LD Aron Kiviharju - IFK Helsinki, Liiga (2024, 122nd, MIN) Part2

[Bruce Granville]

At 18/19, there's nothing to learn in the CHL except for bad habits.

NCAA might have been a decent avenue for him if he landed on a good team with a good coach, but Liiga is much better than the CHL at this point.

Yeah, but his language skills are disappointing…not even a hint of good old rallienglanti…

 

[Albatros]

Did you seriously compare 18yrs old 4th round pick
into a stanley cup winner who played 1108 regular season games in NHL? jesus man.

With that injury history what Kiviharju already has
it is a miracle if he plays even 10 NHL games if he ever makes it in NHL.
You're totally out of lunch if you seriously think Kiviharju is next Kimmo Timonen.

At that point Timonen was a 10th round draft pick the same size Kiviharju is now. Joined the league at 23 and never played for the team that drafted him, but all that didn't stop him from dominating the WJC. Not making any predictions about Kiviharju at the tournament, but suggesting that he doesn't have what it takes to do well there is overtly negative. At U18 level he scored more points than any other Finnish defenseman in history, only two Americans (Hutson & York) have more.