Miles Pine from Bawwwston Mass.He should change his name to something a little more North American for coach jackass.
Sounds like Rikkola but without as cool a name…Hard to complain about a good-skating Finnish defenseman with a ton of room to add physical strength here.
Except Rikkola couldn't defend a paper bag, and had subpar hockey sense.Sounds like Rikkola but without as cool a name…
and yet he was better than some of our defensemen.Except Rikkola couldn't defend a paper bag, and had subpar hockey sense.
Definitely had the tools if coached right to become something.
and yet he was better than some of our defensemen.
I wouldn't say no other team would have wanted him, more so a European wants to go home and play starting mins. Rikkola could have absolutely gotten a NHL deal.He was so much better that no other NHL team wanted him and he immediately went back to Europe.
Imagine getting dicked around by a team with below par defensemen season after season and actually having some tangibles that they lack only to see Chad jump you at every opportunity.I wouldn't say no other team would have wanted him, more so a European wants to go home and play starting mins. Rikkola could have absolutely gotten a NHL deal.
GMs love capable NHL Dmen for depth. Not like Rikkola was bad, really. Just kinda there.
edit: Again, deeply offensive microstats and/or midgets feeding each other faeces while rubbing themselves raw, have a guess
Man, following the draft before twitter must have sucked. Or, you know, not have happened and let you do something real with your life.
You mean the same Toronto staff that reached in round 1 and took someone that most people thought was at best mid second round?I'd hope not considering how shitty our drafting has been the past, oh, decade.
To be honest, I'd rather Dubas be pushing for prospects that his Toronto staff viewed highly rather than whoever the Pens' staff views highly.
Man, following the draft before twitter must have sucked. Or, you know, not have happened and let you do something real with your life.
Read the results the next day in the newspaper and most likely never hear of most of the draftees again.
It was cold that day.His name translates to "small peninsula".
He was in the pool.His name translates to "small peninsula".
not according to the numbers. just say'enExcept Rikkola couldn't defend a paper bag, and had subpar hockey sense.
Oh...they definitely did [lean on existing scouts].I'd hope not considering how shitty our drafting has been the past, oh, decade.