LD Juuso Valimaki (2017, 16th, CAL)
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Throughout the tournament. Valimaki made way too many weird jumps to offense leaving his player all alone( which resulted in many odd-man rushes).
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Tkachuk Norris
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He had 4 points in 5 games without PP time. How many goals were him and Heiskanen out there for 5 on 5? 2?
He played well. That Finnish forward group was a disaster. So was the goalie.
He played well. That Finnish forward group was a disaster. So was the goalie.
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That's fine, one was drafted a year earlier; meaning he had access to NHL training staffs and expectations to work on. Also means he had two camps and two NHL preseasons.
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Only half kidding. Finland was one big disappointment in this tournament from top to bottom, the D included.
Valimaki had a decent start to the tourney but finished poorly. His decision making was pretty suspect at times and his skating isn't at a level that can make up for it. Breakout passes were routinely missed and he caused quite a few icings. He's great at rushing the puck up the ice though and has good offensive instincts, just needs to learn where and when to take a chance.
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Johnny Hoxville
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All players have off games. Overall he was excellent in this tournament. More impressive than Juolevi and very close to Heiskanen IMO.
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Juolevi was best of this bunch Valimaki second and Heiskanen was worst. I still think that Heiskanen is another level player.
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Tkachuk Norris
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Juolevi was pretty unnoticeable until last nights game.
I watched basically every minute of Finland. Valimaki had a very good tounament. Like the guy had more points then any other Finnish D, was out for like 2 goals against and didn’t play on the PP. he actually had more 5 on 5 points than any Fin forward. But yeah terrible tournament
I think he'll be fine. The Flames aren't in any rush to get him to the NHL. They still need to find a spot for Andersson.
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He's great, shame most people like to form opinions on one loss...
1OApick
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No Valimaki was probably our second best player of the tournament. But Juolevis stickwork and also playmaking ability was great. I think Juolevi was just better.Juolevi was pretty unnoticeable until last nights game.
I watched basically every minute of Finland. Valimaki had a very good tounament. Like the guy had more points then any other Finnish D, was out for like 2 goals against and didn’t play on the PP. he actually had more 5 on 5 points than any Fin forward. But yeah terrible tournament
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The dmen weren't disappointing, although I expected more from Heiskanen offensively. The biggest problem were the middle 6 forwards: Koivula, Kuokkanen, Heponiemi, Innala, Tuulola and Ikonen all non-factors.What what?
Only half kidding. Finland was one big disappointment in this tournament from top to bottom, the D included.
Who Cares if Juolevi was better? Is it not rather expected? He was drafted a year earlier and is playing in his third WJC. Valimaki looked fine; he is a good prospect. And for the record: I am a Canuck fan.
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People put way way way too much stock into the world juniors. Its nice to see the prospects all come together but you'd be nuts to not consider their home league as much more important than these handful of games
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I mean, there's normally some correlation with the best players of the tournament and their NHL impact; normally the best guys in the tournament end up decent NHL'ers. It's certainly not always true (see a list of about 50 names over the past 6-7 years that were good in this tournament and have done nothing else).
I thought Valimaki was good.
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There is also a good correlation around players playing good in their junior leagues and making the NHL. Not killing it at the WJC is not something to worry about.
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I thought Välimäki was our best defenseman, or at least the second best.
1. Jokiharju/Välimäki
2. Juolevi
Juolevi was great in the last two games but he was bad in the first games of the tournament. He had 2-3 bad games. Välimäki had one. Jokiharju didn't have any bad games. I don't put Juolevi on top because of one great game.
1. Jokiharju/Välimäki
2. Juolevi
Juolevi was great in the last two games but he was bad in the first games of the tournament. He had 2-3 bad games. Välimäki had one. Jokiharju didn't have any bad games. I don't put Juolevi on top because of one great game.
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