World Cup: 2016 World Cup — Team Finland
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With the way Laine is playing, if he makes world championships and does well - I would have to assume he's a more intriguing piece for the World Cup team. Pulkkinen and Teräväinen as wings ahead of him do not convince.
Pulkkinen is very doubtful to make the team. Laine/Rantanen/Pakarinen have better chances to make the team IMO, as the role would be most likely for the 4th line. Teuvo already made the team
Marjamäki named Laine a serious contender for world cup before POs. Was talking about 13th forward + 1st pp.
teravaineSAROS
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Oh really?? do you have a link to where he said that because playoff-Laine is by far the best Laine we've witnessed so far
Pavel Buchnevich
"Pavel Buchnevich The Fake"
Laine-Barkov-J. Jokinen
Aho-Koivu-Teravainen
Filppula-Haula-Donskoi
Mi. Granlund-Lehtera-Komarov
Korpikovski
Maatta-Ristolainen
Jokipakka-Vatanen
Lindell-Honka
Pokka
Rask
Rinne
Lehtonen
Aho-Koivu-Teravainen
Filppula-Haula-Donskoi
Mi. Granlund-Lehtera-Komarov
Korpikovski
Maatta-Ristolainen
Jokipakka-Vatanen
Lindell-Honka
Pokka
Rask
Rinne
Lehtonen
teravaineSAROS
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I'd love to have Pulju on the team but management will likely be too conservative and pick Jarkko Ruutu instead
I'd love to have Pulju on the team but management will likely be too conservative and pick Jarkko Ruutu instead
Hope not. Your (am a swede) team is looking real interresting right now:
Correct my biggest mistakes below...
Mikael Granlund - Mikko Koivu - Jussi Jokinen (business as usual, old and safe, some firepower......)
Patrik Laine - Aleksander Barkov - Jesse Puljujärvi (...BANG! Train is coming...) J.P. could be switched for someone if a baby, I believe not.
Teuvo Teräväinen - Jori Lehterä - Joonas Donskoi (...picking up the pieces...)
Leo Komarov - Sebastian Aho - Valtteri Filppula (...and a smart fourth line)
Lauri Korpikoski - Erik Haula - Antti Pihlström
Olli Määttä - Sami Lepistö
Erik "K" Hockibakka - Sami Vatanen
Esa Lindell - Rasmus Ristolainen
Anssi Salmela
Tuukka Rask / Pekka Rinne
Kari Lehtonen
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vivalavili
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Marjamäki knows Puljujärvi very well and is the perfect guy to make the decision whether he should or should not make the World Cup roster this year. Aho and Laine appear to be no-brainers at this point and if they wouldn't make the team Marjamäki would surely get crushed by the finnish hockey media.
Conspiracy Theorist
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This will be the first tournament without Selänne and nobody else has a better shot than Laine.
Jokinen-Koivu-Granlund
Laine-Barkov-Donskoi
Komarov-Lehterä-Teräväinen
Korpikoski-Haula-Filppula
or
Jokinen-Barkov-Donskoi
Laine-Koivu-Granlund
Teräväinen-Lehterä-Komarov
Korpikoski-Haula-Filppula
Määttä-Ristolainen
Vatanen-Lindell
Jokipakka-Kukkonen
Lepistö
Rask
Rinne
Maybe something like this
Jokinen-Koivu-Granlund
Laine-Barkov-Donskoi
Komarov-Lehterä-Teräväinen
Korpikoski-Haula-Filppula
or
Jokinen-Barkov-Donskoi
Laine-Koivu-Granlund
Teräväinen-Lehterä-Komarov
Korpikoski-Haula-Filppula
Määttä-Ristolainen
Vatanen-Lindell
Jokipakka-Kukkonen
Lepistö
Rask
Rinne
Maybe something like this
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If that's the case, then no Puljujärvi in the World Cup roster either. Marjamäki has three forward spots left, and one of them will with 100% certainty go to Haula.
If the other two are Laine and Aho, fine, but I wouldn't call 'em no-brainer picks since Armia, Pakarinen and Salomäki are also in contention.
