GDT: lavcha

[Navin R Slavin]

how is saarela looking? he's certainly a forgotten man down there. it would be nice to get a look if we can. similar situation to wallmark last year. i don't know if he hangs around in north america if he doesn't get a sniff this year. it seems like on paper his skillset would be welcome.

Well, by the numbers, he's behind Kuokkanen and Poturalski, but not by much. The scoring is pretty balanced; every line looks potentially dangerous. If there's one guy that deserves a longer look up here, though, it's probably Kuokkanen before it's Saarela.