NHL contract terminates SM liiga contract.
That's not correct, players under 24 that weren't drafted in the first round have to be returned back to their European teams if that team so wishes. Obviously it does not mean that they must receive these players, Halttunen simply wasn't good enough for HIFK.
Pretty much the same thing, the current transfer agreement applies since March 2022.
Lambert was same situation and look at him now, he's taken steps forward. Could happen the same with Kivi or not, better to give time especially after all his injuries
Thank you. It is nice to see one positive comment in this thread. I get he probably isn't gonna go as high as he had potential for but he has gotten way too much hate. Next year will tell which direction his development will go when he has an NHL team in the background.
This is true but he was stagnating well before the injury. I never thought his game would translate to a higher level but I thought the same about Cole Hutson so I will concede that maybe the kid can still turn it around.
Halttunen had 1 secondary assist in 27 Liiga games and offered next to nothing to his team in offense or defense. Worst player on ice in his only playoff game as well.
Look at HIFK's roster this year and Haltunnen's age this isn't even opinion, there are guys putting up single digit points and they aren't grinders. Haltunnen was Londons best playoff performer and over a ppg in the O this year.
At best he'd have competed with Teissala for the fourth place among right-handed RWs, and they let Teissala go mid-season as well.
I guess they didn't expect him to grow into his frame and make any sort of progression. It seems like really, really poor management to let 18 year old big frame skilled power forwards to just walk so you can skate Teissala, who sucks. Is Tallberg some kind of defensive forward specialist? One thing I could see is Haltunnen's weakness does seem to be skating and it is bigger ice.
Any sort of progression just isn't always enough when you're playing for a pro team rather than a developmental organization. Once he signed his NHL ELC the team already got their $285 000. At that point developing the player further doesn't bring in another dime, it's only about whether he can deliver here and now.
Hindsight is 20/20 I guess but fair enough just think that the leap this year was fairly predictable. Hope Kiviharju can stay healthy and turn it around, injuries are no joke.
Staying healthy in Kiviharju's case is easier said than done.
Man I didn't realize that there were so many bad players in the first round of that draft !!if you decide to refuse the past, sure that’s on you, and you are right, there wasn’t Too much consensus for Ebery at the tim, this right here states Ebert was a decisive player at the time. Most every preliminary list out there has been lost as links are now dead. But in this article written by SB Nation dated September 25th 2011 - it states this: “
- Nail Yakupov is the clear-cut #1 right now. In the 9 lists, he's ranked first overall six times. He's ranked no lower than second by anyone.
- Mikhail Grigorenko is ranked #1 in the other three lists, but he's also ranked as low as 11th, 9th and 6th, so he falls behind Ryan Murray in the overall vote as Murray is ranked no lower than 6th by anyone.
- Only two players get a #1, but six different players are ranked 2nd overall: Nail Yakupov, Ryan Murray, Mikhail Grigorenko, Nick Ebert, Filip Forsberg, Matthew Dumba.
- Nick Ebert is the most divisive player on the list. Everyone's got him ranked in the top 25, but he ranges from 2nd overall to 23rd.
- The Edmonton Oil Kings Griffin Reinhart got no love from Bob McKenzie (14th), but is as high as #4 on two different lists.
- Mathew Dumba is 2nd on McKenzie's list, 3rd on Button's list and no higher than 7th on anyone else's list.”
2012 NHL Draft Top 30 Consensus List - Bob McKenzie's List Added
Bob McKenzie has Nail Yakupov 1st overall, but his #2 is a surprisewww.coppernblue.com
Apparently, 5-foot-9.5, 184 pounds.
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