Finnish Prospect Update Thread

[Svedu]

Is Jesper Kotajarvi still a decent prospect

Probably late- or mid round pick.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

Finnish 2007 born players reminds of 88-90 born players for Finland. Lousy. 2006 is deep and 2008 born have some at least mentionable prospects.

Westergård could be decent but I mean he's not even near Ivar Stenbergs potential and others.
So Wheelers take isn't anything new, been long known.

It's annoying how dramatic the prospect development is .

First we go from a solid group of players including guys like Selänne to the dark ages where we basically only have Granlund and a bunch of goalies.

Then suddenly we have a golden generation and start overachieving a lot, even winning a lot of gold medals internationally so we get very cocky about it and everybody hates us.

Now player development is taking an absolute nose dive again like "ok that's enough we need everybody to be a 3rd line grinder again, too much skill going on".

 

[MichaelFarrell]

Bumping this thread. I’ve been trying to get a good look at some European prospects because they are easy for me to overlook when making my list.

Are there any prospect from Finland worth a pick in the first two rounds? I haven’t seen much discussion about any Finnish prospects being worth watching at this point but I could just be missing a guy.

 

[FinPanda]

Bumping this thread. I’ve been trying to get a good look at some European prospects because they are easy for me to overlook when making my list.

Are there any prospect from Finland worth a pick in the first two rounds? I haven’t seen much discussion about any Finnish prospects being worth watching at this point but I could just be missing a guy.

The Finnish class sucks so I don't even know who is really worth picking at all in any round

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Bumping this thread. I’ve been trying to get a good look at some European prospects because they are easy for me to overlook when making my list.

Are there any prospect from Finland worth a pick in the first two rounds? I haven’t seen much discussion about any Finnish prospects being worth watching at this point but I could just be missing a guy.

Finnish 2007 NHL draft class sucks asses.
I'm more than surprised if even 3-5 2007 born Finns gets drafted.

Only names who to keep eye on are.
Patrik Kerkola ( goalie )
Jesper Kotajärvi ( dman )
Lasse Boelius ( dman )
Matias Vanhanen ( forward )
Jere Somervuori ( forward )

 

[Erikfromfin]

Bumping this thread. I’ve been trying to get a good look at some European prospects because they are easy for me to overlook when making my list.

Are there any prospect from Finland worth a pick in the first two rounds? I haven’t seen much discussion about any Finnish prospects being worth watching at this point but I could just be missing a guy.

top finns. only boelius maybe 2nd round. rest midrounds
Boelius, Kotajärvi, Westergård, Mensonen, Joki, Orpana, Kerkola

from overagers Nykyri, Rimpinen

 

[Erikfromfin]

Update

2025 Draft

1. Lasse Boelius D
2. Jesper Kotajärvi D
3. Max Westergård W
4. Jasu Mensonen C/W
5. Atte Joki C/W
6. Eetu Orpana C
7. Patrik Kerkola G
8. Julius Saari D
9. Jere Somervuori C/W
10. Niklas Nykyri D (OA)
11. Veeti Ruotsalainen D
12. Petteri Rimpinen G (OA)
13. Matias Vanhanen W
14. Rasmus Kämäräinen W
15. Aapo Katavisto C/W


2026 Draft

1. Juho Piiparinen D
2. Samu Alalauri D
3. Oscar Hemming W
4. Wilmer Kallio W
5. Vilho Vanhatalo W
6. Viljo Kähkönen C/W
7. Jiko Laitinen C
8. Oliver Suvanto C
9. Julius Suominen D
10. Pyry Lammi G
11. Luka Arkko W
12. Janne Karassaari W
13. Jonne Parkkali D
14. Max Laatikainen D
15. Milo Nuutinen W


2027 Draft - 15 Notables

Samuel Heikkinen G
Aaro Fräntilä D
Otto Joutsen D
Roni Kuukasjärvi D
Samuel Suoniemi D
Max Syrjäläinen D
Jere Inkinen C
Olli Kylmälä C
Benjamin Lehtinen C
Miska Liljeberg C
Luca Santala C
Joel Ikonen C/W
Paavo Laine C/W
Leevi Kantola W
Miko Valtatie W


2028 Draft - 5 Notables

Otto Boman D
Veeti Virolainen C
Paavo Fugleberg C/W
Frans Karjalahti W
Valtti Mäenpää W


2029 Draft - 1 Notable

Juho Nyberg W