Not enough talk about Pieniniemi around these parts. Been in Prince Edward a good amount for work in the last month or so and skating with their senior team and keep getting dragged to see Frontenac games by some of the guys on the team, and honestly almost forgot he was playing there. Every game, without fail, he's a silky smooth, composed break-out machine. Defends well on the rush, looks a bit bigger than his 6'2 listing and jumps into the play at the right time, gets activated low more than I expected and uses really good vision and puck-skill to distribute extremely well.
Admittedly, he's on one of the better teams in the weaker conference in the OHL, but he plays huge minutes for them on the top pairing, PP, PK, and is a good reason why they are so staunch defensively for the 30+ minutes he seems to be out there every game.
Should be on pairing #1 for Finland in the WJC, so excited to see how he does there, and should also have Kangas to watch on the second pairing