WC: 2017 Team Finland

[illone84]

So Korpisalo has contract issues too?

 

[FiLe]

So Korpisalo has contract issues too?

Yeah, he's gonna be an RFA. But it's not like he can expect to get anything more than a cheap ~$1mil extension no matter what, so he wouldn't be risking a whole lot.

The same reason is likely why Honka wanted to show up. He won't be getting a big money contract yet.

 

[illone84]

Yeah, he's gonna be an RFA. But it's not like he can expect to get anything more than a cheap ~$1mil extension no matter what, so he wouldn't be risking a whole lot.

The same reason is likely why Honka wanted to show up. He won't be getting a big money contract yet.

True. Good point. CBJ will drop, so let's hope for Korpisalo to join.

 

[jalperi]

Yeah, he's gonna be an RFA. But it's not like he can expect to get anything more than a cheap ~$1mil extension no matter what, so he wouldn't be risking a whole lot.

The same reason is likely why Honka wanted to show up. He won't be getting a big money contract yet.

Are there still two season left on Honkas contract? https://www.capfriendly.com/players/julius-honka

 

[FiLe]

Are there still two season left on Honkas contract? https://www.capfriendly.com/players/julius-honka

Huh. I checked a source which claimed Honka would be an RFA this summer. Him having years left would certainly explain it better, even if he couldn't expect much of a raise were it to expire this year.


Regardless, the point still stands that Korpisalo may or may not refuse because of his contract - he doesn't have all that much to lose.

It's a bit premature to speculate with this, though, since he's pretty much the bottom of the barrel. Any other NHL goalie willing to come will take preference over him. Koskinen would have too.

 

[mattihp]

It's a bit premature to speculate with this, though, since he's pretty much the bottom of the barrel. Any other NHL goalie willing to come will take preference over him. Koskinen would have too.

With Koskinen out, Korpisalo could make it if no bigger names get available.

 

[FiLe]

With Koskinen out, Korpisalo could make it if no bigger names get available.

Isn't this pretty much what I said?

 

[Sanf]

Well Koskinen is out. I guess I need to eat my words because I´m slightly hoping that Lehtonen would come.

Raanta could be the number 1 guy for this team. Korpisalo... I don´t know. Still not entirely sold. But with them... I haven´t paid that much attention to the expansion draft, but I would guess that it could affect on them. Raanta is cheap option with seemingly good numbers and Korpisalo is young prospect. I have a gut feeling that neither of them would take the "risk" and come.

Niemi on the other hand has lot to proof and haven´t actually ever played a game in international tournament. Would he be upgrade to the guys who are curently on the camp?

The current trio isn´t bad, but it´s hard to pick the right guy out of them. The worst thing is that they start to play goalie roulette in such a short tournament. In some past tournaments we have managed to create ourselves a goalie problem without good reason

 

[schmiedi]

Let us Hope that Chicago will find a way to turn the Series. So we can choise Rinne Or Saros. Booth much better as we have now.

 

[jfc64]

Bottnia colleagues!

1) Which NHL players do you get from the teames that were eliminated in the NHL playoffs?

2) Which three best players is probable to join from round 1 Stanley Cup losers?

3) Best five players from outside (thanks!) of NHL?


Eg: (Sweden)

1) Läck (g) Hedman, Strålman, Edler, Klingberg (d) Rask, Lindholm, Nordström (f) [possibly Lehner, Ekman-Larsson, Landeskog, Söderberg]

2) Wennberg, Backlund, Zibanejad

3) Fasth (g) (KHL), Fantenberg (d) (KHL), Sundström (SHL), Omark (KHL), Lindblom (f) (SHL)


NHL-flashes:

