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

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We have a young PP quarterback, that scores, is dynamic, and plays with extreme urgency in the offensive zone. He's been stuck in the AHL and even been scratched in Utica to send a message about Defence,

Olli has a top end Hockey IQ, puts up similar point totals, while being extremely good defensively, and raw physically. He can be a Serviceable NHL'er as soon as next year. We can afford to be patient in developing a great offensive game, as he's sound everywhere else
 
FinPanda said:
I disagree.

If he hasn't shown anything last year and this season so far, what they are going to do? They can't pretend it didn't happen.

Came here from the Virtanen thread.
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I'm not panicking. Kid is 19.

I will panick if the Canucks have a decent season.
 
hate to bring it up again, but I couldn't believe at the draft and still today that they passed on Tkachuk. When CBJ took PLD, I was actually pumped for Canuck fans that Tkachuk was gonna land right in their laps.....

But its still way too early to make judgement, im just saying I was and am still shocked
 
Vancouver should change their conditioning/strenght coach and fast, Juolevi is 19y and next summer under Rautalas coaching in Turku could do wonders for him/save him.
 
BB88 said:
Vancouver should change their conditioning/strenght coach and fast, Juolevi is 19y and next summer under Rautalas coaching in Turku could do wonders for him/save him.
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Jets can trade their conditioning/strenght coach to Canucks if we can get their goaliecoach, if that is same man who produced Schneider, made Luongo even better and fooled everyone Läck was a good goalie.

I think him or Rangers coach is one of the better and I think those would do wonder for Mason, Helley and Comrie...
 
BB88 said:
Vancouver should change their conditioning/strenght coach and fast, Juolevi is 19y and next summer under Rautalas coaching in Turku could do wonders for him/save him.
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He is not going to participate in Rautala's training program.
 
howkie said:
Jets can trade their conditioning/strenght coach to Canucks if we can get their goaliecoach, if that is same man who produced Schneider, made Luongo even better and fooled everyone Läck was a good goalie.

I think him or Rangers coach is one of the better and I think those would do wonder for Mason, Helley and Comrie...
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Someone needs to give the Gm's a call.
I really like how Laine/Ristolainen/Rantanen have improved under Rautalas coaching, and they've been focusing on same things as Juolevi right now should be.

Hockeyisl1fe said:
He is not going to participate in Rautala's training program.
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I didn't say he is, rather that he should be.
Could change his career path quite dramatically.
 
BB88 said:
Someone needs to give the Gm's a call.
I really like how Laine/Ristolainen/Rantanen have improved under Rautalas coaching, and they've been focusing on same things as Juolevi right now should be.



I didn't say he is, rather that he should be.
Could change his career path quite dramatically.
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Rautala is a great fitness coach, but it's not like he is the only option in Finland for Juolevi to turn. His methods are very basic after all... and it's not like he will magically turn every player to a surefire NHL star. Otto Koivula for example has looked horrendous this season even though he was under Rautala's supervision all summer.
But yeah, he can't join the group because he isn't agent Petteri Lehto's client.
 
Hopefully he continues to progress because I get flashbacks of Griffin Reinhart when a defenseman on a strong team doesn't take steps forward statistically in their post draft season(s).

Reinhart was close to making the team the year he got drafted (because the Islanders defense was so weak at the time), but ended up going back to Edmonton and never progressed.
 
howkie said:
Jets can trade their conditioning/strenght coach to Canucks if we can get their goaliecoach, if that is same man who produced Schneider, made Luongo even better and fooled everyone Läck was a good goalie.

I think him or Rangers coach is one of the better and I think those would do wonder for Mason, Helley and Comrie...
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Deal seeing how Rollie no longer works for us and is now employed by NJ. We'll definitely let you have him, just talk with NJ ;)

Thankfully Cloutier has done a decent job so far replacing Rollie.
 
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seafoam said:
Hopefully he continues to progress because I get flashbacks of Griffin Reinhart when a defenseman on a strong team doesn't take steps forward statistically in their post draft season(s).

Reinhart was close to making the team the year he got drafted (because the Islanders defense was so weak at the time), but ended up going back to Edmonton and never progressed.
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In contrast to Reinhart, Juolevi is a NHL-calibre skater, which makes it unlikely that he'll flame out in the same way.

Juolevi's problem is that he lacks consistency in his game. Sometimes he flat-out dominates the opposition, and sometimes he barely makes an impact on the game.

I feel that he still has room for improvement at the OHL level. If he gets sent back he needs to take the step to dominate the opposition on a nightly basis like I know he can.
 
All the tools to be successful from IQ, to vision, and passing and skating.


But he has the worst compete level I have seen in a prospect in awhile.
 
Starry Knight said:
In contrast to Reinhart, Juolevi is a NHL-calibre skater, which makes it unlikely that he'll flame out in the same way.

Juolevi's problem is that he lacks consistency in his game. Sometimes he flat-out dominates the opposition, and sometimes he barely makes an impact on the game.

I feel that he still has room for improvement at the OHL level. If he gets sent back he needs to take the step to dominate the opposition on a nightly basis like I know he can.
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Definitely argree here.
 
What i've seen from his pre-season games is that he seems to have all the tools to be great defenseman but he just looks so flegmatic. Like someone who would want to be somewhere else than playing hockey. If i was Vancouver coach i would play him couple games in the NHL so he sees himself what it means to play there and will most likely be a wake-up call. Then send him to Finland and let Salo light a fire under Juolevi's ass.
 
Starry Knight said:
In contrast to Reinhart, Juolevi is a NHL-calibre skater, which makes it unlikely that he'll flame out in the same way.

Juolevi's problem is that he lacks consistency in his game. Sometimes he flat-out dominates the opposition, and sometimes he barely makes an impact on the game.

I feel that he still has room for improvement at the OHL level. If he gets sent back he needs to take the step to dominate the opposition on a nightly basis like I know he can.
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He still looks like a kid to me...I still don't think he's physically there yet..
 
BusQuets said:
What i've seen from his pre-season games is that he seems to have all the tools to be great defenseman but he just looks so flegmatic. Like someone who would want to be somewhere else than playing hockey. If i was Vancouver coach i would play him couple games in the NHL so he sees himself what it means to play there and will most likely be a wake-up call. Then send him to Finland and let Salo light a fire under Juolevi's ass.
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I think fans project attributes into prospects that don't exist in a player. Why couldn't he be a finesse d men like Pitkanen? Every fanbase he played for probably wanted him to be more physical but that was never his style.
 
Relax relax relax

You can see that OJ oozes iq. Let him marinate and physically mature and the Canucks will have a top pairing Dman for a decade.
 
Why are people panicking about this guy? He's 19 years old and obviously oozes a lot of offensive potential. The defensive side will come.

Fans over the years have been spoiled with high end picks jumping in and making an impact right away. It takes time.
 
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