GDT: Finland (6) vs Belarus (2)

[stv11]

Finland lineup

Mikko Koskinen (Juuse Saros)

Lasse Kukkonen (A) - Atte Ohtamaa
Topi Jaakola - Juuso Hietanen
Ville Pokka - Esa Lindell
Anssi Salmela

Mika Pyörälä - Jarno Koskiranta - Leo Komarov
Sebastian Aho - Mikko Koivu (C) - Mikael Granlund
Jussi Jokinen (A) - Alexander Barkov - Patrik Laine
Antti Pihlström - Tomi Sallinen - Teemu Pulkkinen

Belarus lineup

Vitali Koval (Kevin Lalande)

Roman Dyukov - Dmitri Korobov (A)
Kiril Gotovets - Oleg Yevenko
Ilya Shinkevich - Kristian Khenkel
Yevgeni Lisovets

Andrei Kostistyn (A) - Alexei Kalyuzhny (C) - Sergei Kostitsyn
Geoff Platt - Andrei Stas - Charles Linglet
Andrei Stepanov - Yevgeni Kovyrshin - Artur Gavrus
Sergei Drozd - Artyom Demkov - Alexander Pavlovich​

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[FiLe]

I gotta say, we got some dazzling depth. Beware of our 1st line.

 

[agent082]

Expecting Laine to pot at least 3 goals.

 

[Periwinkle]

I guess at least a quarter of Finnish people are watching again, I had serious trouble getting through on the website of *popular food delivery service*.

I was surprised about the lines/line-up as well, I guess they want the more experienced guys dealing with the potential, umm, penalty-inducing playing style of Belarus rather than having Rantanen on board.

 

[LOFIN]

Seriously had to look for motivation to watch this match since KJ benched Rantanen, but I guess watching Barkov, Laine and that G-K-A line might do it.

 

[Jolli]

Can fellow Finns help me out? I can't get Katsomo to work - "Ohjelman katselu vaatii voimassaolevan maksutuotetilauksen". Weren't Finnish games supposed to be free?

 

[LemurFromTheId]

Can fellow Finns help me out? I can't get Katsomo to work - "Ohjelman katselu vaatii voimassaolevan maksutuotetilauksen". Weren't Finnish games supposed to be free?

http://www.katsomo.fi/#!/tv/MTV3?toista

 

[Huige]

Did Saukkonen just say that Jokinen played in Dallas this season or did I hear wrong?

 

[Brewsky]

Laine stumbled bad on that potential 2 on 1.

 

[jepjepjoo]

Suomi looks awful...

 

[BalticWarrior]

Weird. Finns shouldnt be struggling this bad with Belarus looking at their roster - Barkov,Laine,Grandlund,Jokinen..

 

[Keeptdos]

Well, it's looking better minute by minute.

 

[Ducks Nation*]

I haven't heard Laine name once....

 

[Ducks Nation*]

AS I saay that he makes a decent drive to the net

 

[Saekki*]

I haven't heard Laine name once....

Stream muted or something?

 

[TheFeistyFinn]

we look bad. not a huge fan of these lines.

 

[OG]

Aho-Koivu-MG been the best line thus far. Expected Finland to come out the gate much faster though.

 

[Gabranth]

Laine cant bury it after his drives. Does his hands suck or what is it? At least in the matches I've seen. He can one time and shoot, but can't play close to the net.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Lineups are ****ed up. No goal scorers in the offensive lines.

 

[Villert]

Laine cant bury it after his drives. Does his hands suck or what is it? At least in the matches I've seen. He can one time and shoot, but can't play close to the net.

He's had a few of those already this tournament (inc. the exhibition game)

I wouldn't be too worried about his hands after watching some of his highlight packs though - really hope we get this kid.

 

[FinPanda]

Awful start. I hope we play better soon..

 

[skillhockey]

Finns play like ****, probs hangover. hope they can win this anyhow. not with this style tho.

 

[OG]

Lineups are ****ed up. No goal scorers in the offensive lines.

I keep hearing this complaint but there are only two goal scorers on the roster in Laine and Pulkkinen, and the latter doesn't strike me as a smart player at all. I don't fault the coach for wanting to go with the top-6 how it is, at least to start. All players in the two scoring lines are all-around better than Pulkkinen.

 

[Villert]

I keep hearing this complaint but there are only two goal scorers on the roster in Laine and Pulkkinen, and the latter doesn't strike me as a smart player at all. I don't fault the coach for wanting to go with the top-6 how it is, at least to start. All players in the two scoring lines are all-around better than Pulkkinen.

I hope Laine sees some time in the top 6 on LW before the tourney ends.

 

[skillhockey]

I keep hearing this complaint but there are only two goal scorers on the roster in Laine and Pulkkinen, and the latter doesn't strike me as a smart player at all. I don't fault the coach for wanting to go with the top-6 how it is, at least to start. All players in the two scoring lines are all-around better than Pulkkinen.

Since Selanne retired, we only got 1 goal scorer and it isn't pulkkinen.