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Maybe for Wednesday against the Blues. Welcome to the NHL son!
poor Teuvo. So he rushes from the airport and just jumps on the ice. You guys have sky high expectations.
Maybe for Wednesday against the Blues. Welcome to the NHL son!
poor Teuvo. So he rushes from the airport and just jumps on the ice. You guys have sky high expectations.
Yeah that looks like a soccer field.
@TramyersCSN
As far as Mr. Teravainen, Q said he and the #Blackhawks powers will discuss that after the game.
@MarkLazerus
Nothing definitive on Teravainen yet. Q said he's not opposed to the idea of him coming in and playing a role in the playoffs. #Blackhawks
@MarkLazerus
Quenneville also said he's "comfortable" with Michal Handzus in that second-line center role in the playoffs. #Blackhawks
Judging by the level of amazement in this thread, I assume many of you didn't watch any Olympic hockey this February.
Teräväinen was really bad today, especially on the 5-on-3 in the 3rd where Jokerit could have won the game.
Judging by the level of amazement in this thread, I assume many of you didn't watch any Olympic hockey this February.
Teräväinen was really bad today, especially on the 5-on-3 in the 3rd where Jokerit could have won the game.
Two Fins have commented on how poorly TT played today?
Is Liiga like NHL- where the physicality and cheap shots go way up in playoffs???
Could this be the reason TT played poorly- or choked???
Looking for any Liigs/Fin fan to comment.
thx
Well kind of, but not in this "series". Wasn't even the first round of the playoffs. In my mind Teuvo's thoughts were already in Chicago. But the whole Jokerit situation is very hard to explain and would take hours to explain it especially to foreigners who haven't followed Finnish hockey.. The blame definitely wasn't on Teuvo. It's a team effort, wherever you go.Is Liiga like NHL- where the physicality and cheap shots go way up in playoffs???
Teuvo is going to have a totally different linemates and team around him very soon.
BUT real issue here is the team they were faced was hottest in the league at the time
Country Club Q should be fired on the spot.@MarkLazerus
Quenneville also said he's "comfortable" with Michal Handzus in that second-line center role in the playoffs. #Blackhawks
Well kind of, but not in this "series".
Teräväinen was really bad today, especially on the 5-on-3 in the 3rd where Jokerit could have won the game.
Country Club Q should be fired on the spot.
couple games and time in the system would benefit him for challenging the spot next season.
I don't care how TT played in Finland, there is NO WAY he could possibly be as bad or worse than Handzus is at #2C. It literally isn't possible.
I think he lost his confidence in that last regular season game against Kärpät when Jokerit lost the chance to go straight to the first round. Jokerit has been a mess after they announce that they are moving in the KHL next season. And after that disgrace of a game yesterday I'm really impressed that he played today's game and not took the first possible flight to Chicago.
I don't think TT will be a rainmaker this season but couple games and time in the system would benefit him for challenging the spot next season. In Chicago he gets something he never got in Jokerit. Great players to play with, a professional organization and good coaching.
You guys have WAYYY to high expectations for him if you actually except him to be able to handle 2nd line center responsibilities in the NHL right now... I don't think he is anywhere near ready. Even as a winger. This is no sleight on TT I believe he is a great prospect, but he is just that a prospect. He needs time in Rockford and he needs to bulk up and get used to the speed of the game in the NHL. I believe Mikael Granlund would be a pretty good example of what I'm talking about. It took him a year in the AHL and a super busy summer to get ready for the NHL and he was a lot bigger star in Finland then TT is now. If he does come here he should go to Rockford for the rest of the season work really hard in the off season and then he might be ready for NHL next year, but even that I think is too early for him. To me he needs a full season in Rockford to be ready for NHL let alone to be a center in the NHL. A few regular season games in the NHL could be good for him however to get the idea on how fast the NHL game really is and what he needs to work on.
It's funny we freak out about our 2C problem and how it wasn't fixed at the deadline and now a week later the problem is fixed. (I say fixed because all TV has to do is be marginally better than Handzus so the bar is pretty low).
I would love to see:
Saad-Toews-Kane
Sharp-TV-Hossa
I can already picture TV setting up Sharp for a one-time clapper at the dot. Like a poor man's Backstrom/Ovechkin connection.
I agree with this. I think that there are very high expectations of what he can do. Not saying he cannot fulfill them but to put him on the 2nd line is doing nothing more than show where management went wrong in not firming that up in the offseason. Don't risk his development for that quick hopeful fix in this season. If he blows the doors off next camp then great. But right now I am afraid it is not a good thing.
But then ….I have heard I am wrong every once in a while.
That waste of roster space known as David Rundblad should be the guy ,, But then Stan would admit a major failure which wont happen
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Bpwman obviously thought it was a good move when it was made, do you think he's changed his mind?
He won't admit a major failure because he doesn't think it was,
I agree with this. I think that there are very high expectations of what he can do. Not saying he cannot fulfill them but to put him on the 2nd line is doing nothing more than show where management went wrong in not firming that up in the offseason. Don't risk his development for that quick hopeful fix in this season. If he blows the doors off next camp then great. But right now I am afraid it is not a good thing.
But then ….I have heard I am wrong every once in a while.