What would be a major surprise is a name outside those five.
Defense is also interesting. Three spots left there. Jokipakka is one most likely, and Lepistö should be another... but who will grab the final spot? Has Pokka shown enough to be an option? Lindbohm is also a possibility. Or will Marjamäki go with some euro reliable? Jaakola? Kukkonen? Then there's Salmela, who could be called a dark horse pick, but he's been one of our best D's in this ongoing tournament, especially given his role.
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BB88
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Not bad at all.
In what World would our best D-player be on the 3rd pairing?
Would like to see Honka over one of Lepisto/Salmela, he's played 2 years in NA and his skating would be great to see, he can also developed a lot during the offseason.
Looks pretty good to me. Laine has played himself into the team, can not imaging they leaving him out now.
He could probably, but since he is not on the whc team, it do not really make much sense if they a few months later without any real games being played between give him a world cup spot.
I doubt Teräväinen makes it. I see that spot as the one where fans think it's Teuvo or Sebastian Aho - but if you think like a coach, and see a need for 3rd liner then it's size, energy, speed you think of, role player.
I'd much rather look into the bargain bin for guys like Osala, Hartikainen, the Petrell of some years ago (where did he disappear to?). Someone who is good defensively, can spark team or intimidate opponent with hits - we need one like that.
Teuvo has already been picked...
http://www.leijonat.fi/maajoukkueet...-cupissa-ensimmaiset-16-pelaajaa-nimetty.html
Uncle Scrooge
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This tournament will be very interesting. I haven't really thought about it too much, but we will see the first "next generation" team for us. What's also exciting is that all our young guns have the summer to work out and they all still have room to improve. We have some very capable puck moving defensemen supporting the skilled forwards and our style of play. Always fun to play around with the lineups.
Laine - Barkov - Jokinen
Granlund - Koivu - Donskoi
Teravainen - Filppula - Haula
Komarov - Lehtera - Korpikoski
Extra forwards: Rantanen/Salomaki/Pihlstrom
Line #1:The skill line. I guess they're looking to build off of this WHC. I don't see why Laine wouldn't make the team. We don't have any other pure snipers and Donskoi is the only right handed shot as far as forwards go, so we definitely need him. I don't fancy Jokinen much, but im not sure if there are better options. Experience playing together is invaluable for a short tournament like the WC.
Line #2: The possession line. Granny and Mikko seem to play pretty well together, add in Donskoi who is a RH and a pretty good player along the boards. Puck possession line for sure and should be able to draw a good amount of penalties and make some sweet plays.
Line #3: The speed line. I absolutely love the idea of these 3 guys playing together. Every single guy can fly out there and it's also a responsible 2-way line. Haula brings a bit of grit and clutch scoring ability while TT/Flip provide the skill.
Line #4: The shutdown line. Lehtera is a very good 2-way player and i see these guys playing on the same level in terms of speed. Komarov and Korpikoski of course do their thing and hopefully pot in a couple of ugly goals. This has the potential to be one of the best shutdown lines we have ever iced IMO.
Conclusion: Man.. it's so weird to think we have so much skill in our forward group. I still haven't gotten used to the idea that we aren't the "grinding" team anymore. We can easily roll all 4 lines.
Maatta (LH) - Vatanen (RH)
Lindell (LH) - Ristolainen (RH)
Jokipakka (LH) - Pokka (RH)
Extra defensemen: Jaakola/Hietanen/Kukkonen
Conclusion: Like i said before, our D supports the possession game. Move the puck and move it some more. We just don't have NHL-caliber defensive defensemen, so forget those. If they really want Kukkonen there he can provide leadership, but in my opinion Jaakola is the better defenseman and i'd rather have him. Hietanen can also play on the 3rd pairing if need be and gives us another RH, but since Pokka plays on the NA ice regularly he makes more sense IMO.
Rask
Rinne
Korpisalo
Not really much to say about our goalies.
All in all i like our team. But because we're so young and there are more skilled teams out there we can get overpowered unless Rask plays lights out.. But anyhow, young guys will get important experience if nothing else.
And what's crazy is we can actually ice a very good team without having any guys playing in Europe.. When was the last time that happened.
