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LD Olli Juolevi - TPS, Liiga (2016, 5th, VAN)

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Hansen 36 said:
Hamhuis is probably the best defenceman in franchise history. Ohlund had huge upside but eye injury derailed that.

Have to go back to Lumme otherwise imo
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Which is funny/depressing when you consider that at the time we acquired Hamhuis, he was Nashville's 3rd best defenceman.

If the Canucks could ever land a true #1 D, the city would worship him.
 
jalperi said:
Lindell dont come, contractless, already declined. Jokipakka has same issue. Honka is only one on WC team thought Nutivaara are potential to come.
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Nutivaara would be a huge addition, he's been so solid this season. If Nutivaara and Honka both come, I can't see a role for Juolevi in the team.
 
Chris McKinlay said:
Which is funny/depressing when you consider that at the time we acquired Hamhuis, he was Nashville's 3rd best defenceman.

If the Canucks could ever land a true #1 D, the city would worship him.
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IMO Tanev has been a much better than Hamhuis ever was, even in his prime I would easily take Tanev. Hamhuis was good when he got here, solid, but nothing more.

Watched most of the London Erie series. Juolevi was the best defender for either side I thought.
 
Grantham said:
IMO Tanev has been a much better than Hamhuis ever was, even in his prime I would easily take Tanev. Hamhuis was good when he got here, solid, but nothing more.

Watched most of the London Erie series. Juolevi was the best defender for either side I thought.
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Everyone is welcome to their opinion but Tanev is nowhere near prime Hamhuis seeing as he provides zero offense. Willie Mitchell is Tanev's comparable.
 
monster_bertuzzi said:
Everyone is welcome to their opinion but Tanev is nowhere near prime Hamhuis seeing as he provides zero offense. Willie Mitchell is Tanev's comparable.
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Not exactly a Canucks historian, but I'd always assumed Ed Jovanovski was the best Canucks D?

If it's Dan Hamhuis, I mean, damn... Most teams have multiple defenseman right now who are better than Hamhuis ever was, let alone franchise history...

No disrespect to Hamhuis, ofc, a good defenseman but jeeze...
 
Stawks said:
Not exactly a Canucks historian, but I'd always assumed Ed Jovanovski was the best Canucks D?

If it's Dan Hamhuis, I mean, damn... Most teams have multiple defenseman right now who are better than Hamhuis ever was, let alone franchise history...

No disrespect to Hamhuis, ofc, a good defenseman but jeeze...
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Name 16 teams with multiple defencemen better than prime Hamhuis. Just warning you, you can't. You won't even come close.
 
Hansen 36 said:
Hamhuis is probably the best defenceman in franchise history. Ohlund had huge upside but eye injury derailed that.

Have to go back to Lumme otherwise imo
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What Ohlund l was easily better than hamuis in his prime, the best defenceman was probably Edler during his prime was as close to a number one defenceman as the canucks have had. Also I forgot Jonanovski who was beast for a couple seasons. I would not put hamuis in my top 5 dman of all time for the Canucks
 
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Chris McKinlay said:
Which is funny/depressing when you consider that at the time we acquired Hamhuis, he was Nashville's 3rd best defenceman.

If the Canucks could ever land a true #1 D, the city would worship him.
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Ed Jovanovski was a 45-50 point defender (in the DPE) who could work the PP, play tough, log big minutes and was a two-time Canadian Olympian. How was he not a #1D?
 
Hamhuis isnt a good comparable

Corey Pronman said he is Lindholm "light". Simpson who is london's GM also threw out the lindholm comp as well.

I see that comparison 10X more than Hamhuis.

Strong skater, great passing, OK offense. Incredible shot suppression, and strong possession.
 
nowhereman said:
Ed Jovanovski was a 45-50 point defender (in the DPE) who could work the PP, play tough, log big minutes and was a two-time Canadian Olympian. How was he not a #1D?
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Jovocop was way too inconsistent to ever be a teams #1 guy. All the talent was there, but had trouble stringing together games

Lumme was better than Hammer, and Reinhart was the best pure skill defender we have ever had
 
Juolevi pleasantly surprised me this year. He maintained similar offense with a much weaker London team and played some amazing defence in the playoffs. Compare that to a disappointing season from Sergachev, I think Juolevi has started to separate away from him.
 
TeddyBare said:
Hamhuis isnt a good comparable

Corey Pronman said he is Lindholm "light". Simpson who is london's GM also threw out the lindholm comp as well.

I see that comparison 10X more than Hamhuis.

Strong skater, great passing, OK offense. Incredible shot suppression, and strong possession.
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That sounds like... you're basically describing prime Dan Hamhuis. Lindholm is the upscaled version.

Hamhuis was a fantastic skater, and was good at outlet passes. Best aspects was obviously shot suppression on defense, while playing the tough minutes. He showed he could give you some passable offence if used on the PP and in the Ozone, but that typically wasn't the role he was given.

I'd he perfectly happy if that's what Juolevi turns into in relatively short order.
 
Well................................with Tryamkin bolting for Russia, I guess a spot just opened up on the Canucks blue line...........I hate being a Nucks fan sometimes :(
 
Desmond Hume said:
Juolevi pleasantly surprised me this year. He maintained similar offense with a much weaker London team and played some amazing defence in the playoffs. Compare that to a disappointing season from Sergachev, I think Juolevi has started to separate away from him.
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Sergachev was nominated for the top OHL defenseman this year
Juolevi was not nominated.

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KawaYui said:
Sergachev was nominated for the top OHL defenseman this year
Juolevi was not nominated.

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Sergachev was awful in the playoffs, Juolevi played like 30 minutes a game and was incredible defensively.
 
Desmond Hume said:
Juolevi pleasantly surprised me this year. He maintained similar offense with a much weaker London team and played some amazing defence in the playoffs. Compare that to a disappointing season from Sergachev, I think Juolevi has started to separate away from him.
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Uhhh what? Sergachev had far from a dissapointing season. He outplayed Juolevi this year and dispite what he did in the playoffs I'm mot so sure you can put a massive amount of stock into it given their gauranteed a trip to the Mem Cup.
 
Daximus said:
Uhhh what? Sergachev had far from a dissapointing season. He outplayed Juolevi this year and dispite what he did in the playoffs I'm mot so sure you can put a massive amount of stock into it given their gauranteed a trip to the Mem Cup.
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You can't put stock into blowing a 3-1 series lead.

ummm ok
 
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