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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Not ludicrous at all. Who's the GM with the biggest network of people to talk to in Finland? Probably Kekelainen. Which GM can phone up anybody in Finland and ask them questions in their native tongue? Kekelainen. He can get Intel himself from a wide variety of Finnish contacts. Every other GM has to rely on their Finnish scout or their limited contacts in Finland.
Laughable? Common sense actually. Your Canadian/US comparisons fail because of the languages they speak and because every GM has strong contacts and networks in those countries.
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The issue is: does he actually know something that no one else knows, or does he just not think as highly of the player?
In order for him to know something that others don't, implies that no other teams have guys on the ground in Finland.
It is ludicrous. He simply isn't that high on the player. Has nothing to do with being Finnish.