World Cup: 4 Nations Tournament - Team Finland (2025)

[SI90]

 

[Lapa]

I really liked what I saw from Matinpalo and Laine last night. Granlund was good as usual.

Now, if only Rantanen, Barkov and Aho woke up we'd have better chances at championship game

 

[Lainestache]

Hopefully they split up Aho and Hintz, it just doesn't feel like they are geling at all. Both are really good players but just don't mash up well.

Since my pillow felt too good and I missed the Canada - USA match(3 am start, ugh), I need to watch the replay and see how Canada fared. I feel our chances are better against Canada now after the Sweden game, but we need to get all of the lines rolling and make the right choice on goalie. Need everything to go right in order to advance to the finals.

Anyways, can't wait for the game!

 

[Gabranth]

There is this one guy who played with Aho for like 8 years... but apparently that means nothing.

 

[Jukurit]

Finland has played 5 periods of some pretty good hockey. Only 3rd period against USA was a shitshow.

I expect a lot more from Aho. He's been disappointing. A lot of failed passes.

Matinpalo looks really good for someone with 0 NHL points.

 

[Valeson81]

Nelonen content, showing Lauri Marjamäki. I had to put it on mute. They are trying to bring back the good old Marjamäki fail vibes, while we're trying to forget his era as the NT coach.

he is great at Kloten this year. revived the team

 

[FinPanda]

Aho has been disappointing, same with Hintz. Both have not had the best season in the NHL either, but I've expected more especially from Aho.

Our defence has been a pleasant surprise.

 

[elmaco]

Granny got a new rolex for scoring in OT.

 

[IdleTraveller]

I really liked what I saw from Matinpalo and Laine last night. Granlund was good as usual.

Now, if only Rantanen, Barkov and Aho woke up we'd have better chances at championship game

I thought Barkov and Rantanen were good actually, but let's hope they all step up a gear as they'll need to.

TBH, not hugely confident about tomorrow's game - particularly as Canada would be desperate. I think the best result for us would be to be competitive and potentially play spoiler. Obviously a win would be amazing...

 

[red devil]

Here's Selanne getting his beer from Forsberg after Finland beat Sweden

 

[Mestaruus]

he is great at Kloten this year. revived the team

I've never doubted his coaching skills with club teams, but he's quite bad tournament coach, in short tournaments at least.

 

[Mestaruus]

I really liked what I saw from Matinpalo and Laine last night. Granlund was good as usual.

Now, if only Rantanen, Barkov and Aho woke up we'd have better chances at championship game

And Määttä has been really good all tournament.

 

[BusQuets]

There should be no one doubtting me now. The modern Finnish stars do not care about their country. They only won against Sweden because of superior individual skill.

Now that the opponent has equal or better skill you can see the lack of heart. One of the best center in NHL in Hintz just casually passes the puck to Canadian for open scoring chance and he laughs about it on bench.

 

[Jukurit]

Barkov only player on Finland who would make Canada's team.
Rantanen, Aho, Hintz very overrated.

 

[karhukissa]

Barkov only player on Finland who would make Canada's team.
Rantanen, Aho, Hintz very overrated.

I can guarantee that Rantanen and Aho would've been on that Team Canada if they were Canadian.

 

[BullLund]

You can't show up with a bunch of AHL defensemen and expect to win. Our forwards would look a lot better with a Cale Makar making plays for them, instead of some dudes who will be playing in Liiga in a couple of years.

However they still wouldn't be able to outscore the absolutely terrible goaltending we've gotten all tournament.

 

[Jussi]

To say that I'm worried about the Olympics under Pennanen, would be an understatement.

 

[FinPanda]

Granlund is definitely a Leijonat legend at this point.

 

[Luolis]

To say that I'm worried about the Olympics under Pennanen, would be an understatement.

I almost hope we end up losing all the games at WHC (except the relegation game) so we can get rid of this guy. Finland needs an actual coach for the Olympics. We cannot afford to waste our golden generation for some guy's TET-practice at coaching.

 

[Bunch of AHOs]

Breaks my heart to say this, but Aho sucks. Hurricane needs 1st line center if they want to win cup....

 

[FinPanda]

I almost hope we end up losing all the games at WHC (except the relegation game) so we can get rid of this guy. Finland needs an actual coach for the Olympics. We cannot afford to waste our golden generation for some guy's TET-practice at coaching.

I'll give him the chance, we won't know how it goes in the WHC. He has had good results so far coaching the team at least in EHT. Its always a mystery how the best players react with a coach they are not familiar with and they haven't had much time to get used to the system. I do agree Pennanen acted a bit strange and they should've preactised the day the skipped it.. it was so weird.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Atleast scored more than one unlike 2016.

is there Fin 2026 olympic thread on?

 

[FinPanda]

I'm also happy the guys will go back to their NHL teams healthy

 

[king89]

Considering our injuries I did not expect anything going into this tournament. I'm happy that we won against Sweden in a best on best because god knows they always come with that argument. As Laine said we are the big brother now. Onto the Olympics!

 

[karhukissa]

When individuals like Hintz and Aho underperform like that, we gotta dive a bit deeper. The difference between Jalonen hockey and this one was massive.

We all know that Jalonen had his structure and everyone had to play it, or you are not playing at all. Westerlund was tactical genious and everyone listened to him. Now it seems like Pennanen just told the guys to play and that's it.

Sure, it's enough to beat Sweden with these guys. And we did surprisingly well against the US for the first 2 periods, but when there is no real structure and guys are not sure what to do in every situation, we see horrible mistakes that lose games.

This wasn't typical well structured team, it was bunch of friends playing for each other. They gave everything they had, but this is not pond hockey. Is Erkka retired for good? Maybe he could take over for the Olympics.