1. Mikael Granlund (C/W) Minnesota Wild 81 26 43 69 0.85 12 23
2. Patrik Laine (LW/RW) Winnipeg Jets 73 36 28 64 0.88 26 7
3. Mikko Koivu (C) Minnesota Wild 80 18 40 58 0.73 34 27
4. Aleksander Barkov (C) Florida Panthers 61 21 31 52 0.85 10 13
5. Sebastian Aho (W/C) Carolina Hurricanes 82 24 25 49 0.60 26 -1
6. Rasmus Ristolainen (D) Buffalo Sabres 79 6 39 45 0.57 58 -9
7. Teuvo Teräväinen (W/C) Carolina Hurricanes 81 15 27 42 0.52 16 -6
8. Valtteri Filppula (C/W) Philadelphia Flyers 79 12 30 42 0.53 26 -1
9. Mikko Rantanen (W/C) Colorado Avalanche 75 20 18 38 0.51 22 -25
10. Markus Granlund (C/RW) [Wrist injury, out indefinitely] Vancouver Canucks 69 19 13 32 0.46 14 -19
11. Leo Komarov (LW/RW) Toronto Maple Leafs 82 14 18 32 0.39 31 6
12. Artturi Lehkonen (LW/RW) Montréal Canadiens 73 18 10 28 0.38 8 -1
13. Jussi Jokinen (LW/RW) Florida Panthers 69 11 17 28 0.41 39 -15
14. Erik Haula (C/W) Minnesota Wild 72 15 11 26 0.36 28 5
15. Sami Vatanen (D) Anaheim Ducks 71 3 21 24 0.34 30 3
16. Jori Lehterä (C) St. Louis Blues 64 7 15 22 0.34 34 -6
17. Lauri Korpikoski (LW/RW) Columbus Blue Jackets 69 8 12 20 0.29 10 5
18. Joel Armia (RW) Winnipeg Jets 57 10 9 19 0.33 20 -8
19. Esa Lindell (D) Dallas Stars 73 6 12 18 0.25 22 8
20. Joonas Donskoi (RW/LW) San Jose Sharks 61 6 11 17 0.28 10 -5
21. Jesse Puljujärvi (RW) Edmonton Oilers 28 1 7 8 0.29 10 5
22. Markus Nutivaara (D) Columbus Blue Jackets 66 2 5 7 0.11 6 7
23. Olli Määttä (D) Pittsburgh Penguins 55 1 6 7 0.13 12 17
24. Jyrki Jokipakka (D) Ottawa Senators 41 1 5 6 0.15 12 -4
25. Julius Honka (D) Dallas Stars 16 1 4 5 0.31 4 -4
26. Iiro Pakarinen (RW/LW) Edmonton Oilers 14 2 2 4 0.29 2 2
27. Teemu Pulkkinen (RW) Arizona Coyotes 13 2 0 2 0.15 6 -2
28. Markus Hännikäinen (LW) Columbus Blue Jackets 10 1 1 2 0.20 6 0
29. Kasperi Kapanen (RW/LW) Toronto Maple Leafs 8 1 0 1 0.13 0 -2
30. Kalle Kossila (W/C) Anaheim Ducks 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
31. Miikka Salomäki (W/C) Nashville Predators 5 0 0 0 0.00 2 -1
32. Petteri Lindbohm (D) St. Louis Blues 7 0 0 0 0.00 4 -4

1. Juuse Saros Nashville Predators 21 2.35 .923
2. Antti Raanta New York Rangers 30 2.26 .922
3. Pekka Rinne Nashville Predators 61 2.42 .918
4. Tuukka Rask Boston Bruins 65 2.23 .915
5. Joonas Korpisalo Columbus Blue Jackets 14 2.88 .905
6. Kari Lehtonen Dallas Stars 59 2.85 .902
7. Antti Niemi Dallas Stars 37 3.30 .892

 

[MMANumminen]

Wild seems to be failing hard, hoping for Koivu arrival. Maybe even Granny

 

[MMANumminen]

1) Filppula, Aho, Rantanen and Honka are confirmed. Maybe I'm missing someone.

