LD Olli Juolevi - TPS, Liiga (2016, 5th, VAN)
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He kinda reminds me of OHL Pietrangelo. Smooth and effortless skating combined with swift decision making all around the ice and a preference to rely on stick and wits while defending. Juolevi's stick work on the defensive side isn't quite as impressive as Pietrangelo's was but his overall offensive arsenal seems more versatile and advanced.
Just in case this hasn't been mentioned. He has broken Ryan Ellis's record for most points in U20 WJC for U18 defencemen afaic.
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Part of that would be a function of being on the PP with that top line out there.
Although I came to the thread to say how impressed I was in todays game with his overall play and skating ability.
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He has made some huge plays on that pp and has been a reason for their goals.
He's been a beast so far, so damm impressed.
Scouts are salivating. He is now 100 percent getting drafted ahead of guys like FabroMacevoy and Bean who were recently ahead of him in rankings.
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He's been fantastic this tournament - I'm impressed with his play as it is, but even more so given his age. IMO he's been the 3rd best dman in the tournament after Provorov and Werenski.
Think he will definitely be the 2nd defencemen picked in this years draft. Probably go between 6-10 I think.
He's like the Joe Thornton of offensive defencemen in the sense that he has elite vision, playmaking and passing skills. He makes such a crisp first pass. The games I've watched London play he is not utilized as much as Finland used him. London's coaching staff needs to figure that out quickly. He can be a much bigger threat if he is pinching in often and becoming part of the play.
He's like the Joe Thornton of offensive defencemen in the sense that he has elite vision, playmaking and passing skills. He makes such a crisp first pass. The games I've watched London play he is not utilized as much as Finland used him. London's coaching staff needs to figure that out quickly. He can be a much bigger threat if he is pinching in often and becoming part of the play.
I've been very impressed with what I've seen of him in the wjc this year. He fits in so well with the high octane offence of Finland, great first pass and looks like if he goes at 16 like iss predicts he'll be the steal of the draft.
If he carries this back to London I could see a Provorov like rise where he starts to challenge Chychrun. I've watched alot of Knights this year and he's been at his best this WJC. It might be a bit of his familiarity with big ice, the time he on the puck he gets to having outlets like Laine, Aho and Puljujärvi who are explosive.
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Hey all, as some of you may know, I make shift by shift videos to isolate a player and get an idea of a player's strengths, weaknesses, and style of play.
I just made a shift by shift video on Juolevi based on his performance at the Finland/Canada game. I hope you enjoy!
I just made a shift by shift video on Juolevi based on his performance at the Finland/Canada game. I hope you enjoy!
TSN.ca has full games with English commentary, might be better to use those than Russian commentary ones if you are planning to do more of these.
http://www.tsn.ca/video/on-demand
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Juolevi had 0+4 really yesterday. He wasn't given assist to 3-3 goal for some reason. He played the puck to Puljujärvi who played it to Saarela who scores.
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True. There's no way why he shouldn't be given an assist for that goal. I'm curious why they haven't changed it already. It's not like it was an assist in a training match or something.
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This comparison applies ONLY when he has the puck. But the calmness and style he handles the puck, how he sees the ice and seems to make very good decisions reminds me a lot of fellow Fin Timonen.
Without the puck he is different and his skating style is different. But with puck, Timonen, definitely.
Very good prospect. He and Macevoy with the States raised their draft value ! Juolevo will surprise and get drafted in top 10.
Wouldn't be a surprise for me. Always thought that he was the most talented d from Finland.
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Was secretly hoping against hope that Detroit would manage to draft him somehow, no chance of that happening now.
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