Prospect Info: #135 Overall - Joona Koppanen
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His stats are strange, had a 57 point season, then backed it up with 26 points in 2 more games but was a plus 26.
Actually, on second look, that was the jump from U18 to U20, bigger dudes I guess. Oh well, start eating kiddo, that height at 88kg's you might be blown over by a stiff breeze
Actually, on second look, that was the jump from U18 to U20, bigger dudes I guess. Oh well, start eating kiddo, that height at 88kg's you might be blown over by a stiff breeze
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His stats are strange, had a 57 point season, then backed it up with 26 points in 2 more games but was a plus 26.
Actually, on second look, that was the jump from U18 to U20, bigger dudes I guess. Oh well, start eating kiddo, that height at 88kg's you might be blown over by a stiff breeze
Yeah. Age, maturity, height, weight, quality of competition (U20 are more evenly matched leagues, usually) and different role on the team (probably didn't get as much ice time playing with guys 2 ½ - 4 years older) are all factors, so nothing unusual with that kind of drop when going to a different tier league. JFK had 32 points in 26 games in Sweden on Nacka J18 in 11-12, next year played mostly for Linköping J20 and had 16 points in 31 games, for comparison (he didn't turn 16 until a couple of weeks into the season, iirc).
I feel like the B's traveled back in time and intercepted joonas kemppainen before he molted into his final form.
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Saw him at the draft table. He would be the only blonde there. I'm sure he had input into Steen and Koppanen.
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Pretty jealous you guys got Koppanen. He's my sleeper for the 2016 draft. Lots of potential, can be dominant in junior, give him a few years and he'll be making scouts question how they passed on a powerful 6'5" forward with skill. I was hoping the Oilers would grab him as early as the 3rd round.
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Are their European scouts, per the Bruins' site.
I think being drafted by an NHL team at 18yrs old would be a huge difference between him and Kempainen who was never drafted and came over at like 27rs old.
Let's hope so. Carl Soderberg was drafted young, came over briefly and retreated back to Scandanavia after he was sent to Peoria. This kid needs to spend a few years in the Finnish Elite league before venturing westward.....hopefully more mature and better developed.
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There are other routes to the big league, no one true way. We'll see what kind of person and player Koppanen is, but obviously we'll most likely have to practise patience with him, as all NHL teams should be prepared to do for players drafted in the mid to late rounds (as well as many others).
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His stats are strange, had a 57 point season, then backed it up with 26 points in 2 more games but was a plus 26.
Actually, on second look, that was the jump from U18 to U20, bigger dudes I guess. Oh well, start eating kiddo, that height at 88kg's you might be blown over by a stiff breeze
Koppanen hasn't never been high scoring Centerman like Barkov.
He's and he'll always be 3rd or 4th line shutdown Centerman
But at the moment Koppanen is leading scorer ( 26 points in 19 games) in Finnish U20 juniors.
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I assume you haven't seen Koppanen play much, if at all, or you are just trolling. He's actually quite skilled and he can move well for his size. Yes, he's strong defensively and wins face-offs but he's got scoring potential, that's for certain.
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