LD Veeti Vaisanen - KooKoo, SM-sarja u20 (2024 Draft)

[Jukurit]

May sound stupid but remove those 2 goal costing errors and his play was fine if not good for underager.. that is big if thou

Yes. But I saw nothing impressive about him. Kiviharju and Jokinen were both very clearly better than him.

 

[Jukurit]

He has consistently played up with the ‘05’s,
skates well and has solid defensive awareness.

He Is playing as an underager for one of the worst Finnish age groups in recent memory. Yes he has been bad and made some boneheaded plays that have lead directly to goals, but it feels to me there is some misplaced anger here. It’s not Väisänen’s fault the Finns lost to the Slovaks…

Kiviharju and Jokinen are also underagers and they were both way better than Väisänen.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Kiviharju and Jokinen are also underagers and they were both way better than Väisänen.

That’s great - development isn’t linear.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

He has consistently played up with the ‘05’s,
skates well and has solid defensive awareness.

He Is playing as an underager for one of the worst Finnish age groups in recent memory. Yes he has been bad and made some boneheaded plays that have lead directly to goals, but it feels to me there is some misplaced anger here. It’s not Väisänen’s fault the Finns lost to the Slovaks…

Who's blamed Väisänen on Finland getting eliminated in U18 WJC's.
Väisänen made some horrific mistakes for sure especially vs USA but
mainly it was abysmal suomi-sarja level coaching who shit into bed
and was totally inept to change nothing.

Finnish junior leagues ( U20, U18, U16 SM sarja's ) sucks ass
and that's now destroying whole junior development system in Finland
it is our hockey associations responsibility to react immediately
and start make changes but unfortunately it won't happen so long
when our men's national team is winning international tournaments.

Look those bozos named Lämä and Merikivi who have been both responsible
of Finland's pathetic piss-poor game performances and both quarterfinal eliminations
in junior world championship this season.

If Väisänen wants to be 1st round NHL draft pick next year he better go to CHL.
CHL is superior junior development league compared to Finnish juniors leagues.

It is time to wake up to reality and realise Finnish junior leagues cannot anymore
develop our prospects so well as should when all Finnish prospects seems to lack
skating and all basic hockey skills which must be very good or really good
or elite if our prospects wanna be NHL stars some day.

It absolutely tells something when Rantanen became first Finnish player over 20 yrs
who's scored 50+ goals and 100+ points in NHL and Heiskanen tied all time
scoring record of Finnish NHL dmans scoring over 70 points.

Did you know that last Finnish NHL dman who scored over 70 points in NHL
was Reijo Ruotsalainen in mid 80's? and that's over 30 yrs ago.

 

[Jukurit]

No Väisänen in Finland's Hlinka-Gretzky roster. Not sure why. He played in the last U18 game against Finland U19 Challenger team.

 

[Jukurit]

No Väisänen in Finland's Hlinka-Gretzky roster. Not sure why. He played in the last U18 game against Finland U19 Challenger team.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

FWIW: I think he has been great to start the season off in the Liiga. Very clearly showing he belongs. A few hiccups in his first game but since then he has been playing quite well. Offence will come, but his defensive game has been great.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Scored first Liiga goal same night as Kiviharju

 

[Jukurit]

 

[GermanSpitfire]

2024 NHL DRAFT: EARLY SEASON FAVOURITES - European Video Scout - Veeti Väisänen, Sebastian Soini, Dominik Badinka, Ondrej Kos

McKeen's European Video Scout, Steven Graves, provides detailed reports on four 2024 NHL Draft prospects.

www.mckeenshockey.com

I went in depth on Väisänen and his game and why he is one of my early favourite players for the 2024 NHL draft. He has been very impressive in the Liiga this season and I wouldn’t at all be surprised to see him make the Finnish WJC team in December. Can’t wait to see him the rest of the year!

 

[LeProspector]

2024 NHL DRAFT: EARLY SEASON FAVOURITES - European Video Scout - Veeti Väisänen, Sebastian Soini, Dominik Badinka, Ondrej Kos

McKeen's European Video Scout, Steven Graves, provides detailed reports on four 2024 NHL Draft prospects.

www.mckeenshockey.com

I went in depth on Väisänen and his game and why he is one of my early favourite players for the 2024 NHL draft. He has been very impressive in the Liiga this season and I wouldn’t at all be surprised to see him make the Finnish WJC team in December. Can’t wait to see him the rest of the year!

Pretty cool to see someone who started out here move on up in the hockey world. Well deserved.

 

[Jukurit]

2024 NHL DRAFT: EARLY SEASON FAVOURITES - European Video Scout - Veeti Väisänen, Sebastian Soini, Dominik Badinka, Ondrej Kos

McKeen's European Video Scout, Steven Graves, provides detailed reports on four 2024 NHL Draft prospects.

www.mckeenshockey.com

I went in depth on Väisänen and his game and why he is one of my early favourite players for the 2024 NHL draft. He has been very impressive in the Liiga this season and I wouldn’t at all be surprised to see him make the Finnish WJC team in December. Can’t wait to see him the rest of the year!

It shouldn't be very difficult for Väisänen to make WJC team. Finland's defense is going to be very very weak this year.

 

[Drubilly]

Pretty cool to see someone who started out here move on up in the hockey world. Well deserved.

Yep! @PerryTurnbullfan posted your article on the Blues board today. A few of us have our eye on Badinka. Good stuff @GermanSpitfire!

 

[Frk It]

On paper it seems like this kid should be ranked higher (much higher?)? But Button is the only one with a first round grade on him. Am I missing something here?

 

[LeProspector]

On paper it seems like this kid should be ranked higher (much higher?)? But Button is the only one with a first round grade on him. Am I missing something here?

Still very raw, makes a lot of dumb mistakes.

 

[Jukurit]

On paper it seems like this kid should be ranked higher (much higher?)? But Button is the only one with a first round grade on him. Am I missing something here?

Väisänen is a good skater, but his hockey IQ seems questionable.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Central scouting has him at 19th amongst European skaters. Usually that equates to late second, early third round.

Seems like his minutes have gone up and down playing in Liiga.

 

[austin63867]

Yeah, he's been all over boards because he's not the most consistent player, although these falls always happen for non-star players who stick in European pros.

 

[Jukurit]

Not very impressed with Väisänen's U18 performance. He wasn't terrible like last year, but I expected more from someone who had played in Liiga most of the season. Just like Kiviharju, he doesn't look like a first round pick and was overhyped. Kiviharju-Väisänen pairing was outplayed by Nykyri-Jokinen pairing.

 

[JabbaJabba]

I've never understood, what was so special about him. He's just overall very meh type of player. Nothing really stands out.

 

[LeProspector]

I've never understood, what was so special about him. He's just overall very meh type of player. Nothing really stands out.

His poise is pretty good, but you’re right just a bleh player without much NHL upside more than being a bottom-pairing kid.