is true, that guy is out to lunch. How many here would use the same description to evaluate Nik Lidstrom's game? I am not saying Juolevi is Lidstrom but he plays the same way. Just because he uses excellent stick work to strip players of the puck instead of trying to crush them does not make him soft.
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Juolevi is soft when he
has the puck in his zone. I've seen him cough up the puck in a Schultzian manner against a hard forecheck.
Not saying it won't be improved as he gains experience and goes up the league ladder - but I somewhat agree with RLR's opinion on him right now.