thegutter
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I'll bet you my entire pog collection Joulevi will be the better D-Man 5 years from now.
Even your slammers? ?
I'll bet you my entire pog collection Joulevi will be the better D-Man 5 years from now.
I'll bet you my entire pog collection Joulevi will be the better D-Man 5 years from now.
Even your slammers? ?
It's just a standard ELC contract that most 1st rounders get...no big deal.
That's the joke.
/RanierWolfcastlevoice
Not my type of humour I guess
From what I remember Drouin lost a little stock at the combine and Barkov grabbed #3 away from him with most scouts.No way.. Drouin and Jones were both considered better than Barkov and in the last weeks before the draft many people thought Colorado would draft jones. Florida fans were upset when they drafted Barkov and not Jones or Drouin.. funny how things work out sometimes.
It's Tampa that blows my mind. With Hedman and Jones shutting it down and the scoring they already had they would have been unstoppableFrom what I remember Drouin lost a little stock at the combine and Barkov grabbed #3 away from him with most scouts.
Personally I think both Florida teams were sniffing glue that day not to take Jones as 3 years from now I still think he'll be the best player.
I watched London Alot last year, unfortunately I think juolevi is hyped a bit too much. An earlier poster said he could be a #2/3 guy. I tend to agree that might be his uppermost potential. Don't get me wrong, he's got an excellent first pass and good wheels already... but he had the benefit of having the best forward trio in the chl to feed the puck to (who then drove offensive production). He's going to be a decent defenseman, but Benning goofed the pick imo
I watched London Alot last year, unfortunately I think juolevi is hyped a bit too much. An earlier poster said he could be a #2/3 guy. I tend to agree that might be his uppermost potential. Don't get me wrong, he's got an excellent first pass and good wheels already... but he had the benefit of having the best forward trio in the chl to feed the puck to (who then drove offensive production). He's going to be a decent defenseman, but Benning goofed the pick imo
With his IQ, skating, puck moving I'm having difficulties to understand that.
Shouldn't also forget that he missed the last offseason due to knee injury, this offseason he's healthy and ready to grow.
Mandatory too much for too long comment
Kind of hilarious that Olli Juolevi's dominant performance in the World Juniors means absolutely nothing to HFboard members, but to those same HFboard members, Jake Virtanen's poor performance (in those same World Juniors) means that he's a complete bust. haha
He was passing the puck up to Laine and Puljujärvi... Just like he was passing the puck up to Marner/Tkachuk/Dvorak in the OHL. All credit is instantly tainted incase you weren't aware. We Canucks fans should be hopeful that he ends up a decent #2 or good #3. Plus Virtanen was clearly the only reason Canada didn't play well, so he deserves all the judgment for their performance.
Kind of hilarious that Olli Juolevi's dominant performance in the World Juniors means absolutely nothing to HFboard members, but to those same HFboard members, Jake Virtanen's poor performance (in those same World Juniors) means that he's a complete bust. haha
..sarcasm?
HFboards gonna HFboard.
..sarcasm?
HFboards gonna HFboard.
Doesn't have to be sarcasm. Juolevi likely wouldn't have made sweden/canada/us teams at all. And if he somehow got a spot he would have been lucky to score a point. Juolevi got carried by Laine Aho and Pulju, and without the point production against weak competition he wouldn't have made the all Star team in the first place. Weak rookie season on top of that it is a mystery he got picked as high as he did. He has top 4 upside but is years away.
Doesn't have to be sarcasm. Juolevi likely wouldn't have made sweden/canada/us teams at all. And if he somehow got a spot he would have been lucky to score a point. Juolevi got carried by Laine Aho and Pulju, and without the point production against weak competition he wouldn't have made the all Star team in the first place. Weak rookie season on top of that it is a mystery he got picked as high as he did. He has top 4 upside but is years away.
He also had to translate his game to the north american ice. I've read his production picked up a lot after the half way point through the season.
Dunno, Juolevi isn't likely to hit the ice this season anyway, with Tkachuk they could've had a roster player for now.
Tkachuk is a Flame. He'll have to earn his roster space. He'll get similar treatment to Bennett unless he comes out gangbusters. He'll get a few cups of coffee first year. A lesser role 2nd year. And the chance to break out 3rd year.
Not knocking Juolevi, but Tkachuk was exactly what the Flames were looking for. Thank you Benning.