Laine - Barkov - Jokinen
Granlund - Koivu - Donskoi
Teravainen - Filppula - Haula
Komarov - Lehtera - Korpikoski
Extra forwards: Rantanen/Salomaki/Pihlstrom
Line #1:The skill line. I guess they're looking to build off of this WHC. I don't see why Laine wouldn't make the team. We don't have any other pure snipers and Donskoi is the only right handed shot as far as forwards go, so we definitely need him. I don't fancy Jokinen much, but im not sure if there are better options. Experience playing together is invaluable for a short tournament like the WC.
Line #2: The possession line. Granny and Mikko seem to play pretty well together, add in Donskoi who is a RH and a pretty good player along the boards. Puck possession line for sure and should be able to draw a good amount of penalties and make some sweet plays.
Line #3: The speed line. I absolutely love the idea of these 3 guys playing together. Every single guy can fly out there and it's also a responsible 2-way line. Haula brings a bit of grit and clutch scoring ability while TT/Flip provide the skill.
Line #4: The shutdown line. Lehtera is a very good 2-way player and i see these guys playing on the same level in terms of speed. Komarov and Korpikoski of course do their thing and hopefully pot in a couple of ugly goals. This has the potential to be one of the best shutdown lines we have ever iced IMO.
Conclusion: Man.. it's so weird to think we have so much skill in our forward group. I still haven't gotten used to the idea that we aren't the "grinding" team anymore. We can easily roll all 4 lines.
Maatta (LH) - Vatanen (RH)
Lindell (LH) - Ristolainen (RH)
Jokipakka (LH) - Pokka (RH)
Extra defensemen: Jaakola/Hietanen/Kukkonen
Conclusion: Like i said before, our D supports the possession game. Move the puck and move it some more. We just don't have NHL-caliber defensive defensemen, so forget those. If they really want Kukkonen there he can provide leadership, but in my opinion Jaakola is the better defenseman and i'd rather have him. Hietanen can also play on the 3rd pairing if need be and gives us another RH, but since Pokka plays on the NA ice regularly he makes more sense IMO.
Rask
Rinne
Korpisalo
Not really much to say about our goalies.
All in all i like our team. But because we're so young and there are more skilled teams out there we can get overpowered unless Rask plays lights out.. But anyhow, young guys will get important experience if nothing else.
And what's crazy is we can actually ice a very good team without having any guys playing in Europe.. When was the last time that happened.
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I really really like your forward lines, looks like they can do some damage for sure. I am not so sure about the defense though, definitely the weak point of the squad. But as per usual Finland has great goaltending and who ever they go with should do the trick. Cant wait to see this team play
Uncle Scrooge
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I think our first 2 pairings are pretty good but the 3rd pairing can give us some problems for sure. There's always the option of playing Jaakola/Kukkonen for limited mins and PK, but how they handle the speed of small rink is another question.
But yeah.. We don't have the same type of defensive structure as before. It's a very modern team with a lot of skill 2-way players and good skaters. Could potentially work out a lot better than expected defensively, it all depends how well our coach manage to get his system across to our players.
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I think we might see something like this:
Jokinen - Barkov - Laine
Granlund - Koivu - Donskoi
Filppula - Lehterä - Teräväinen
Komarov - Haula - Rantanen
Korpikoski
First line is pretty self-evident, even if Laine and Jokinen should switch sides.
Second line should work just OK, lots of skill there.
Third line should be a good two-way line, but who would score the goals?
Fourth line is a more gritty two-way line with Rantanen providing some skill.
I would choose Aho as well, but I don't know where he'd fit.
Jokinen - Barkov - Laine
Granlund - Koivu - Donskoi
Filppula - Lehterä - Teräväinen
Komarov - Haula - Rantanen
Korpikoski
First line is pretty self-evident, even if Laine and Jokinen should switch sides.
Second line should work just OK, lots of skill there.
Third line should be a good two-way line, but who would score the goals?
Fourth line is a more gritty two-way line with Rantanen providing some skill.
I would choose Aho as well, but I don't know where he'd fit.
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