Jonathan Lekkerimaki - Arrived in Abbotsford

[MS]

Not sure about rookie, but SHL has an U20 Junior of the year award. I remember Petey winning it years ago, and also when Carlsson was anounced last year it was mentioned somewhere around here.

Yeah, Lekkerimaki won both the Junior of the Year award (makes sense!) and the Rookie of the Year award (makes no sense at all!).

He literally played 50% of the games in a prior SHL season.

 

[Vector]

That is ... very strange considering he played 26/52 games for Djurgardens in 21-22. How was he still considered a rookie?

I think it’s closer to his Patrick Johnston words it “Junior Player of the Year” rather then true rookie.

 

[Vector]

Yeah, Lekkerimaki won both the Junior of the Year award (makes sense!) and the Rookie of the Year award (makes no sense at all!).

He literally played 50% of the games in a prior SHL season.

Is there two awards? I think it’s one and we’re conflating them.

 

[MS]

Is there two awards? I think it’s one and we’re conflating them.

Possibly?

The screenshot given has this text in it, which clearly says 'rookie' but maybe the connotation in Swedish is different?

Vi stort grattis till Jonathan Lekkerimäki (@orebrohockey) som har blivit framröstad som Årets Rookie i SHL 2023/24!

 

[Vector]

Possibly?

The screenshot given has this text in it, which clearly says 'rookie' but maybe the connotation in Swedish is different?

Vi stort grattis till Jonathan Lekkerimäki (@orebrohockey) som har blivit framröstad som Årets Rookie i SHL 2023/24!

I looked it up and there’s only one award. Why he was eligible, I can’t figure out.

 

[sting101]

Not a big issue with not being in Abby or not making Sweden. The minute i saw Raymond Kempe Olofsson Zetterlund Burakovsky and Mojo i knew he wasn't gonna play in the top3 lines which is not a slight at this stage at all.

 

[theslatcher]

That is ... very strange considering he played 26/52 games for Djurgardens in 21-22. How was he still considered a rookie?

Because he's a U25 who had less than 31 games played in the SHL when the season started.

 

[VanJack]

Apparently Lekerimakki has now be 're-assigned' to the Abbotsford Canucks.....To bad he's unlikely to arrive early enough to be of any help to them, unless they can find a way to climb out of the huge hole they're in, in their series with Ontario Reign.

 

[canuckslover10]

I wouldn’t mind calling him up to try and get him with Petey, this is an offensive series so we can take a few more risks than the previous series.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I wouldn’t mind calling him up to try and get him with Petey, this is an offensive series so we can take a few more risks than the previous series.

I think he'll definitely be among a group of black aces that gets recalled.

I would guess -

Bains
Dries
Karlsson
Podkolzin
Lekkerimiaki
Raty
Sasson

Wolanin
Hirose
Irwin
Johansson
McWard
Pettersson

And Sawchenko all join as Black Aces.

 

[Lindgren]

I wouldn’t mind calling him up to try and get him with Petey, this is an offensive series so we can take a few more risks than the previous series.

I'd prefer to see Max Sasson.

 

[canuckslover10]

I think he'll definitely be among a group of black aces that gets recalled.

I would guess -

Bains
Dries
Karlsson
Podkolzin
Lekkerimiaki
Raty
Sasson

Wolanin
Hirose
Irwin
Johansson
McWard
Pettersson

And Sawchenko all join as Black Aces.

personally id have lekkermaki,podz,raty,and dries for the forward group in that order, for defence id say Wolanin, Mcward, Irwin, and Pettersson in that order.

 

[Szechwan]

I think it's a bad idea to throw him into a playoff game, but boy would it be nice to have a sniper actually putting pucks on net on the PP