2)Hoping for Koivu, Nutivaara

3)1. Barkov 2. Granlund 3. Koivu 4. Aho 5. Laine

 

[FiLe]

Maybe even Granny

There's around 0% chance he shows up on a huuuuge contract year.

 

[MMANumminen]

I doubt it too but it is not impossible. Didn't Risto participate to world cup without contract?

 

[FiLe]

Didn't Risto participate to world cup without contract?

The World Cup was an NHL organized tournament, ergo all players were insured by the NHL in the World Cup. It's something that obviously doesn't happen in IIHF tournaments.

 

[illone84]

Granlund is not coming when the Wild drop. I will bet my mortgage. With no contract, there is no way in hell that he will risk his neck.

At this point, we will probably get Raanta and 1 or 2 players from CBJ.
That's about it.

 

[jalperi]

1) Filppula, Aho, Rantanen and Honka are confirmed. Maybe I'm missing someone.

2)Hoping for Koivu, Nutivaara

3)1. Barkov 2. Granlund 3. Koivu 4. Aho 5. Laine

Read again last question. I think best players from outside of NHL are Hartikainen,Koskinen, Kontiola, Lepistö and Aaltonen. Best players on the team from outside of NHL are maybe Aaltonen, Kemppainen, Hietanen, Pihlström and Palola...maybe.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Most likely we don't get anyone else to "bolster"
our 2017 paris-köln WC roster.

We might get couple of role players,thats it.

Aho-Filppula-Rantanen line alone won't do much for us team Finland.
So many players "MIA" ...with a meh head coach, coaching staff
behind the bench...

With the words of one famous actor "we be f _ _ _ _ d!"

 

[illone84]

Most likely we don't get anyone else to "bolster"
our 2017 paris-köln WC roster.

We might get couple of role players,thats it.

Aho-Filppula-Rantanen line alone won't do much for us team Finland.
So many players "MIA" ...with a meh head coach, coaching staff
behind the bench...

With the words of one famous actor "we be f _ _ _ _ d!"

Indeed.

Still hoping for good news from Armia. Also, anyword on Lepistö? I know some were saying he already made the team. But is this for real? Any confirmation of his participation?

 

[FiLe]

We'll know next week who's coming - both from Europe and overseas - save for any possible first round additions. Players who aren't on the final EHT roster aren't coming. If we don't hear anything from Armia/Lepistö/whoever before that, it doesn't mean they're either in or out.

Well, save for maybe a goalie - I hear they're waiting to see what names are available after the first round before they decide who to invite. That means even one of the Dallas duo is still possible.

 

[Joey Moss]

Pulju officially loaned but can be re-called at any time during tournament.

 

[illone84]

Pulju officially loaned but can be re-called at any time during tournament.

Finnish sources say he's going, and yep. can be re-called at any time during tournament

http://www.iltalehti.fi/jaakiekko/201704192200105422_jk.shtml

 

[Vimpelin Voima]

Finnish sources say he's going, and yep. can be re-called at any time during tournament

http://www.iltalehti.fi/jaakiekko/201704192200105422_jk.shtml

Love this. Going to be exciting watching our young talents play even though the gold medal looks far away we are not far from getting possibly Granlund, Koivu and Haula. Sure weak team defensively but the offensive side might compensate.

 

[FiLe]

Now there's a peculiar albeit a highly interesting development. At first glance, the option to recall at any moment makes it a bit risky, but once he's over here, well... the logistics of such move should mean it's not something they'll just do on a whim. So their bench and reserve pool would be getting pretty short before they'd resort to it.

Though if the Oilers get eliminated, it'll be a moot point.

In any case, I heartily welcome Pulju, and I also applaud our management for handling this rather craftily. Now they can first test him on the EHT before adding him to the final roster (even if it's for appearances only), meaning they avoid some criticism of favoritism.

 

[DerpMorg]

Happy for him. He needs to be playing and not sitting in our pressbox for another week or two.

Tear it up, Jesse.