05-09-2016, 01:19 PM
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#81
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Franchise Player
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Mike Birner 2 goals and an assist. Czech lead 4-2 and Sweden pulls the goalie with 5 minutes to go.
"Markstrom feels the burn"
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05-09-2016, 01:25 PM
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#82
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Franchise Player
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Finland beat US 3-2
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05-09-2016, 01:30 PM
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#83
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Matthews looked like a good, strong, and smart player. Nothing spectacular though.
Laine showed off his shot and physical play but I didn't notice much else.
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05-09-2016, 01:49 PM
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#84
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Haparanda
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Laine & Matthews were pretty invisible apart from few flashes, but all in all, a pretty good game, lots of action.
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05-09-2016, 01:50 PM
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#85
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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I have rarely seen such a badly coached game from Team Finland. Christ that made my head hurt at times. Luckily we had the better players.
To pick out a lesser talked about youngster, Sebastian Aho is really fun to watch.
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05-09-2016, 02:09 PM
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#86
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Franchise Player
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If Kyle Connor wasn't the steal of the draft last year, Sebastian Aho was... taken 35th, and has no comparables in his draft +1 year. Only other guy who met that description this year? Mitch Marner.
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05-09-2016, 02:10 PM
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#87
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Just a ridiculous save by the Latvian goalie.
https://streamable.com/e/eazk
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05-09-2016, 02:17 PM
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#88
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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
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That was Oilers level Defense from the Latvians there.
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05-09-2016, 02:36 PM
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#89
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
If Kyle Connor wasn't the steal of the draft last year, Sebastian Aho was... taken 35th, and has no comparables in his draft +1 year. Only other guy who met that description this year? Mitch Marner.
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Yeah Aho looks like an absolute steal at this point. Great pick by Carolina. He's gonna be a player.
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05-09-2016, 02:39 PM
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#90
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: MTL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Itse
I have rarely seen such a badly coached game from Team Finland. Christ that made my head hurt at times. Luckily we had the better players.
To pick out a lesser talked about youngster, Sebastian Aho is really fun to watch.
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Any chance Jukka Jalonen would be considered for a HC position in the NHL? I read someone suggesting him for the Flames position. Thoughts?
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05-09-2016, 02:41 PM
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#91
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
If Kyle Connor wasn't the steal of the draft last year, Sebastian Aho was... taken 35th, and has no comparables in his draft +1 year. Only other guy who met that description this year? Mitch Marner.
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Dylan Strome had a good draft +1 year too.
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05-09-2016, 02:53 PM
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#92
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkhouser
Any chance Jukka Jalonen would be considered for a HC position in the NHL? I read someone suggesting him for the Flames position. Thoughts?
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Personally I'd be all for it. Jukka Jalonen has commented that he's theoretically interested but hasn't personally done anything towards that goal, so someone would have to come looking for him specifically, which is very unlikely.
Plus I believe he just signed a two-year contract with Jokerit.
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05-09-2016, 03:14 PM
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#93
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by albertGQ
Dylan Strome had a good draft +1 year too.
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Sure, but Strome had comparables this season, and 80% of them went on to have full on NHL careers. That's really good. But Kyle Connor's comparables are 100%. Every similar player has had a successful NHL career.
Meanwhile, Aho and Marner have no comparables. There have been no similar players (age, size and scoring rate in the league they played in). Ever.
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05-09-2016, 04:43 PM
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#94
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Haparanda
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkhouser
Any chance Jukka Jalonen would be considered for a HC position in the NHL? I read someone suggesting him for the Flames position. Thoughts?
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That for sure would be interesting, but as Itse said, he signed a 2-year contract with Jokerit (KHL).
Also, just pointing out: Kari Jalonen is the coach of Team Finland at the moment.
You might have known but just pointing out.
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05-09-2016, 04:49 PM
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#95
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vilzeh
That for sure would be interesting, but as Itse said, he signed a 2-year contract with Jokerit (KHL).
Also, just pointing out: Kari Jalonen is the coach of Team Finland at the moment.
You might have known but just pointing out.
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Didn't Kari briefly play for the Flames?
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05-09-2016, 04:53 PM
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#96
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Haparanda
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Bozek
Didn't Kari briefly play for the Flames?
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Yes he did, many moons ago!
Last edited by vilzeh; 05-09-2016 at 04:55 PM.
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05-09-2016, 06:42 PM
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#97
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: MTL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vilzeh
That for sure would be interesting, but as Itse said, he signed a 2-year contract with Jokerit (KHL).
Also, just pointing out: Kari Jalonen is the coach of Team Finland at the moment.
You might have known but just pointing out.
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No I didn't know but thanks!
Any thoughts on if he could adapt well to the NA game? Has there ever been a euro coach in the NHL??
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05-09-2016, 07:07 PM
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#98
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: The Armpit of BC: Trail
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World Championships
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Originally Posted by Funkhouser
No I didn't know but thanks!
Any thoughts on if he could adapt well to the NA game? Has there ever been a euro coach in the NHL??
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpo_Suhonen
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05-09-2016, 08:43 PM
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#99
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Here's Stone's goal but it doesn't show his takeaway to get the puck.
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05-09-2016, 10:56 PM
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#100
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Trailer Fire
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Ahh, the legendary Alpo Suhonen.
That guy had one skill: he could talk himself into any job. He also coached Team Finland and has had several coaching jobs in several hockey leagues. He has also been a theater director, a writer, a gallery owner and the head organizer of a sizable jazz festival. He was pretty consistently mediocre or flat out bad at everything he did (and quite often got quickly fired), but that never stopped him from getting another gig, usually with a sizable salary. That combination of arts and sports background of course made him a TV darling as a commentator. Such an annoying windbag.
His two Swiss championships as a coach are for me the biggest proof that team success doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the skill of the head coach.
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